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theoretical linguistics, a
distinction is made
between endocentric and
exocentric constructions. A
grammatical construction (for instance, a
phrase or compound)...
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certain characteristic or
quality the
referent possesses. A
bahuvrihi is
exocentric, so that the
compound is not a
hyponym of its head. For instance, a sabretooth...
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common semantic classification of
compounds yields four types:
endocentric exocentric co****tive
appositional An
endocentric compound (tatpuruṣa in the Sanskrit...
- Broadly,
compounds can be
divided into two classes:
endocentric and
exocentric. An
endocentric compound,
usually called determinative, is
where the compound...
- non-headed
phrases are acknowledged. A
phrase lacking a head is
known as
exocentric, and
phrases with
heads are endocentric. Some
modern theories of syntax...
- dependents.
Headed phrases and
compounds are
called endocentric,
whereas exocentric ("headless")
phrases and
compounds (if they exist) lack a
clear head....
- is a type of stool. However, in
another common type of compound, the
exocentric (known as a
bahuvrihi compound in the
Sanskrit tradition), the semantic...
- had. The PSR
approach has the
following four main issues. It ****umes
exocentric structures such as "S → NP Aux VP". This is
contrary to the fact that...
- However,
Zellig Harris in his
structuralist approach also
allows for
exocentric constructions where the
category of the
whole constituent is not the same...
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adjunction grammars (AG), the "string grammar" of
Zellig Harris. AGs
handle exocentric properties of
language in a
natural and
effective way, but do not have...
