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Extraposition

Extraposition is a mechanism of syntax that alters word order in such a manner that a relatively "heavy" constituent appears later than its canonical position. Extraposing a constituent results in a discontinuity and in this regard, it is unlike shifting, which does not generate a discontinuity. The extraposed constituent is separated from its governor…

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TopicalizationWh-fronting
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Syntactic movementCatena
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Extraposition

Nodes31
Edges30
Triples84
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.064516
Components1

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Extraposition

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related to Bibliography · 60
Extraposition → Amsterdam, An Introduction, Baltin, Beyond, Bounding, Cambridge, Cognitive Linguistics, Configurational, Constraints, Culicover, Dependency Grammar, Discontinuous Constituency, Edge, English, English Predicate Complement Constructions, Francis, Grammatical, Groß, Guéron, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
related to Theoretical analyses · 7
Extraposition → Derivational, Instead, On, The, Theories, This, To
related to Clause-bound · 5
Extraposition → Failed, In, That, There, This
related to It-extraposition · 4
Extraposition → Failed, It, The, While
related to Motivation · 4
Extraposition → English, Right-branching, The, When
related to Examples · 3
Extraposition → Someone, Standard, The
is a · 1
Extraposition → mechanism of syntax that alters word order in such a manner that a relatively

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clause constituent syntax english failed appears extraposed sentence red cannot analysis obligatory prepositional phrase one right-branching it-extraposition discontinuities hair another

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Extrapositionis amechanism of syntax that alters word order in such a manner that a relatively0.90text
Extrapositionrelated to BibliographyLock-green0.60section
Extrapositionrelated to BibliographyLock-gray-alt-20.60section
Extrapositionrelated to BibliographyLock-red-alt-20.60section
Extrapositionrelated to BibliographyWikisource-logo0.60section
Extrapositionrelated to BibliographyBaltin0.60section
Extrapositionrelated to BibliographyStrict0.60section
Extrapositionrelated to BibliographyIn Baker0.60section
Extrapositionrelated to BibliographyMcCarthy0.60section
Extrapositionrelated to BibliographyThe Logical Problem0.60section
Extrapositionrelated to BibliographyLanguage Acquisition0.60section
Extrapositionrelated to BibliographyCambridge0.60section

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