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the object in a sentence that is directly involved in the process or action in the sentence.
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A syntactic element of a sentence that is one of two main constituents. The object in a sentence is almost always a noun phrase containing an experiencer or a noun that is experiencing  some sort of action being performed by the subject.  
  
 
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Revision as of 03:59, 14 December 2011

A syntactic element of a sentence that is one of two main constituents. The object in a sentence is almost always a noun phrase containing an experiencer or a noun that is experiencing some sort of action being performed by the subject.

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References

  • Carnie, Andrew (2006) Syntax: A Generative Introduction. Malden, Wiley Blackwell.
  • Matthews, P. H. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.