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subject
(grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
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object
(grammar) a constituent that is acted upon
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ablative absolute
a constituent in Latin grammar; a noun and its modifier can function as a sentence modifier
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immediate constituent
a constituent of a sentence at the first step in an analysis: e.g., subject and predicate
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construction, expression, grammatical construction
a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit
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misconstruction
an ungrammatical constituent
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term
one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition
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subject
(logic) the first term of a proposition
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object of a preposition, prepositional object
the object governed by a preposition
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direct object, object of the verb
the object that receives the direct action of the verb
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indirect object
the object that is the recipient or beneficiary of the action of the verb
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retained object
an object in a passive construction
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adjunct
a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence
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clause
(grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
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complement
a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction
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involution
a long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction
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phrase
an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
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predicator
an expression that predicates
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predicate
(logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula
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referent
the first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate
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relatum
a term in a proposition that is related to the referent of the proposition
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categorem, categoreme
a categorematic expression; a term capable of standing alone as the subject or predicate of a logical proposition
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major term
the term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusion
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minor term
the term in a syllogism that is the subject of the conclusion
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middle term
the term in a syllogism that is common to both premises and excluded from the conclusion
