The phrase "on the shelf" belongs to______construction.
A．endocentric
B．exocentric
C．subordinate
D．coordinate
___\_is a grammatical category used for the analysis of word classes displaying such contrast as singular, dual, plural, etc. ______.
A．Category
B．Number
C．Gender
D．Case
A clause that takes a subject and a finite verb, and at the same time stands structurally alone is known as a______clause.
Why is it important to know the relations a sign has with others, such as syntagmatic and paradig-matic relations？
______refer to the relationship that linguistic units have with other units because they may occur together in a sentence.
A．Syntagmatic relations
B．Hypotactic relations
C．Paradigmatic relations
D．Paratactic relations
