Keywords - L322.1
Intermediate Syntax
Week 1: Logical Structure of Grammar
- Axioms of language (predicate logic)
- X implies Y
- Both X and Y are predicates
- Y is an argument of X
- Y is dependent on X
- Sentence: Sentence (conceptual)
and sentence (syntactic)
- Propositions (Sentence = mood + proposition)
= semantic or conceptual term
- Predicates
- Arguments
- Modifiers
- Operators (Grammatical modifiers)
- Nominal operators(modify nouns)
- Nouns
- Count/Mass (±Count)
- Number (singular/plural = ±Plural)
- Quantifiers
- ±Quantified
- ±Fixed Value
- ±Plural (singular/plural)
- ±count/Mass
- Determiners
- ±Definiteness
- ±Demonstrative
- ±Proximal
- Universal Quantifiers
- Case
- Verbal operators
- Tense
- Voice
- Relevance
- Mood
- ±Irrealis
- ±Interrogative
- ±Imperative
- ±Conditional
- ±contrary to fact
- Negative
- Modal
- Lexical Modifiers
- adjectives
- adverbs
- degree words
- Eventuality (basically semantic, a lexical
feature in syntax)
- State
- Activity
- Accomplishment
- Achievement
- Objects
- objects are predicates
- most objects do not take arguments
- those that refer to some kind of relationship
do take arguments
- container
- relation
- ruler
- part-whole
- property of
- nominalizations
- and so forth
- Modifiers
- Lexical: have sense and class reference
- Operators: have reference only
- Sense and Reference
- Reference to unique objects both real
and imaginary in the universe and beyond
- Sense: difference information about the
same referent.
Theta Roles
- Names for arguments of verb and prepositions.
Other arguments remain unnamed.
- Agent, theme, patient, experiencer, instrument,
trigger, goal, source, path (basic ones)
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