Thursday, January 24th, 2013 @ 6:35AM

Subject Control

PRO in an embedded clause is controlled by the subject in the matrix clause. (syntax)

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Thursday, January 24th, 2013 @ 6:35AM

Subject-to-Subject Raising

The subject of an embedded clause moves to the subject position of the matrix predicate for EPP and Case checking. (syntax)

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Thursday, January 24th, 2013 @ 6:36AM

Subjunctive

Indicating a hypothetical situation. (semantics)

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Thursday, January 24th, 2013 @ 6:36AM

Subordinate Clause

A subordinate clause, e.g., a relative clause, a noun clause, and an adverbial clause, cannot stand on its own, but must be attached to an independent clause. (syntax)

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Wednesday, January 30th, 2013 @ 11:59PM

Substrate

A language variety that is pressured from “above” and becomes influenced by characteristics of a “superstrate” variety; the substrate is often perceived by the community as being of lower social standing. (sociolinguistics)

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Thursday, January 24th, 2013 @ 6:42AM

Subtractive Morphology

A morphological category is marked by deleting some segment from another form. (morphology)

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