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exocentric
adjective
Not fulfilling the same grammatical role of any of its constituents
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adjective
Not fulfilling the same grammatical role of any of its constituents
“When ‘until last Easter’ serves as an adverb it is an exocentric construction”
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When ‘until last Easter’ serves as an adverb it is an exocentric construction
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