Selection (linguistics)

In linguistics, selection denotes the ability of predicates to determine the semantic content of their arguments. ^[1]

8 relations: Argument (linguistics), Complement (linguistics), Link grammar, Operator grammar, Predicate (grammar), Subcategorization, Syntactic category, Thematic relation.

Argument (linguistics)

In linguistics, an argument is an expression that helps complete the meaning of a predicate, the latter referring in this context to a main verb and its auxiliaries.

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Complement (linguistics)

In grammar, a complement is a word, phrase or clause that is necessary to complete the meaning of a given expression.

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Link grammar

Link grammar (LG) is a theory of syntax by Davy Temperley and Daniel Sleator which builds relations between pairs of words, rather than constructing constituents in a phrase structure hierarchy.

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Operator grammar

Operator grammar is a mathematical theory of human language that explains how language carries information.

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Predicate (grammar)

There are two competing notions of the predicate in theories of grammar.

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Subcategorization

In linguistics, subcategorization denotes the ability/necessity for lexical items (usually verbs) to require/allow the presence and types of the syntactic arguments with which they co-occur.

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Syntactic category

A syntactic category is a type of syntactic unit that theories of syntax assume.

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In linguistics, thematic relations, within certain theories, are the various roles that a noun phrase may play with respect to the action or state described by a governing verb, commonly the sentence's main verb.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selection_(linguistics)

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