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Unaccusative Advancement
Move DP or CP to Spec, TP. (syntax)
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Underlying Form
The form from which all surface forms can be derived via rules. (phonology)
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Unergative
Unergative verbs are intransitive verbs with only an external argument. (syntax)
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Universal Grammar
Innate linguistic principles that are hard-wired into human brains and are thus shared by all human languages. (syntax)
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Uvula
The soft flesh that hangs from the back of one’s mouth like a stalactite. It characterizes a place of articulation. (phonetics)
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V
See “Verb.” (syntax)
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V
See “Vowel.” (phonetics)
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V-To-T Movement
A type of head movement where the V head raises to the T head, usually to host inflectional affixes. (syntax)
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V2 (Verb-Second) Word Order
A syntactic word order characterized by a full verb always appearing as the second element of independent clauses. The first element varies according to topicalization, and analysis of subordinate clauses may reveal that a V2 structure is derived from an underlying SOV word order. Example V2 languages are Germanic (besides…
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Valency
The number of arguments that a verb can take. (syntax)
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