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junctive

junctive noun: an element of syntax that serves as a junction.

Noun

junctive (plural junctives)

  1. An element of syntax that serves as a junction.
    • For junction, translation shifts are calculated in two steps because there is no straightforward equivalence between Chinese and English junctives.2014, Maeve Olohan, Myriam Salama-Carr, Science in Translation, page 356
    • The junctive is not part of either of the two nuclei that it joins together. Just as the mortar that binds two bricks is not part of either, or as the coupling that unites two railcars appears external to both, a junctive remains outside of the two nuclei it unites.2015, Lucien Tesnière, Elements of Structural Syntax, page 329

Forms of junctive

pluraljunctives

Questions about junctive

What does junctive mean?
Junctive means an element of syntax that serves as a junction.
What part of speech is junctive?
Junctive is a noun.
What is the plural of junctive?
The plural of junctive is junctives.

Words near junctive in the dictionary

  1. junctioning
  2. junctionless
  3. junctionopathies
  4. junctionopathy
  5. junctions
  6. junctive
  7. junctives
  8. junctophilin
  9. junctophilins
  10. junctor
  11. junctors

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