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syntactocentrism

syntactocentrism noun: a focus on the role of syntax in language.

Noun

syntactocentrism (uncountable)

  1. A focus on the role of syntax in language.

Questions about syntactocentrism

What does syntactocentrism mean?
Syntactocentrism means a focus on the role of syntax in language.
What part of speech is syntactocentrism?
Syntactocentrism is a noun.

Words near syntactocentrism in the dictionary

  1. syntacticizing
  2. syntacticocentric
  3. syntacticosemantic
  4. syntactics
  5. syntactocentric
  6. syntactocentrism
  7. syntagm
  8. syntagma
  9. syntagmas
  10. syntagmata
  11. syntagmatarchies

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