A glossary of acronyms for "Syntactic Theory: A Formal Introduction" (Sag, Wasow, Bender, 1999) and other terms encountered UW LING 566. In the sources column, if a page is specified without a source, it refers to "Syntactic Theory".
Note that Appendix A (starting on pg. 491) lists features, types, grammar rules, etc.
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| Acronym | Expanded | Definition / Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Adjective | pg. 27 | |
| acc | Accusative | pg. 126, 509 | |
| AP | Adjective Phrase | pg. 501 | |
| ADV | Adverb | pg. 147, 501 | |
| AGR | Agreement | pg. 61 | |
| AUX | Auxillary | pg. 61 | |
| AVM | Attribute-Value Matrix | Bracket notation used in textbook for feature structures. | 1 |
| BV | Bound-Variable | pg. 152 | |
| CASE | Case Marking | One of { nom, acc } | pg. 117 |
| COMPS | Compliments | pg. 66 | |
| CONJ | Conjugate | ||
| COUNT | Count | For determiners that vary with count/mass. | pg. 112 |
| CP | Complementizer Phrase | pg. 340, 501 | |
| CFG | Context-Free Grammar | pg. 26 | |
| D | Determiner | pg. 27 | |
| dat | Dative | 126 | |
| det | Determiner | pg. 61 | |
| dir | Directive | Mode for imperitive sentences, e.g. "Be happy!" | pg. 136 |
| DP | Determiner Phrase | pg. 157, 501 | |
| dtr | Ditransitive | pg. 62 | |
| DTV | Ditransitive Verb | pg. 38 | |
| fem | Feminine | Used with GEND | pg. 150, 500 |
| gen | Genative | pg. 126 | |
| GEND | Gender | One of {fem, masc, neut} | pg. 109 |
| GPSG | Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar | pg. 36 | |
| HFP | Head Feature Principle | pg. 72 | |
| HPSG | Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar | pg. 36 | |
| INST | Instance | pg. 139 | |
| IND | Index | pg. 150 | |
| IST | Immediate Supertype | pg. 55 | |
| itr | Intransitive | pg. 62 | |
| IV | Intransitive Verb | pg. 38 | |
| masc | Masculine | Used with GEND | pg. 119, 500 |
| MOD | Modifier | pg. 145 | |
| MODE | Semantic Mode | One of { prop, ques, dir, ref, nonw } | pg. 136 |
| N | Noun | pg. 501 | |
| NOM | Nominal | pg. 31, 501 | |
| NP | Noun Phrase | pg. 26 | |
| neut | Neuter | Used with GEND | pg. 109 |
| NUM | Number | pg. 51 | |
| P | Preposition | pg. 501 | |
| pl | Plural | ||
| PER | Person | e.g. 1st-person, 3rd-person, etc. | |
| prop | Proposition | Mode for non-inverted sentence, e.g. "Kim is happy." | pg. 136 |
| PP | Preposition Phrase | pg. 501 | |
| POS | Part of Speech | pg. 51 | |
| QRESTR | Quantifier-Restriction | pg. 150 | |
| QSCOPE | Quantifier-Scope | pg. 150 | |
| ques | Question | Mode for inverted sentence, e.g. "Is Kim happy?" | pg. 136 |
| ref | Reference | Mode for just an NP in a sentence, e.g. "Kim" | pg. 136 |
| RESTR | Restriction | pg. 136 | |
| RELN | Relation | pg. 138 | |
| S | Sentence | Used as the initial symbol at the root of a CFG. | pg. 27, 501 |
| SHAC | Specifier-Head Agreement Constraint | pg. 107 | |
| SIT | Situation | pg. 138 | |
| SPR | Specifier | pg. 64 | |
| SYN | Syntax | pg. 140 | |
| SEM | Semantics | pg. 140 | |
| str | Strict-Transitive | pg. 62 | |
| sg | Singular | pg. 51 | |
| SOV | Subject-Object-Verb | Lexical order in some languages, e.g. Japanese | pg. 93 |
| SPR | Specifier | (Glossary, pg. 568) We use the term ‘specifier’ to cover subjects of clauses, determiners of noun phrases, and certain other constituents that are neither heads of the phrases they appear in nor complements to the heads. In English, the specifier of a phrase precedes its head [q.v.] and complements [q.v.]. See also determiner; complement. | pg. 568 |
| TV | Transitive Verb | pg. 38 | |
| V | Verb | pg. 501 | |
| VAL | Valence | ||
| VP | Verb Phrase |
Footnotes
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Pollard, Sag "Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar", 1994, pg 20. Google books link ↩