A Dictionary of Grammatical Terms in Linguistics
n. In RG, a hierarchy of the principal grammatical relations recognized in that framework, usually given as follows:
Almost all syntactic operations in RG are interpreted as the movement of NPs up and down this hierarchy, and much of the content of the framework derives from restrictions placed upon such movement.
The Relational Hierarchy has much the same form as the independently derived NP Accessibility Hierarchy, and incorporates some of the same insights.
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