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- *[[Vowel (definition)]] *[[Backness (definition)]]970 bytes (133 words) - 15:30, 30 November 2020
- ...tense and lax sonorants (e.g. /l/ vs /L/). See the discussion in [[Fortis (definition)|fortis]] for a better look at the contrast. *[[Advanced Tongue Root (definition)]]1 KB (156 words) - 16:13, 30 November 2020
- ...nts receive extra lip rounding before front vowels, when in their [[Broad (definition)|broad]] form. *[[Vowel (definition)]]1 KB (192 words) - 16:28, 30 November 2020
- ...in a breathy quality. Both [[Vowel (definition)|vowels]] and [[Consonant (definition)|consonants]] can be produced with a +[ATR] feature. In English tense vowel *[[Tense in Phonetics (definition)]]1 KB (190 words) - 15:50, 30 November 2020
- ...e to refer to sounds in a phoneme inventory that are [[Tense in Phonetics (definition)|tense]]. In Gaelic, the fortis/lenis (tense/lax) distinction is part of a *[[Tense in Phonetics (definition)]]1 KB (165 words) - 16:19, 30 November 2020
- *[[Alveolar (definition)]] *[[Manner of Articulation (definition)]]1 KB (149 words) - 13:40, 10 November 2020
- *[[Alveolar (definition)]] [[Category: Technical Definitions]]1 KB (149 words) - 13:04, 10 November 2020
- ...iquid (definition)|liquids]], [[Nasal (definition)|nasals]], and [[Glide (definition)|glides]]. These sounds are all produced with a free airflow that lacks tur *[[Liquid (definition)]]1 KB (160 words) - 13:26, 10 November 2020
- ...n)|fricatives]] (e.g. [ʃ]). Obstruents stand in opposition to [[Sonorant (definition)|sonorants]]. Although they are sometimes considered 'nasal stops,' the con *[[Stop (definition)]]1 KB (152 words) - 16:26, 31 October 2020
- ...e middle of the English word 'bonbon' might be pronounced as a [[Bilabial (definition)|bilabial]] consonant [m], because that makes it more similar to its neighb [[Category: Technical Definitions]]1 KB (143 words) - 23:45, 3 June 2012
- *[[Syllable (definition)]] [[Category: Technical Definitions]]658 bytes (91 words) - 06:31, 15 June 2012
- A '''diphthong''' is a complex [[Vowel (definition)|vowel]] that is considered a single sound despite two distinct tongue move *[[Monophthong (definition)]]1 KB (195 words) - 21:08, 25 October 2020
- *[[Diphthong (definition)]] *[[Vowel (definition)]]1 KB (137 words) - 21:08, 25 October 2020
- ...s below). Other possible uses include exporting the structure of the wiki (technical definitions, the page structure etc) without the Gaelic content to other wi *[[:Category: Technical Definitions]] (note capitalization and plural)5 KB (854 words) - 10:33, 22 June 2009
- ...ey are often introduced with a [[Wh-words|wh-word]] or a [[Complementizer (definition)|complementizer]], although these can be omitted. *[[Clause (definition)]]1 KB (162 words) - 07:55, 17 June 2012
- ...rasted with [[Imperative Clause (definition)|imperatives]] and [[Question (definition)|questions]] *[[Question (definition)]]666 bytes (78 words) - 09:45, 5 June 2012
- ...ion)|subject]] [[Argument (definition)|argument]] and one [[Direct Object (definition)|object]]. Typical transitive verbs include ''hit'', ''kiss'', ''devour''. *[[Unaccusative (definition)]]1 KB (137 words) - 07:00, 17 June 2012
- ...etc.) is packaged into a sentence. Gaelic makes frequent use of [[Cleft (definition)]] constructions to mark information structure. *[[Topic (definition)]]930 bytes (121 words) - 09:19, 11 June 2012
- ...g the verb [[Bi (irregular verb)|bi]] in combination with a [[Verbal Noun (definition)|verbal noun]] in an [[Auxiliary Constructions|auxiliary construction]]. Fo ...runs). In Gaelic, this usage is typically expressed by the [[Future Tense (definition)|future tense]] instead.2 KB (232 words) - 23:03, 15 June 2012
