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mirror theory

mirror theory noun: a particular approach to the architecture of the language organ, based on the principle that the syntactic relation 'X complement of Y' is identical to an inverse-order morphological relation 'X specifier of Y'.

Noun

mirror theory (uncountable)

  1. A particular approach to the architecture of the language organ, based on the principle that the syntactic relation 'X complement of Y' is identical to an inverse-order morphological relation 'X specifier of Y'.

Questions about mirror theory

What does mirror theory mean?
Mirror theory means a particular approach to the architecture of the language organ, based on the principle that the syntactic relation 'X complement of Y' is identical to an inverse-order morphological relation 'X specifier of Y'.
What part of speech is mirror theory?
Mirror theory is a noun.

Words near mirror theory in the dictionary

  1. mirror stage
  2. mirror symmetry
  3. mirror syndrome
  4. mirror test
  5. mirror tests
  6. mirror theory
  7. mirror twin
  8. mirror twins
  9. mirror universe
  10. mirror will
  11. mirror wills

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