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Linguistic Terms

English S

subject1

Équivalents français

sujet1

nS

sujet

Related Term(s)

first argumentfirst actantsentence topicanti-subjectsubjective1topic1theme1agentactor1

Type(s) of

grammatical functiongrammatical relation

Antonym(s)

predicate1

Sources

  • Ducrot & Todorov 1979[trans.] 210, 213

    DUCROT, Oswald and TODOROV, Tzvetan. (1979 [trans.]) Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Sciences of Language. Trans. by Catherine Porter. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 

  • RUWET 1973[trans.] 280

    RUWET, Nicholas. (1973 [trans.]) An Introduction to Generative Grammar. Trans. by Norval S.H. Smith. Amsterdam : North-Holland Publishing Co.

  • PIKE & PIKE 1982 44

    PIKE, Kenneth L. & PIKE, Evelyn G. (1982) Grammatical Analysis. Dallas: SIL & UTA.

  • MARTINET 1964[trans.] 117

    MARTINET, André. (1964 [trans.]) Elements of General Linguistics. Chicago: University of Chicago. 

  • NASH 1968 38 (compound subject), 217 (simple subject), 231

    NASH, Rose. (1968) Multilingual Lexicon of Linguistics and Philology: English, Russian, German, French. Coral Gables, FL: University of Miami Press. 

  • HAMP 1963 55

    HAMP, Eric P. (1963) A Glossary of American Technical Linguistic Usage 1925-1950. Utrecht: Spectrum Publishers. 

  • PEI & GAYNOR 1954 205 (also "subject word")

    PEI, Mario A. & GAYNOR, Frank. (1954) A Dictionary of Linguistics. New York : Philosophical Library.

  • TRASK 1993 266-267 (also "subject-prominent language")

    TRASK, R. L. (1993) A Dictionary of Grammatical Terms in Linguistics. New York: Routledge.

  • LYONS 1971 334f.

    LYONS, John. (1971) Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics. Cambridge: University Press. 

  • LONGACRE 1983 37

    LONGACRE, Robert E. (1983) The Grammar of Discourse. New York: Plenum Press.

  • PALMATIER 1972 171

    PALMATIER, Robert A. (1972) A Glossary for English Transformational Grammar. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts.

  • BEAUGRANDE & DRESSLER 1981 67-68

    BEAUGRANDE, Robert de & DRESSLER, Wolfgang. (1981) Introduction to Text Linguistics. London: Longman.

  • GREIMAS 1983[trans.] 202-203

    GREIMAS, A.J. (1983 [trans.]) Structural Semantics: An Attempt at a Method. Trans. by Daniele McDowell, Ronald Schleifer & Alan Velie.  Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. 

  • HARTMANN & STORK 1972 224

    HARTMANN, R.R.K. & STORK, F.C. (1972) Dictionary of Language and Linguistics. London: Applied Science Publishers.

  • NÖTH 1990 372

    NÖTH, Winfried. (1990) Handbook of Semiotics. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 

  • DINEEN 1967 264-265

    DINEEN, Francis P. (1967) An Introduction to General Linguistics. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.

  • WALES 1989 439-441

    WALES, Katie. (1989) A Dictionary of Stylistics. London: Longman. 

  • GROSSE 1977 162 (positive subject, negative subject)

    GROSSE, Ernst U. (1977) Current Trends in Textlinguistics, Vol. 2. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 155-173.

  • Clark & Clark 1977 33-34

    CLARK, Herbert H. & Eve V. (1977) Psychology and Language: An Introduction to Psycholinguistics. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Jovanovich.

  • QUIRK etal. 1985 78-79

    QUIRK, Randolph, GREENBAUM, Sidney, LEECH, Geoffrey, & SVARTNIK, Jan. (1985) A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language. London: Longman.

  • LYONS 1977 500-501

    LYONS, John. (1977) Semantics. Vols. 1 & 2. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.

  • ES 5-8

    Encyclopedia of Semiotics. (1998) Oxford: Oxford University Press.

