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R-expression

In Noam Chomsky's government and binding theory in linguistics, an R-expression (short for "referring expression" (the linked article explains the different, broader usage in other theories of linguistics) or "referential expression") is a noun phrase that refers to a specific real or imaginary entity. In contrast with anaphors and pronouns/pronominals…

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R-expression

Nodes17
Edges16
Triples25
Avg. degree1.88
Density0.117647
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R-expression

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R-expression → Archived, Binding Theory, Chapter, Crystal, David, DeArmond, Dictionary, ISBN, January, July, June, L322, Linguistics, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, PDF, Phonetics, Retrieved, Richard

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R-expressionrelated to BibliographyLock-green0.60section
R-expressionrelated to BibliographyLock-gray-alt-20.60section
R-expressionrelated to BibliographyLock-red-alt-20.60section
R-expressionrelated to BibliographyWikisource-logo0.60section
R-expressionrelated to BibliographyCrystal0.60section
R-expressionrelated to BibliographyDavid0.60section
R-expressionrelated to BibliographyJune0.60section
R-expressionrelated to BibliographyDictionary0.60section
R-expressionrelated to BibliographyLinguistics0.60section
R-expressionrelated to BibliographyPhonetics0.60section
R-expressionrelated to BibliographyWiley0.60section
R-expressionrelated to BibliographyISBN0.60section

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