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Dictionary of language and linguistics 404factivityfactive predicatefactorizationIn general, factorization refers to the division of large sequences into partial sequences. Intransformational grammar, factorization refers to the division of the end nodes in atree diagram with regard to the use of transformational rules. If the division can beundertaken so that there is an element corresponding to every term in the structuraldescription of the rules, then the sentence has a proper analysis.transformational grammarReferencesfacultative variationfree variationfalling diphthongdiphthong, intonationfalling vs risingdiphthong, intonationfamily tree theorygenetic tree theoryFaroeseNorth Germanic language with approx. 40,000 speakers, one of the two standard writtenlanguages of the Faroe Islands (the other being Danish). ( also Scandinavian)