subjunction
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Act of subjoining, or state of being subjoined.
noun
An implication or entailment; A proposition that links two states such that one is a logical consequence of the other.
noun
A junction that is below or subordinate to the main junction.
Example Sentences
- "In the latter member of the sentence, he speaks hypothetically of the existence of that, which it is his business to disprove; for he does not decidedly reject the doctrine of subjunction in potential clauses; but merely contends, that, if there be subjunction, it is not so evidently marked, as in optative sentences."
- "However this is not necessarily so, in that subjunction of the absolutive phrase (advice) can take place on the first cycle; i.e. it can be subjoined initially to the lower verb (on which it is dependent)."
- "But subjunction is also the basis for complex, including derivational, relationships given in the lexicon. So that derivation of a noun from a verb can be represented as subjunction of the category verb to the category noun."
- "The presence of the preposition as a marker for the object of exclude is interpreted in the usual way — the scope of the subjunction is VP only, excluding the direct object node."
- "The topic last mentioned will be taken up below, but as for Danish pronunciation it does not support intentions on the part of the speaker to keep the subjunction in use."
- "In the case of the subjunction weil, it is uncontroversial that it goes back to a temporal expression, namely to the temporal DP dia wîla 'the while' (Old High German (OHG), 750–1050), which could be used as an adverbial accusative."