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Center embedding

In linguistics, center embedding is the process of embedding a phrase in the middle of another phrase of the same type. This often leads to difficulty with parsing which would be difficult to explain on grammatical grounds alone. The most frequently used example involves embedding a relative clause inside another one as in:

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Center embedding

Nodes23
Edges22
Triples6
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.086957
Components1

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Center embedding

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related to background · 4
Center embedding → Embedding, Iterated, Subordinators, There
is a · 2
Center embedding → focus of a science fiction novel, process of embedding a phrase in the middle of another phrase of the same type

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Important terminology

embedding center multiple sentence language clause examples relative brother type languages provided degree example linguistics window used clauses another parsing

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Center embeddingis aprocess of embedding a phrase in the middle of another phrase of the same type0.90text
Center embeddingis afocus of a science fiction novel0.90text
Center embeddingrelated to backgroundEmbedding0.60section
Center embeddingrelated to backgroundThere0.60section
Center embeddingrelated to backgroundSubordinators0.60section
Center embeddingrelated to backgroundIterated0.60section

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