Comparative Concept: comment (inf)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
comment (inf)
| Typ | information packaging (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | comment |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | comment (inf) |
Umbrella
Hierarchy
Definition
in a topic–comment information packaging, the comment is the information that is predicated of the topic. Example: in Bill is a teacher, being a teacher is the comment that is predicated of Bill. Comment is basically synonymous with predication. (Section 10.1.2)