- ...', and [[Unergative (definition)|unergative verbs]] which have an [[Agent (definition)|agent]] such as ''leave''. *[[Transitive (definition)]]1 KB (145 words) - 20:42, 15 November 2009
- ..., a [[Direct Object (definition)|direct object]] and an [[Indirect Object (definition)|indirect object]]. Examples of ditransitive verbs in English include ''sen *[[Argument (definition)]]1 KB (129 words) - 14:26, 6 June 2012
- ...the verb (when there are two NPs) or an obligatory [[Prepositional Phrase (definition)|prepositional phrase]] . Indirect objects typically express goals and loca *[[Valence (definition)]]2 KB (218 words) - 17:01, 10 June 2012
- == Definition == ...Object (definition)| indirect object]] appears before the [[Direct Object (definition)|direct object]] and is not marked with a preposition.1 KB (164 words) - 14:26, 6 June 2012
- ==Definition== ...syntactic operation which takes a clause in the (default) [[Active Voice (definition)|active voice]] (see example 1) and produces a passive version (example 2).2 KB (278 words) - 12:27, 24 May 2012
- Clauses consist of two obligatory parts: [[Predicate (definition)|predicates]] and '''arguments''. Arguments are the participants in the act ...re, ''Jones'', ''the picture'' and ''to Smith'' (a [[Prepositional Phrase (definition)|prepositional phrase]]) are all core arguments.1 KB (169 words) - 23:25, 3 June 2012
- ...h, pronouns that are in object position always take the [[Accusative Case (definition)|accusative case]] (''me, him, her, us, them'' etc.) .../toil leam bainne''). In Gaelic the direct object is in the [[Common Case (definition)|common case]].2 KB (378 words) - 14:16, 6 June 2012
- *See [[Conjunction (definition)]] for a discussion of how conjunction works in Gaelic. [[Category:Technical Definitions]]1 KB (181 words) - 06:02, 29 October 2013
- *[[Demonstrative (definition)]] [[Category: Technical Definition]]397 bytes (52 words) - 18:34, 22 June 2009
- Demonstratives are words with a [[Deictic (definition)|deictic]] function. In English we have two deictic [[Articles|articles]], [[Category: Technical Definitions]]814 bytes (107 words) - 10:29, 5 June 2012
- ...d English the most common imperfective aspect is the [[Progressive Aspect (definition)|progressive]]. Imperfective usually stands in opposition to the Aorist asp *[[Aspect (definition)]]966 bytes (125 words) - 00:04, 9 June 2012
- [[Aspect (definition)]] [[Category: Technical Definitions]]566 bytes (71 words) - 23:18, 3 June 2012
- *[[Aspect (definition)]] *[[Progressive Aspect (definition)]]760 bytes (89 words) - 00:37, 8 June 2012
- *[[Aspect (definition)]] [[Category: Technical Definitions]]532 bytes (68 words) - 13:58, 16 June 2012
- ...h the auxiliary [[Bi (irregular verb)]] (e.g. ''bha''), the [[Verbal Noun (definition)|verbal noun]] and the particle [[Air (aspect marker)]]: ''bha mi air am ba *[[Recent Perfect Aspect (definition)]]1 KB (202 words) - 20:23, 15 June 2012
- *[[Aspect (definition)]] [[Category: Technical Definitions]]922 bytes (132 words) - 23:44, 15 June 2012
- [[Category:Technical Definitions]] ...notion of kissing requires an [[Agent (definition)|agent]] and a [[Theme (definition)|theme]] to make a complete semantic event. These thematic relations are ex2 KB (341 words) - 14:44, 6 June 2012
- ...le (definition)|article]] ''the'', although NPs marked with the [[Deictic (definition)|deictic]] articles ''this, that, these'' and ''those'' are also definite. *[[Indefinite (definition)]]1 KB (181 words) - 14:14, 4 October 2012
- ...uxiliary [Bi (irregular verb)|bi]], the particle a' and the [[Verbal Noun (definition)]], e.g. ''the mi a' falbh]]. *[[Aspect (definition)]]1 KB (158 words) - 23:30, 15 June 2012
