X-bar

短语

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A phrase, or, equivalently, a node in a syntax tree, which consists either of: (1) an adjunct and another X-bar phrase, (2) a head, X, and an optional complement, or (3) a conjunction sandwiched between two other X-bars. The X is a "pro-letter" which can be substituted by letters such as N for noun, V for verb, P for preposition, I for inflectional, etc.

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词源

Pronunciation of its text representation: a letter X with overbar (X̄).

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