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"A theory that posits a common syntactic structure for different lexical categories. Each phrase (XP) is the projection of a head (X) and may optionally include a specifier (sister of X-bar, daughter of XP), adjuncts (sister and daughter of X-bar) and complements (sister of X, daughter of X-bar)."
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"(linguistics) A theory that posits a common syntactic structure for different lexical categories. Each phrase (XP) is the projection of a head (X) and may optionally include a specifier (sister of X-bar, daughter of XP), adjuncts (sister and daughter of X-bar) and complements (sister of X, daughter of X-bar)."
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "theory",
"word": "X槓理論"
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"roman": "X-gàng lǐlùn",
"sense": "theory",
"word": "X杠理论"
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"sense": "theory",
"word": "X階理論"
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"roman": "X-jiē lǐlùn",
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"word": "X標槓理論"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "X-biāogàng lǐlùn",
"sense": "theory",
"word": "X标杠理论"
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"word": "théorie X-barre"
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"roman": "X-štrix-teorija",
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"(linguistics) A theory that posits a common syntactic structure for different lexical categories. Each phrase (XP) is the projection of a head (X) and may optionally include a specifier (sister of X-bar, daughter of XP), adjuncts (sister and daughter of X-bar) and complements (sister of X, daughter of X-bar)."
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"word": "X槓理論"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "X-gàng lǐlùn",
"sense": "theory",
"word": "X杠理论"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "theory",
"word": "X階理論"
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{
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "X-jiē lǐlùn",
"sense": "theory",
"word": "X阶理论"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "theory",
"word": "X標槓理論"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "X-biāogàng lǐlùn",
"sense": "theory",
"word": "X标杠理论"
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"sense": "theory",
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"word": "théorie X-barre"
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"roman": "X-štrix-teorija",
"sense": "theory",
"word": "X-штрих-теория"
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"word": "X-bar theory"
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