- ...with a preposition. Prescriptive rules are contrasted with [[Descriptive (definition)|descriptive]] rules, which describes native speaker's actual usage. *[[Descriptive (definition)]]934 bytes (132 words) - 22:39, 15 June 2012
- ...(definition)|particle]] [[Air (aspect marker)|air]] and the [[Verbal Noun (definition)|verbal noun]]: ''Bha mi air am bainne òl'' [[Category: Technical Definitions]]1 KB (170 words) - 20:28, 15 June 2012
- ...verb forms used in [[Passive (definition)|passive]] and [[Perfect Aspect (definition)|perfect aspect]] sentences. They often end in ''-en'' or ''-ed'' suffixes: ...participles, per se. Instead a special verb form called the [[Verbal Noun (definition)|verbal noun]] is used in these conditions, and other constructions.1 KB (157 words) - 19:48, 15 June 2012
- *[[Verb (definition)]] *[[Adjective (definition)]]686 bytes (83 words) - 07:40, 17 June 2012
- ...nt]] (i.e., are not a subject or object of the verb) are called [[Oblique (definition)|oblique]]. In English, oblique noun phrases are usually objects of preposi ...h grammatical relations correlate to some degree with [[Thematic Relation (definition)|thematic relations]] (a semantic concept), grammatical relations are not s2 KB (308 words) - 00:14, 8 June 2012
- ...nition)|declarative]] with a question "tag" which contrasts in [[Negation (definition)|negative polarity]] with the statement: English "We're going, aren't we?", *[[Interrogative (definition)]]963 bytes (130 words) - 00:36, 17 June 2012
- *[[Superlative (definition)]] *[[Adjective (definition)]]991 bytes (134 words) - 11:35, 4 June 2012
- *[[Comparative (definition)]] [[Category: Technical Definitions]]867 bytes (111 words) - 00:17, 17 June 2012
- [[Category: Technical Definition]]154 bytes (15 words) - 20:51, 24 June 2009
- ==Definition== ...ther is the [[Copula|copula]]. In Gaelic it is typically used with [[Noun (definition)|nominal]] predicates like "I am the man" and in [[Clefts|cleft]] construct1 KB (191 words) - 22:52, 8 June 2012
- ...in turn is followed by a relative clause marked with the [[Complementizer (definition)|complementizer]] ''that'' or "which". This type of complex sentence const *[[Topic (definition)]]1 KB (192 words) - 04:45, 11 June 2012
- *[[Clause (definition)]] *[[Copula (definition)]]1 KB (191 words) - 20:12, 6 June 2012
- [[Article (definition)]] [[Determiner (definition)]]1 KB (181 words) - 00:13, 16 June 2012
- ...on)|Passivization]], for instance, demotes a core argument (the [[Subject (definition)|subject]]) to a non-core argument, and optionally deletes it. *[[Voice in Morphology (definition)|Voice]]1 KB (156 words) - 10:12, 4 September 2012
- *[[Broad (definition)]] *[[Slender (definition)]]1,007 bytes (127 words) - 07:23, 17 June 2012
- *[[Ordinal Number (definition)]] [[Category:Technical Definitions]]526 bytes (69 words) - 09:43, 15 June 2012
- ...finition)|clause]] (not counting optionally expressed non-[[Core Argument (definition)|core arguments]]). Valence is roughly equivalent to the traditional concep ...r non-core argument), it is in fact a core argument (an [[Indirect Object (definition)|indirect object]]) of the verb ''give''.2 KB (241 words) - 07:09, 17 June 2012
- *[[Intonation (definition)]] *[[Pitch (definition)]]1 KB (171 words) - 10:34, 22 January 2021
- *[[Phonetics (definition)]] *[[Auditory Phonetics (definition)]]1 KB (177 words) - 21:05, 25 October 2020
- *[[Phonetics (definition)]] *[[Articulatory Phonetics (definition)]]2 KB (262 words) - 21:05, 25 October 2020
- *[[Phonetics (definition)]] *[[Articulatory Phonetics (definition)]]1 KB (148 words) - 21:06, 25 October 2020
- ...n ''ba''). Syllables with a long vowel (as in Gaelic ''bà'') or a [[Coda (definition)|coda]] consonant (as in ''bean'') have two. *[[Syllable (definition)]]944 bytes (130 words) - 07:07, 15 June 2012
- *[[Stress (definition)]] *[[Intonation (definition)]]1 KB (153 words) - 10:34, 22 January 2021
