coindex

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verb

To index together; to mark (words in a phrase) as referring to the same thing.

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Meanings

verbcoindex (third-person singular simple present coindexes, present participle coindexing, simple past and past participle coindexed)

present singular third person coindexes · participle present coindexing · participle past coindexed · past coindexed

  1. transitivehuman sciencesTo index together; to mark (words in a phrase) as referring to the same thing.

    In other words, if a coindexed pronoun is outside of the c-command domain of a QNP, coindexing between the two will be semantically vacuous.

    2005, Daniel Büring, Binding theory, page 91

Origin

From co- + index.

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MLA

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Chicago

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