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antisymmetrynoun
The condition of being antisymmetric
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Antisymmetry
In linguistics, antisymmetry is a theory of syntactic linearization presented in Richard Kayne's 1994 monograph The Antisymmetry of Syntax. The crux of this theory is that hierarchical structure in natural language maps universally onto a particular surface linearization, namely specifier-head-complement branching order. The theory derives a version of X-bar theory. Kayne hypothesizes that all phrases whose surface order is not specifier-head-complement have undergone movements that disrupt this underlying order. Subsequently, there have also been attempts at deriving specifier-complement-head as the basic word order. Antisymmetry as a principle of word order is reliant on assumptions that many theories of syntax dispute, e.g. constituency structure, X-bar notions such as specifier and complement, and the existence of ordering altering mechanisms such as movement and/or copying.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of antisymmetry in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of antisymmetry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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