left periphery
nounDefinitions
The part of a syntactic tree above the inflectional phrase(s) (expressing tense, aspect,…
The part of a syntactic tree above the inflectional phrase(s) (expressing tense, aspect, and/or mood), where topic, focus, illocutionary force, etc. are expressed.
- Four kinds of elements typically occurring in the left periphery will be taken into account: interrogative and relative pronouns, topics and focalized elements.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for left periphery. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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