Main Notions PDF
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Universiteit Utrecht
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This document provides a list of main notions in linguistics, focusing on syntactic and semantic concepts such as Theta Criterion, Theta roles, and Case. It includes grammatical and structural terminology. Aimed at an academic audience likely studying linguistics or related fields.
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## Main Notions - Theta Criterion - Theta roles - Constituent - C-command - Head - Specifier - Complement - Adjunct - Phrase - DP, TP, CP - Light verbs / vP - Burzio's generalisation - Internal argument - External argument - Head movement - Mirror Principle - Word order (harmonic, disharmonic) - V2...
## Main Notions - Theta Criterion - Theta roles - Constituent - C-command - Head - Specifier - Complement - Adjunct - Phrase - DP, TP, CP - Light verbs / vP - Burzio's generalisation - Internal argument - External argument - Head movement - Mirror Principle - Word order (harmonic, disharmonic) - V2 - Case (morphological, abstract) - Case filter - Case assignment - Grammatical subject & object - Thematic subject & object - Structural case - Inherent case - (Quirky case) - (Exceptional Case Marking) - Passive - Agreement (syntactic, morphological) - Controller and target - Agree - Probe and goal - Head-marking & dependent-marking - Unaccusative - Unergative - Morphosyntactic alignment - Agent, Subject, Object - Nominative-Accusative - Ergative-Absolutive - Split ergativity
