Parataxis is a literary technique where clauses or sentences are placed side-by-side without explicit conjunctions or subordination. It creates a…
Obviative person deixis refers to the grammatical marking of third-person referents to distinguish between the primary subject and other third-person…
An oblique object is a noun or pronoun that is not the subject or the direct/indirect object of a verb.…
An object complement renames or describes the direct object of a sentence. It clarifies the result of the verb's action…
A noun phrase is a word or group of words that functions in a sentence as a subject, object, or…
A noun class is a system of classification for nouns, often based on semantic or grammatical features. Languages use noun…
A noun adjunct is a noun used as an adjective to modify another noun. It functions like an adjective but…
A nonrestrictive relative clause adds extra, non-essential information to a sentence. It is set off by commas and can be…
A nonfinite clause uses a nonfinite verb form (infinitive, gerund, participle) and lacks a subject, functioning as a noun, adjective,…
Nominalization is a linguistic process that turns verbs or adjectives into nouns. It often simplifies sentence structure but can obscure…