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X′-theoretic

X′-theoretic is the alternative form of X-bar theoretic.

Meaning of X-bar theoretic

Adjective

X-bar theoretic (not comparable)

  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.1997, Paul Law, “On Some Syntactic Properties of Word-structure and Modular Grammars”, in Anna-Maria Di Sciullo, editor, Projections and Interface Conditions: Essays on Modularity, Oxford: Oxford...

Questions about X′-theoretic

What is X′-theoretic the alternative form of?
X′-theoretic is the alternative form of X-bar theoretic.

Words near X′-theoretic in the dictionary

  1. x̄á'islak̓ala
  2. X̱aat Kíl
  3. X̱aayda Kil
  4. X′ theoretic
  5. X′ theory
  6. X′-theoretic
  7. y
  8. Y bone
  9. Y bones
  10. Y cable
  11. Y cables

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