ABSTRACT
Phonotactic unit ( etic vs emic analysis) that constitutes a morphologically relevant combination of phonemes on the level of parole ( langue vs parole) and which-in contrast to phonotagms-is semantically distinct from other phonotagms, e.g. ablaut in sing vs song. ( also phonotactics)
1 Term for word groups without a finite verb that belong together syntactically. In contrast, the term ‘clause’ denotes a syntactic construction with a finite verb; thus clause stands hierarchically between phrase and sentence. ( X-bar theory)
2 In phrase structure grammar, the term ‘phrase’ stands for a set of syntactic elements which form a constituent (=relatively independent group of words). The most important phrases are noun phrases (consisting of nominal expressions with corresponding attributive modifiers: Philip, good old Philip, he, Philip, who is a dreamer), verb phrases (dreams, sees the fire, thinks that he’s right), prepositional phrases (on the table) among others. ( also adjective phrase, determiner phrase)
The representation of the phrase structure of a sentence by a tree diagram or by labeled bracketing.
