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grammatical relation - a linguistic relation established by grammar

linguistic relation - a relation between linguistic forms or constituents

concord, agreement - the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations

transitiveness, transitivity - the grammatical relation created by a transitive verb

intransitiveness, intransitivity - the grammatical relation created by an intransitive verb

coreference - the grammatical relation between two words that have a common referent

conjunction - the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction

complementation - the grammatical relation of a word or phrase to a predicate

coordination - the grammatical relation of two constituents having the same grammatical form

subordination - the grammatical relation of a modifying word or phrase to its head

limiting, qualifying, modification - the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase

modality, mood, mode - verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker

anaphoric relation - the relation between an anaphor and its antecedent

voice - (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes

inflection, inflexion - a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function

aspect - the beginning or duration or completion or repetition of the action of a verb

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Newest trends in the study of grammaticalization and lexicalization in Chinese

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