- *[[Stress (definition)]] *[[Intonation (definition)]]1 KB (154 words) - 09:52, 22 January 2021
- ...el contrasts made obvious in stressed positions. See the page on [[Stress (definition)|stress]] for more detail. *[[Coda (definition)]]2 KB (261 words) - 17:06, 30 November 2020
- ...back vowels. Backness can also be heard on consonants, notably [[Sonorant (definition)|sonorants]] like [l] whose dark L allophone ([ɫ]) is commonly produced fo *[[Frontness (definition)]]1 KB (195 words) - 15:30, 30 November 2020
- As a [[Thematic Relation (definition)|thematic relation]], an agent is the doer of some action. In ''Sam made ba *[[Thematic Relation (definition)]]626 bytes (86 words) - 13:38, 16 June 2012
- ...llable, as in ''top'', it is pronounced with a burst of air ([[Aspiration (definition)|aspiration]]) transcribed <nowiki>[tʰ]</nowiki>; after an "s" sound, as i *[[Phoneme (definition)]]897 bytes (125 words) - 23:15, 3 June 2012
- ...complementizers), [[Negation (definition)|Negative markers]] and [[Aspect (definition)|aspect markers]] *[[Lexical Category (definition)]]830 bytes (91 words) - 22:06, 7 June 2012
- *[[Cardinal Number (definition)]] [[Category: Technical Definitions]]573 bytes (82 words) - 12:43, 15 June 2012
- ...n English (as in ''reword'') or ''mi'' in Gaelic. They also have [[Suffix (definition)|suffixes]] which follow the root, such as the English plural ''-s'' or the *[[Suffix (definition)]]943 bytes (133 words) - 11:51, 18 November 2009
- *[[Place of Articulation (definition)]] [[Category: Technical Definitions]]1 KB (180 words) - 12:57, 10 November 2020
- ...unds. More controversially, it is a marginal [[Initial Consonant Mutation (definition)|initial consonant mutation]] which is also called 'eclipsis.' *[[Nasal (definition)]]2 KB (222 words) - 16:30, 31 October 2020
- *[[Advanced Tongue Root (definition)]] *[[Lax (definition)]]956 bytes (133 words) - 15:36, 30 November 2020
- *[[Unaccusative (definition)]] *[[Transitive (definition)]]1,000 bytes (119 words) - 10:03, 4 September 2012
- ...gis''). This linguistic usage often corresponds to the notion of a [[Verb (definition)]] but there are predicates that aren't verbs as in the bold faced phrases *[[Argument (definition)]]1 KB (195 words) - 22:27, 15 June 2012
- A phrase that completes the meaning of a predicate or [[Head (definition)|head]]. Complements are often obligatory. *[[Head (definition)]]921 bytes (117 words) - 12:54, 4 June 2012
- ...djuncts stand in contrast to [[Arguments (definition)]] and [[Complements (definition)]]. Typical Adjuncts include Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositional Phrases, bu *[[Adjective (definition)]]1 KB (129 words) - 22:24, 3 June 2012
- *[[Future Tense (definition)]] *[[Tense (definition)]]1 KB (173 words) - 11:12, 16 June 2012
- ...ers of a language actually speak. They are contrasted with [[Prescriptive (definition)|prescriptive rules]] which tell people how they should speak. *[[Prescriptive (definition)]]760 bytes (101 words) - 11:15, 5 June 2012
- *[[Prosody (definition)]] *[[Stress (definition)]]1 KB (154 words) - 10:35, 22 January 2021
- ...Phrases are [[Constituent (definition)|constituents]] or phrases [[Phrase (definition)|phrase]] built around a noun. For example, the string ''the big blue ballo *[[Noun (definition)]]854 bytes (121 words) - 09:30, 15 June 2012
- ...s separated from the other traditional members of the VP by the [[Subject (definition)|subject]], which is traditional '''not''' included in the VP. *[[Verb (definition)]]1 KB (140 words) - 07:37, 17 June 2012
- ...Intransitive (definition)|intransitive verb]] which have a single [[Theme (definition)|theme]] argument. The verb ''arrive'' is an example of an unaccusative ver *[[Transitive (definition)]]1,017 bytes (131 words) - 09:22, 15 June 2012
