left periphery
Noun
Meaning
left periphery (plural left peripheries)
(grammar) The part of a syntactic tree above the inflectional phrase(s) (expressing tense, aspect, and/or mood), where topic, focus, illocutionary force, etc. are expressed.
Noun
left periphery (plural left peripheries)
(grammar) The part of a syntactic tree above the inflectional phrase(s) (expressing tense, aspect, and/or mood), where topic, focus, illocutionary force, etc. are expressed.