X-bar theoretic
X-bar theoretic adjective: pertaining to the X-bar theory.
Adjective
X-bar theoretic (not comparable)
- 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...
- Generalized X-bar theoretic representations have enjoyed broad though not universal acceptance throughout the generative enterprise.2013, Marcel den Dikken, “Introduction”, in Marcel den Dikken, editor, The Cambridge Handbook of Generative Syntax, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 13
Forms of X-bar theoretic
| alternative form | X-bar-theoretic |
|---|---|
| alternative form | X′ theoretic |
| alternative form | X′-theoretic |
Origin of X-bar theoretic
From X-bar theory + -etic.
Questions about X-bar theoretic
- What does X-bar theoretic mean?
- X-bar theoretic means pertaining to the X-bar theory.
- What part of speech is X-bar theoretic?
- X-bar theoretic is an adjective.
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