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Phrases and constituent structures - Universität Bielefeld

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What about sentences?<br />

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Sentence ≔ unit of subject <strong>and</strong> predicate<br />

From here on: Predicate≔ verb + verb<br />

modifiers<br />

Simple sentence ≔ a sentence with one clause<br />

only, which can st<strong>and</strong> on its own (without<br />

other clauses) (also called independent<br />

sentence|clause)<br />

Clause ≔ a sentence containing one predicate<br />

Finite verb ≔ verb marked for tense|person|<br />

number or other grammatical categories<br />

http://www.spectrum.uni-bielefeld.de/~ttrippel/htwg/<br />

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How to write a grammar WS 2009-2010

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