| Lemma | covert formal difference |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Nida (1949) |
| Titolo | Morphology. The descriptive analysis of words |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | overt formal difference (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | Functional relationship between immediate constituents are defined here as denoting (1) the relationship of the parts to the whole, and (2) the relationship between parts. The first type of relationship may be defined as endocentric or exocentric and the second as subordinate, or coördinate, or nonsubordinate and noncoördinate. Coördinate constructions are those in which the immediate constituents are of equal structural rank and belong substantially the same external distribution classes. For example, the adjective 'bittersweet' consists of two coördinate nuclear constituents. Coördinate immediate constituents must consist entirely of nuclei or nonnuclei. |