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What are the semantic functions of a complementizer phrase (CP)

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Relationship between complexity of a sentence and the average distance between the tokens in which we relate

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Why is the Romanian syntax for “Good night!” opposite to all the other Romance languages?

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Does this English exercise test syntactic or semantic knowledge of a student?

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Relationship between semantical understanding of a text and the level of language used in the text

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What is a good introduction to formal language theory for linguistics?

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What's the difference between open/closed class words and functional/lexical categories?

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How can we call a word that matches a few criteria in the question?

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Is there a term for syntactically and semantically linked modifying phrases?

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What are wish and if-clause called as a group?

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Subcategorisation Frame with DPs

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V to T movement in German

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Is the use of the present participle verb form as adjectives or subjects or objects an example of conversion (a.k.a. zero-derivation)?

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Positive & Negative Polarity Items, and Interrogatives

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