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  2. c-command - Wikipedia

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    The standard definition of c-command is based partly on the relationship of dominance: Node N 1 dominates node N 2 if N 1 is above N 2 in the tree and one can trace a path from N 1 to N 2 moving only downwards in the tree (never upwards); that is, if N 1 is a parent, grandparent, etc. of N 2. For a node (N1) to c-command another node (N2) the ...

  3. Phrase structure rules - Wikipedia

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    A grammar that uses phrase structure rules is a type of phrase structure grammar. Phrase structure rules as they are commonly employed operate according to the constituency relation, and a grammar that employs phrase structure rules is therefore a constituency grammar ; as such, it stands in contrast to dependency grammars , which are based on ...

  4. Waiting for Godot - Wikipedia

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    Waiting for Godot (/ ˈ ɡ ɒ d oʊ / ⓘ GOD-oh or / ɡ ə ˈ d oʊ / ⓘ gə-DOH [1]) is a play by Irish playwright Samuel Beckett in which two characters, Vladimir (Didi) and Estragon (Gogo), engage in a variety of discussions and encounters while awaiting the titular Godot, who never arrives. [2]

  5. Agreement (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    This is because English grammar requires that the verb and its subject agree in person. The pronouns I and he are first and third person respectively, as are the verb forms am and is. The verb form must be selected so that it has the same person as the subject in contrast to notional agreement, which is based on meaning. [2] [3]

  6. Grammar - Wikipedia

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    The term grammar can also describe the linguistic behaviour of groups of speakers and writers rather than individuals. Differences in scale are important to this meaning: for example, English grammar could describe those rules followed by every one of the language's speakers. [2]

  7. Syntactic Structures - Wikipedia

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    In the first chapter of the book, he gives a definition of human language syntax. He then talks about the goals of syntactic study. For Chomsky, a linguist's goal is to build a grammar of a language. He defines grammar as a device which produces all the sentences of the language under study.

  8. Branching (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    The following trees illustrate what can be seen as a stereotypical combination of left- and right-branching in English: Branching picture 6. Determiners (e.g. the) always and subjects (e.g. the child) usually appear on left branches in English, but infinitival verbs (e.g. try, eat) and the verb particle to usually appear on right branches. In ...

  9. Godot (game engine) - Wikipedia

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    Godot (/ ˈ ɡ ɒ d oʊ / GOD-oh) [a] is a cross-platform, free and open-source game engine released under the permissive MIT license.It was initially developed in Buenos Aires by Argentine software developers Juan Linietsky and Ariel Manzur [6] for several companies in Latin America prior to its public release in 2014. [7]