Catena (linguistics)
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catena-linguistics-284-13862539
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Catena (linguistics)
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In linguistics, a catena is a unit of syntax and morphology, closely associated with dependency grammars. It is a more flexible and inclusive unit than the constituent and its proponents therefore consider it to be better suited than the constituent to serve as the fundamental unit of syntactic and morphosyntactic analysis. The catena has served as the basis for the analysis of a number of phenomena of syntax, such as idiosyncratic meaning, ellipsis mechanisms, predicate-argument structures, and
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Unit of syntax and morphology
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catena_(linguistics)
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2024-02-15T12:18:56Z
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