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'''Predication''' is a [[subject]]-[[predicate]] relation. In syntax this relation is sometimes defined as a coindexing relation between a predicate and a [[c-command]]ing subject, not only in the case of an [[NP]]-[[VP]] relation, but also in cases such as (i) where 'singing' is predicated of 'John'.

(i) John<sub>i</sub> left singing<sub>i</sub>

The relation in (i) is sometimes called '[[secondary predication]]', as opposed to NP-VP predication.

=== Links ===

[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Predication&lemmacode=427 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]

=== References ===

* Williams, E. 1980. ''Predication,'' Linguistic Inquiry 11, pp.203-238

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	(i) John<sub>i</sub> left singing<sub>i</sub>		(i) John<sub>i</sub> left singing<sub>i</sub>

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Volker gast at 14:56, 14 June 2009

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