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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesespecificador
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /iʃ.pe.si.fi.kaˈdoɾ/
"O especificador ocupa a posição mais externa na estrutura da frase."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
In generative grammar, an element that occupies the structural position sister to a bar-level category and daughter of a maximal projection.
"In the phrase 'the student's book', the possessive phrase acts as the specifier of the noun phrase." - 2
A person or thing that specifies, details, or makes something specific, such as a technical parameter or design requirement.
"The software engineer acted as the chief specifier for the new database architecture requirements."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the late Middle English verb 'specify', originating from Old French 'specifier' and Latin 'specificare' (comprising 'species' meaning 'particular kind' and 'facere' meaning 'to make'). The modern linguistic and technical sense emerged in the mid-20th century to designate an element that specifies, delimits, or heads a phrase structure.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Specifier" is said worldwide
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spécifieur
Transliteration: /spe.si.fœʁ/
"En syntaxe générative, le spécifieur occupe une position structurelle précise."
Spezifizierer
Transliteration: /ʃpɛtsifiˈtsiːɐ̯/
"Der Spezifizierer steht in der X-Bar-Theorie auf der maximalen Ebene."
specificatore
Transliteration: /spe.tʃi.fi.kaˈto.re/
"Lo specificatore modifica la proiezione intermedia nella sintassi."
especificador
Transliteration: /es.pe.si.fi.kaˈðoɾ/
"El especificador es un componente fundamental en la teoría de la barra equis."
especificador
Transliteration: /iʃ.pe.si.fi.kaˈdoɾ/
"O especificador ocupa a posição mais externa na estrutura da frase."
निर्देशक
Transliteration: nirdeshak
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"व्याकरण में निर्देशक वाक्यांश की संरचना को स्पष्ट करता है।"
说明语
Transliteration: shuōmíng yǔ
Script: 中文汉字
"在生成语法中，说明语占据特定的句法位置。"
지정어
Transliteration: jijeong-eo
Script: 한국어 한글
"생성문법에서 지정어는구조적 위치를 차지합니다."
指定子
Transliteration: shiteishi
Script: 日本語
"生成文法において、指定子は句の構造を決定する要素の一つである。"
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