grammatical subject

collocation in English

meaningsofgrammaticalandsubject

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grammatical
adjective
uk
/ɡrəˈmæt.ɪ.kəl/us
/ɡrəˈmæt̬.ɪ.kəl/
relating to grammar or obeying the rules ...
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subject
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsʌb.dʒekt/us
/ˈsʌb.dʒekt/
the thing that is being discussed, considered, ...
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(Definition ofgrammaticalandsubjectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgrammatical subject

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All stimuli consisted of active sentences whosegrammaticalsubjectis the name of a person.
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Such a sentence is incorrect, because thegrammaticalsubjectcannot be inferred from the linguistic or conversational context.
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The key to understanding the get-passive is that it highlights the stance of the speaker in context towards the event and thegrammaticalsubject.
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As mentioned above, though, it is rare for adults to produce sentences without agrammaticalsubject, so the child's subject omissions are especially likely to be corrected.
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In the temporal configuration that results from the process of grammaticalization, in contrast, thegrammaticalsubjectis immediately and exclusively identified as the trajector of the construction's complement (the infinitive).
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Bundle theory, for example, maintains that thegrammaticalsubjectof statement refers to its properties.
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It literally means to have nothing and has nogrammaticalsubject.
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A sentence whose agent is marked asgrammaticalsubjectis called an active sentence.
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In the passive voice thegrammaticalsubjectof the verb is the recipient (not the doer) of the action denoted by the verb.
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Bundle theory rejects the argument from grammar on the basis that agrammaticalsubjectdoes not necessarily refer to a metaphysical subject.
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In the passive voice, thegrammaticalsubjectof the verb is the recipient of the action described by it, namely the patient.
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Thegrammaticalsubjectof the sentence is thus the possessed.
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Thegrammaticalsubjectis either omitted (in pro-drop languages) or dummy pronoun (otherwise).
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The role and structure of grammatical subjects and information-structure themes in scientific writing have also been the focus of substantial research.
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These unaccusative sentences frequently have grammatical subjects that are themselves nominalizations.
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Meaningful assertions are formed by virtue of agrammaticalsubject, of which properties may be predicated, and in substance theory, such assertions are made with regard to a substance.
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Often polysynthesis is achieved when languages have extensive agreement between elements verbs and their arguments so that the verb is marked for agreement with thegrammaticalsubjectand object.
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For instance, a child may use the expectation that the doer of an action should be thegrammaticalsubject to identify how subjects are marked in her language.
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Participial phrases generally do not require an expressedgrammaticalsubject; therefore such a verb phrase also constitutes a complete clause (one of the types of nonfinite clause).
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