Linguistic term for the subject or topic of a sentence, often contrasted with 賓辞 (predicate). Used in grammar and logic.
"Subject" and "predicate" are traditional grammatical terms.
この文では「犬」が主辞にあたります。
In this sentence, "dog" is the subject.
head feature principle; HFP
head feature convention; HFC
head-driven phrase structure grammar; HPSG
Compound of 主 (master, main) and 辞 (word, expression), used in traditional Japanese grammar and logic to denote the subject term.