"syntacticocentric" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more syntacticocentric [comparative], most syntacticocentric [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adjective}} syntacticocentric (comparative more syntacticocentric, superlative most syntacticocentric)
  1. (linguistics) Focused on the syntactic component of grammar. Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: syntactico-centric
    Sense id: en-syntacticocentric-en-adj-xIkRMYU5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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          "text": "RRG comes in between formalist theories which hold the syntacticocentric view of grammar and extreme functionalist theories (e.g. Hopper (1987)) which attempt to reduce grammar into discourse; RRG is a monostratal theory which views syntax as an independent level of representation that may be fully understood with reference to semantics and discourse-pragmatics.",
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