Chapter 7: Simple Sentences Flashcards

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Argument

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Phrases that are required by a predicate.

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Adjuncts

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Phrases that are not required by a predicate; bijwoorden.

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Valency

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The nummer of arguments that necessarily accompanies a predicate.

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One-place predicate

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A predicate that requires just one argument.

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Two-place predicate

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A predicate that requires two arguments.

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Three-place predicate

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A predicate that requires three arguments.

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Intransitive

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One-place predicate.

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Transitive

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Two-place predicate.

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Ditransitive

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Three-place predicate.

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Four-place predicate

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A predicate that requires four arguments.

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Zero-place predicate

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Predicates that do not require any arguments.

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Semantic role

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An underlying relationship that a participant has with the main verb in the clause.

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Agent

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The entity that takes the initiative for an event; the acting person.

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Patient

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The entity undergoing the action.

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Location

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The place where an event occurs or entity is located.

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Instrument

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The entity used to carry out the action.

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Recipient

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Entity that receives something.

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Source

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The entity something originates from.

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Grammatical role

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When the constituent that determines the perspective of a sentence has the grammatical role of subject.

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Subject

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Person that is being discussed or described; onderwerp.

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Active clause

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A clause with a transitive predicate where the agent is the subject.

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Passive clause

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A clause with a transitive predicate where the patient is the subject.

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Object

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The entity that is acted upon by the subject; lijdend/meewerkend voorwerp.

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Cases

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The bound expression forms of semantic and grammatical roles.

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Valency-reduction
Lowering the number of arguments required by the verb.
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Co-referential
What the agent and the patient are when they have the same referent.
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Reflexive pronoun
A pronoun referring to the subject of the clause in which it stands; wederkerend voornaamwoord.
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Reflexive construction
A clause with a reflective pronoun.
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Pronominalisation
To treat as a pronoun or turn into a pronoun.
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Pro-drop
When the pronoun is dropped.
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Predicate
Expresses a relation between some phrases or specifies a property of a phrase; a simple predicate consists only of verbs.