X-bar theoretic

adj

Etymology

From X-bar theory + -etic.

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to the X-bar theory.

    • In the structures in (7) and (14), the nominalizers -er and -ee are X-bar theoretic heads and the verb-bases are their X-bar theoretic complements.
    • Generalized X-bar theoretic representations have enjoyed broad though not universal acceptance throughout the generative enterprise.
    • Since I first entered into the field of theoretical syntax, I have been living my life with the textbook assumption that every exercise in this field is about drawing trees with labels and projection of the X-bar-theoretic sort.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for X-bar theoretic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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