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Endo, Yoshio – MITA Working Papers in Psycholinguistics, 1989
The notions of categorical selection (c-selection) and semantic selection (s-selection) as outlined in recent research on generative grammar are discussed. The first section addresses the type of selectional constraint imposed on English small clauses (e.g., "John considers [Mary smart]"). In the second section, it is suggested that the constraint…
Descriptors: English, Generative Grammar, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
