| Lemma | exocentric construction |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Harris (1951) |
| Titolo | Methods in Structural Linguistics |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | class (inglese) construction (inglese) equivalent (inglese) position (inglese) utterance (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | [In 'XY =Z', where a sequence of two (or more) classes is equivalent to some other class, we may say that 'Y' changes the utterance position of 'X' into that of 'Z'.] Sequences of the type 'XY = Z' are called exocentric constructions. |