| Lemma | nuclear predication |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Dik (1989) |
| Titolo | The theory of functional grammar. Part I: the structure of the clause |
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| Citazioni | (1) nuclear predication = pred (arg)n
The “nuclear predication” consists of the predicate and its argument terms, as defined in the (basic or derived) predicate frame. (19) a. The hen laid an egg
b. layv(d1xi:henN(xi)Φ)Ag(i1xj:eggN(xj) Φ)Go
[…].
A predication such as (19b), which results from the insertion of term structures into the argument slots of some predicate frame, will be called a “nuclear predication”. […] the nuclear predication consists of the predicate, together with the (n) arguments associated with the predicate […]. Nuclear predications consist of terms which designate entities in some world, and of predicates, which designate properties of, or relations between such entities. The nuclear predication as a whole designates a set of “states of affairs” (SoAs), each member of the set being defined by the particular property or relation designated by the predicate. |