Mirror theory

Noun

Definitions

1.NounA particular approach to the architecture of the language organ, based on the principle that the syntactic relation 'X complement of Y' is identical to an inverse-order morphological relation 'X specifier of Y'.

Synonyms

antisymmetry structuralism metatypy morpho-syntax sapir-whorf hypothesis metasyntax metalinguistics morphosemantics standard theory optimality theory metafunction substratism

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