- ...Intransitive (definition)|intransitive verb]] which have a single [[Agent (definition)|agent]] argument, ''laugh'' is a good example *[[Transitive (definition)]]995 bytes (126 words) - 07:05, 17 June 2012
- ...into [[Morpheme (definition)|morphemes]]. Not to be confused with [[Stem (definition)|stem]]. For example, given the word “'''sing'''-er” the verb sing is *[[Affix (definition)]]1,008 bytes (141 words) - 12:14, 16 June 2012
- ...ition)|stops]] such as <nowiki> such as [pʰ] </nowiki> and [[Unaspirated (definition)|unaspirated]] stops such as <nowiki>[p]</nowiki> are allophones of the sam *[[Allophone (definition)]]1 KB (169 words) - 21:03, 15 June 2012
- As a [[Thematic Relation (definition)|thematic relation]], a theme is the thing that has undergone action. In '' *[[Thematic Relation (definition)]]702 bytes (98 words) - 00:46, 17 June 2012
- *[[Thematic Role (definition)]] *[[Benefactive (definition)]]767 bytes (102 words) - 14:35, 6 June 2012
- ...s a tool or method used to conduct the event described by the [[Predicate (definition)|predicate]]. For example, the phrase ''with a rock'' is the instrument in *[[Thematic Relation (definition)]]1 KB (140 words) - 09:41, 11 June 2012
- Location is a [[Thematic Relation (definition)|thematic relation]] that nouns bear when the indicate the place an event o [[Thematic Relation (definition)]]372 bytes (44 words) - 00:14, 15 June 2012
- As a [[Thematic Relation (definition)|thematic relation]], the source in a sentence is the location where the m *[[Thematic Relation (definition)]]756 bytes (105 words) - 13:40, 16 June 2012
- A Noun Phrase with the [[Thematic Relation (definition)|thematic relation]] of a Goal indicates end location of a movement (real o *[[Source (definition)]]1 KB (142 words) - 23:36, 7 June 2012
- Experiencer is a [[Thematic Relation (definition)|thematic relation]] associated with noun phrases whose referent is capable *[[Thematic Relation (definition)]]1 KB (143 words) - 20:51, 7 June 2012
- ...h a single argument position. Not to be confused with [[Thematic Relation (definition)|thematic relations]] *[[Argument (definition)]]696 bytes (89 words) - 06:59, 17 June 2012
- ...uld not be confused with the initial consonant mutation called [[Lenition (definition)|lenition]], although the term is sometimes use to refer to the phenomenon. *[[Aspiration (definition)]]1 KB (154 words) - 09:02, 10 November 2020
- *[[Initial Consonant Mutation (definition)]] [[Category:Technical Definitions]]888 bytes (117 words) - 08:59, 15 June 2012
- ...English and Gaelic, Obliques are almost always marked with [[Preposition (definition)|prepositions]]. *[[Argument (definition)]]1 KB (140 words) - 10:50, 15 June 2012
- The Head is the element in a [[Phrase (definition)|phrase]] whose syntactic category defines the type of phrase it is in. Fo *[[Phrase (definition)]]747 bytes (109 words) - 00:45, 8 June 2012
- ...n or indicates syntactic functions or semantic roles) and a [[Noun Phrase (definition)|noun phrase]] complement. *[[Preposition (definition)]]936 bytes (119 words) - 22:34, 15 June 2012
- ...thors also use this term for "present participles'', found in [[Imperfect (definition)|progressive constructions]] as in ''He was swimming''. ...ose Clauses (definition)|purpose clauses]] as well as nouns in [[Argument (definition)|argument positions]]1 KB (143 words) - 12:55, 17 September 2012
- ...ing. It has two uses: first as the verb form used in [[Progressive Aspect (definition)|progressive]] clauses such as ''I'm leaving''. The other is as an adjectiv ...d for expressing adjective forms of verbs, such as the [[Verbal Adjective (definition)|verbal adjective]] and complex phrases.1 KB (186 words) - 23:02, 15 June 2012
