Constituent
Constituent
A constituent is one of two or more grammatical units that enter syntactically or morphologically into a construction at any level.
(English)
The sentence You eat bananas contains the following constituents:
Immediate constituents:
- you
- eat bananas
Ultimate constituents:
- you
- eat
- banana
- -s
Page/s: 38
Source: Quirk, Greenbaum, Leech, and Svartvik 1985
Quirk, Randolph, S. Greenbaum, G. Leech, and J. Svartvik. 1985.A comprehensive grammar of the English language. London: Longman.
Page/s: 281
Source: Mish 1991
Mish, Frederick (editor). 1991.Webster's ninth new collegiate dictionary. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster. 1,564 pages. 0877795088; indexed 0877795096; deluxe 087779510X.
Page/s: 68
Source: Crystal 1985
Crystal, David. 1985.A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics. 2nd edition. New York: Basil Blackwell.
More specific terms
- NT1 ↓ Construction ►
- NT1 ↓ Discontinuous Constituents
- NT1 ↓ Immediate Constituent
- NT1 ↓ Morpheme
- NT1 ↓ Ultimate Constituent
- NT1 ↓ Zero
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