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Subcategorization

Subcategorization. An Animated and Narrated Glossary of Terms used in Linguistics presents. Categories. Categorize these words!. Adjectives. Nouns. Verbs. quick. cat. slow. dog. pinch. dance. laugh. city. idea. put. believe. belief. delightful. cry. paint. give. eat. happy.

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Subcategorization

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  1. Subcategorization An Animated and Narrated Glossary of Terms used in Linguistics presents

  2. Categories Categorize these words! Adjectives Nouns Verbs quick cat slow dog pinch dance laugh city idea put believe belief delightful cry paint give eat happy

  3. Subcategories Nouns intransitive Words Verbs transitive Adjectives ditransitive … Subcategories of VERB

  4. Subcategorization Frames Frame 1: The elephants Frame 2: The girls the camel. _____. _____ pinch cry believe laugh paint dance eat

  5. Subcategorization Frames English verbs may be said to: subcategorize for no objects: ____ Ø subcategorize for one object: ____ Obj subcategorize for two objects: ____ Obj1 Obj2 Subcategorization can be done by considering the different frames in which members of a particular category can fit.

  6. Subcategorization • The basic idea is that items in any category can be divided into subcategories. • Nouns, adjectives etc can be subcategorized too. • One way of sub-categorization is to think of the frames in which an item occur. • Subcategorization Principle Any lexical item of category X can be subcategorized with respect to the range of idiosyncratic Complements (i.e. sister constituents) which permits it within the minimal X-bar containing it. (Radford1988:365)

  7. The End Wee, Lian-Hee and Winnie H.Y. Cheung (2009) An animated and narrated glossary of terms used in Linguistics. Hong Kong Baptist University.

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