  • ELL 5176 (also "subject expression")

    The Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. (1994) Oxford: Pergamon Press.

  • DOKE 1935 202 (also "definite subject", "indefinite subject", "subject in apposition")

    DOKE, Clement M. (1935) Bantu Linguistic Terminology. London: Longmans, Green, & Co.

  • COLAPIETRO 1993 188-189

    COLAPIETRO, Vincent M. (1993) Glossary of Semiotics. New York: Paragon House.

  • AKMAJIAN etal. 1984 179-180, 188 (subject frame)

    AKMAJIAN, Adrian, DEMERS, Richard A., & HARNISH, Robert M. (1984) Linguistics: An Introduction to Language and Communication, 2nd Ed. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.

  • HALLIDAY 1994 30, 72-73

    HALLIDAY, M.A.K. (1994) An Introduction to Functional Grammar (Second Edition). London: Edward Arnold. 

  • SEARLE 1969 119

    SEARLE, John R. (1969) Speech Acts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 

  • GRIMES 1975 116

    GRIMES, Joseph E. (1975) The Thread of Discourse. The Hague: Mouton.

  • COLLINGE 1990 283-284

    COLLINGE, N. E. (1990) An Encyclopaedia of Language. London: Routledge.

  • COOK 1969 67 (subject tagmeme)

    COOK, Walter C. (1969) Introduction to Tagmemic Analysis. Washington: Georgetown University Press.

  • HAEGEMAN 1991 105

    HAEGEMAN, Liliane. (1991) Introduction to Government and Binding Theory. Oxford: Blackwell.

  • COMRIE 1981 98ff. (also "subjecthood")

    COMRIE, Bernard. (1981) Language Universals and Linguistic Typology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

  • ANDERSON 1971 8

    ANDERSON, John M. (1971) The Grammar of Case: Towards a Localistic Theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

  • ANDERSON 1977 21

    ANDERSON, John M. (1977) On Case Grammar: Prolegomena to a Theory of Grammatical Relations. London: Croom Helm.

  • KUNO 1987 73-74 (accessible subject)

    KUNO, Susumu. (1987) Functional Syntax: Anaphora, Discourse & Empathy. Chicago: University Press.

  • DIK 1978 87-88

    DIK, Simon C. (1978) Functional Grammar. Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Co.

  • CROFT 1990 13

    CROFT, William. (1990) Typology and Universals. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.

  • GIVON 1984 136-137 (also "access-to-subject")

    GIVON, Talmy. (1984) Syntax: A Functional-Typological Introduction, Vols. I & II. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

  • EGGINS 1994 20

    EGGINS, Suzanne. (1994) An Introduction to Systemic Functional Linguistics. London: Pinter Publishers.

  • DIXON 1994 111ff.

    DIXON, R.M.W. (1994) Ergativity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

  • MATTHEWS 1981 97-98

    MATTHEWS, P.H. (1981) Syntax. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

  • RADFORD 1988 112-113, 313 (subjectless), 319 (also "Subject Expression", "Subject Idiom Chunk"), 552 (Clausal Subject Principle)

    RADFORD, Andrew. (1988) Transformational Grammar: A First Course. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 

  • MATTHEWS 1997 358-359 (also "subject clause")

    MATTHEWS, P.H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

  • FINCH 2000 109-110

    FINCH, Geoffrey. (2000) Linguistic Terms and Concepts. New York: St. Martin's Press.

  • RICHARDS etal. 1992 361

    RICHARDS, Jack, PLATT, J. & WEBER, H. (1992) Longman Dictionary of Language Teaching & Applied Linguistics. London: Longman.

  • CRYSTAL 2003 441-442

    CRYSTAL, David. (2003) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics, 5th Ed Oxford: Blackwell.

  • MARTIN & RINGHAM 2006 192-193 (also "subject of doing", "subject of state")

    MARTIN, Bronwen & RINGHAM, Felizitas. (2006) Key Terms in Semiotics. London: Continuum.

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