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Endocentric and exocentric

In theoretical linguistics, a distinction is made between endocentric and exocentric constructions. A grammatical construction (for instance, a phrase or compound) is said to be endocentric if it fulfils the same linguistic function as one of its parts, and exocentric if it does not. The distinction reaches back at least to Bloomfield's work of the…

Art, Exocentric construction & Endocentric construction

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Exocentric construction

SubjectPredicateX-bar theoryTransformational GrammarInflection phrase
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Endocentric construction

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A note about coordinate structures

Coordinate structuresAsyndeton
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Representing endo- and exocentric structures

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Endocentric construction

Exocentric construction

Representing endo- and exocentric structures

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A note about coordinate structures

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Endocentric and exocentric

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Endocentric and exocentric → Since, The, Theories, XY

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LFG do not represent ainstance ofAs constraint-based models0.80text
Endocentric and exocentricrelated to Representing endo- and exocentric structuresTheories0.60section
Endocentric and exocentricrelated to Representing endo- and exocentric structuresThe0.60section
Endocentric and exocentricrelated to Representing endo- and exocentric structuresSince0.60section
Endocentric and exocentricrelated to Representing endo- and exocentric structuresXY0.60section

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