expression (n.)

This term is used in a general sense in LINGUISTICS, referring to a STRING OF ELEMENTS treated as a UNIT for the purposes of analysis and discussion: expressions have a GRAMMATICAL and a LEXICAL character, and are definable in terms of both, e.g. the expression so be it can be analyzed as a sequence both of form-classes and of lexical ITEMS. Expressions can then be investigated in terms of their SEMANTIC properties, as is carried on in philosophical and logical discussion (through such notions as ‘referring’ and ‘predicative expression’), and as is increasingly the case in linguistics.

 

The term is also found in the SAUSSUREAN distinction between expression (or FORM) and CONTENT (or MEANING): ‘expression’ here refers to all aspects of linguistic FORM, i.e. sounds and their grammatical SEQUENCES. A more restricted sense equates ‘expression’ solely with the LEVEL of linguistic organization of SUBSTANCE, i.e. PHONOLOGY and GRAPHOLOGY. The abstract formal UNITS which are realized either in PHONIC or in GRAPHIC SUBSTANCE are sometimes referred to as expression elements, e.g. the expression element /s/ is realized PHONETICALLY as [s] and GRAPHETICALLY as s, ss, etc. In FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR, expression rules play an important role in the final stage of sentence generation.

الاكثر قراءة في Syntax

Symbols used in syntactic analysis

Wh-movement as a copying operation

Traditional grammar

Activities, achievements and accomplishments

Tree diagrams

Oblique object and indirect object

restrictive (adj.)

Deep and surface structure

Null subjects

Split CP: Force, Topic and Focus projections

Evidence for successive-cyclic wh-movement through spec-CP

Syntactic criteria

Complement phrases

Wh-movement, EPP and the Attract Closest Principle

Thematic roles

اخر الاخبار

اخبار العتبة العباسية المقدسة

قسم صناعة الشبابيك يشرع بإدامة شباكين قديمين لمرقد الإمامين العسكريين (عليهما السلام)

فرقة العباس (عليه السلام) تختتم خدماتها المقدمة للزائرين في سامراء

موكب العتبتين المقدستين يحيي ذكرى استشهاد الإمام الهادي (عليه السلام) في سامراء

العتبة العسكرية المقدسة تكرّم وفد العتبة العباسية المقدسة لمشاركته في تقديم الخدمات للزائرين

المزيد

الآخبار الصحية

كنز غذائي على طبقك.. ماذا تفعل السبانخ بجسمك؟

ما لا يتوقعه أحد.. "سر غذائي" في الجبن الدسم

لتحسين الهضم والنوم.. هذا أفضل وقت لتناول العشاء

10 طرق بسيطة وغير مألوفة لحرق المزيد من السعرات يوميا

المزيد

الآخبار التكنلوجية

سابقة بعالم الطيران.. طائرة تقرر الهبوط بنفسها بعد ظرف طارئ

"الإنفلونزا الخارقة" تكتسح دول العالم.. وتثير قلقا كبيرا

مرحلة ما قبل الأعراض.. دواء جديد يستهدف "شرارة" الزهايمر

إزالة ثاني أكسيد الكربون من الغلاف الجوي.. ما دور المحيطات والبحار؟

المزيد

مواضيع ذات صلة

Zero-anaphora (“pro-drop”)

Annotated Phrase Structure trees

Word-level (lexical) categories

Syntax and speech

Word Order- Classifiers and phrasal dependents in DP

Word order- Suffixal Pl and Art

Syntax Word order and restrictive vs. nonrestrictive modification

Syntax

Language Mixture—Grammar

Change in grammar and pronunciation

Word order

Grammaticalization.