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Haspelmath: New page: In syntax, a '''promotion''' is a change of grammatical relations (or a valency change) by which an argument comes to assume a higher-ranking position on a [[grammatical re...

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New page: In syntax, a '''promotion''' is a change of grammatical relations (or a valency change) by which an argument comes to assume a higher-ranking position on a [[grammatical re...

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In [[syntax]], a '''promotion''' is a change of [[grammatical relation]]s (or a [[valency change]]) by which an [[argument]] comes to assume a higher-ranking position on a [[grammatical relations hierarchy]]. The opposite of a promotion in this sense is a [[demotion]].

:::*''""Promotion" will here be used to refer to a change in the syntactic status of an NP such that it becomes accessible to one or more grammatical processes which it could not otherwise undergo, for example, relativization."'' (Van Valin 1980:316)

===Example===
The best-known example of a promotion is the change of [[object]] to [[subject]] in a [[passive construction]].

===Comments===
The term was widespread in quasi-generative and typological work of the 1970s and 1980s. It was never used in narrowly Chomskyan work, and the technical term of [[relational grammar]] is [[advancement]].

===Reference===
*[[Van Valin, Robert D.]] 1980. On the distribution of passive and antipassive constructions in universal grammar. ''Lingua'' 50: 303-327.

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-In [[syntax]], a '''promotion''' is a change of [[grammatical relation]]s (or a [[valency change]]) by which an [[argument]] comes to assume a higher-ranking position on a [[grammatical relations hierarchy]]. The opposite of a promotion in this sense is a [[demotion]].
+In [[syntax]], a '''promotion''' is a change of [[grammatical relation]]s (or a [[valency change]]) by which an [[argument]] comes to assume a higher-ranking position on a [[grammatical relations hierarchy]]. The opposite of a promotion in this sense is a [[demotion]]. Promotion is what happens if an [[object]] (or [[internal argument]]) becomes the [[subject]] (or [[external argument]]) with all the usual properties of subjects due to some morphological or syntactic [[operation]].
-:::*''""Promotion" will here be used to refer to a change in the syntactic status of an NP such that it becomes accessible to one or more grammatical processes which it could not otherwise undergo, for example, relativization."'' (Van Valin 1980:316)
+:::''""Promotion" will here be used to refer to a change in the syntactic status of an NP such that it becomes accessible to one or more grammatical processes which it could not otherwise undergo, for example, relativization."'' (Van Valin 1980:316)
-===Example===
+===Examples===
 The best-known example of a promotion is the change of [[object]] to [[subject]] in a [[passive construction]].
 ===Comments===
 The term was widespread in quasi-generative and typological work of the 1970s and 1980s. It was never used in narrowly Chomskyan work, and the technical term of [[relational grammar]] is [[advancement]].
-===Reference===
+===Links===
 *[[Van Valin, Robert D., Jr.]] 1980. On the distribution of passive and antipassive constructions in universal grammar. ''Lingua'' 50: 303-327.
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 [[Category:Syntax]]