RAISING

Raising

In linguistics, raising is the construction where a given predicate/verb takes a dependent that is not its semantic argument, but rather it is the semantic argument of an embedded predicate. In other words, an argument that belongs to an embedded predicate is realized syntactically as a dependent of a higher predicate/verb. Not all languages have raising predicates, but English is one that does. The term raising has its origins in the transformational analysis of such constructions; the one constituent is seen as "raised" from its initial position as the subject of the embedded predicate to its final position as a dependent of the matrix ...

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raising

Noun

  1. Elevation.
  2. Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity
  3. Recruitment.
  4. Collection or gathering, especially of money.

Verb

raising



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