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en·do·cen·tric and ex·o·cen·tric

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  1. Endocentric and exocentric

    In theoretical linguistics, a distinction is made between endocentric and exocentric constructions. A grammatical construction (for instance, a phrase or compound) is said to be endocentric if it fulfils the same linguistic function as one of its parts, and exocentric if it does not. The distinction reaches back at least to Bloomfield's work of the 1930s, who based it on terms by Pāṇini and Patañjali in Sanskrit grammar. Such a distinction is possible only in phrase structure grammars (constituency grammars), since in dependency grammars all constructions are necessarily endocentric.

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  1. Endocentric and exocentric

    In theoretical linguistics, a distinction is made between endocentric and exocentric constructions. A grammatical construction is said to be endocentric if it fulfills the same linguistic function as one of its parts, and exocentric if it does not. The distinction reaches back at least to Bloomfield's work of the 1930s. Such a distinction is possible only in phrase structure grammars, since in dependency grammars all constructions are necessarily endocentric.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of endocentric and exocentric in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of endocentric and exocentric in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2


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  • باطن الأرArabic
  • endokentrické a exocentrickéCzech
  • Endocentrique et exocentriqueFrench

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