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Syntactic Functions

Syntactic Functions is a theoretical construct in linguistics that designates the specific grammatical roles, such as subject, object, or predicate, assumed by constituents within a sentence structure to express argument relations in accordance with syntactic rules.

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Grammatical Functions

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<b>Introduction to functional grammar</b> . By M. A. K. Halliday London &amp; Baltimore: Edward Arnold, 1985. Pp. xxxv, 387.

Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen · Language · 1989 · 9.9K citations

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The syntactic positive shift (sps) as an erp measure of syntactic processing

Peter Hagoort, Colin Brown, Jolanda Groothusen · Language and Cognitive Processes · 1993 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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Maturational Constraints on Functional Specializations for Language Processing: ERP and Behavioral Evidence in Bilingual Speakers

Christine Weber‐Fox, Helen J. Neville · Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience · 1996 · 888 citations

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The Role of Left Inferior Frontal and Superior Temporal Cortex in Sentence Comprehension: Localizing Syntactic and Semantic Processes

Angela D. Friederici · Cerebral Cortex · 2002 · 887 citations · Full text

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The acquisition and development of language by bilingual children

Virginia Volterra, Traute Taeschner · Journal of Child Language · 1978 · 626 citations

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Authors

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  1. AD
    Angela D. Friederici

    Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Germany

    5 publications · 1.4K citations

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  2. PH
    Peter Hagoort

    Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Netherlands

    5 publications · 1.9K citations

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  3. ML
    Mark Leikin

    University of Haifa, Israel

    4 publications · 116 citations

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  4. OH
    One‐Soon Her

    National Chengchi University, Taiwan

    4 publications · 97 citations

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  5. ZB
    Zvia Breznitz

    University of Haifa, Israel

    3 publications · 87 citations

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Institutions

248

  1. Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    10 h-index

    24 publications

    6.4K citations

  2. Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

    Leipzig, Germany

    9 h-index

    24 publications

    3.1K citations

  3. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    8 h-index

    12 publications

    2.8K citations

  4. University of Haifa

    Haifa, Israel

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    255 citations

  5. University of Geneva

    Geneva, Switzerland

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    856 citations

  6. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    320 citations

  8. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    191 citations

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  1. Language

    17 publications · 12K citations

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  2. Journal of Linguistics

    10 publications · 466 citations

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  3. Lingua

    10 publications · 563 citations

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  4. Studies in Language

    7 publications · 261 citations

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  5. Linguistics

    6 publications · 463 citations

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