Thoughts on Selectional Restrictions.

Fu, Yichin

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Thoughts on Selectional Restrictions

Fu, Yichin

International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 16, 3, 214-7, Aug 78

A set of five noun features proposed by Chomsky for characterizing the selectional restriction of English verbs are examined. Examples are presented to show how the "small" set of features is both "too broad" and "too narrow" at once. (SW)

Descriptors: Grammar, Language Patterns, Language Usage, Linguistic Theory, Sentence Structure, Transformational Generative Grammar, Verbs

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