Grammatical relationIn linguistics, grammatical relations (also called grammatical functions, grammatical roles, or syntactic functions) are functional relationships between constituents in a clause. The standard examples of grammatical functions from traditional grammar are subject, direct object, and indirect object. In recent times, the syntactic functions (more generally referred to as grammatical relations), typified by the traditional categories of subject and object, have assumed an important role in linguistic theorizing, within a variety of approaches ranging from generative grammar to functional and cognitive theories.
Discontinuity (linguistics)In linguistics, a discontinuity occurs when a given word or phrase is separated from another word or phrase that it modifies in such a manner that a direct connection cannot be established between the two without incurring crossing lines in the tree structure. The terminology that is employed to denote discontinuities varies depending on the theory of syntax at hand. The terms discontinuous constituent, displacement, long distance dependency, unbounded dependency, and projectivity violation are largely synonymous with the term discontinuity.
Antisymétrie (linguistique)L'antisymétrie de la syntaxe est une théorie linguistique développée par Richard Kayne qui s'inscrit dans la lignée du courant générativiste. Kayne propose un grâce auquel il est possible de dériver la structure syntaxique et l'ordre des mots d'une langue. Tous les concepts développés ci-après sont exclusivement tirés de l'œuvre de Kayne. Kayne se base sur les propriétés mathématiques d'un ordre linéaire. Pour que ce dernier soit obtenu à partir d'un ensemble d'éléments ordonnés entre eux il faut trouver les propriétés suivantes : Transitif donc si et alors .
