Product types A ⊗ B explicitly express the formation of a complex phrase out of constituent parts of type A and B in that order.
The bilateral subsystem appears to support computations of local phrase structure and constituent structure grouping.
Typical examples feature the hymn tune as a cantus firmus (fixed tune), which is broken down into its constituent phrases played in long note values and preceded, accompanied, and followed by contrapuntal manipulations of their salient motifs.
It was as if the melodies were now being heard at last in 3-D with a superb sense of dynamic shading and color modulation to let their constituent phrases and motifs rise, swell, urge forward and relapse.
Thus, rather than relating to phrase-level meaning, letter length seems to be more related to the lexical constituents of the phrases.
To this end, the composition of the wh-clauses was analysed for its main constituents (subjects, verb phrases and modality) and the clefts were grouped according to their apparent main function and subfunction within the lecture discourse.
The theory of descriptions has been criticized by some linguists and philosophers who see descriptions and other noun phrases as full-fledged linguistic constituents of sentences, and who see the sharp distinction between grammatical and logical form as a mistake.
As well, the uniform treatment of complements and adjuncts in terms of thematic relations does not absolve the computational linguist from the task of identifying the subcategorized constituents of verb phrases (and similarly, NPs and APs), so as to guide syntactic and semantic expectations in parsing and interpretation.
WHEN politicians talk to their constituents, there is a phrase they tend to avoid using: I want to raise your taxes.
By the constituent structure of a phrase or sentence is meant the hierarchical organization of the smallest forms of which it is composed (its ultimate constituents) into layers of successively more inclusive units.
