Meanings
plural left peripheries
- grammarThe part of a syntactic tree above the inflectional phrase(s) (expressing tense, aspect, and/or mood), where topic, focus, illocutionary force, etc. are expressed.
Four kinds of elements typically occurring in the left periphery will be taken into account: interrogative and relative pronouns, topics and focalized elements.
1997, Luigi Rizzi, “The Fine Structure of the Left Periphery”, in Liliane Haegeman, editor, Elements of Grammar: Handbook in Generative Syntax, Dordrecht: Springer, →ISBN, page 2811 more example
The polar-question particle sheds useful light on the syntax of the BH [Biblical Hebrew] left periphery. [...] With an overt Force head and the obligatory movement of the finite verb to the Topic head, the structure of the left periphery becomes more visible.
2017, Elizabeth Cowper, Vincent DeCaen, “Biblical Hebrew: A formal perspective on the left periphery”, in Toronto Working Papers in Linguistics, volume 38, page 14
Translations
Catalan perifèria esquerra
- perifèria esquerraTranslations
Chinese Mandarin 左緣 /左缘
- 左緣 /左缘 (zuǒyuán)Translations
French périphérie gauche
- périphérie gaucheTranslations
Portuguese periferia esquerda
- periferia esquerdaTranslations
Russian ле́вая перифери́я
- ле́вая перифери́я (lévaja periferíja)Translations
Spanish periferia izquierda
- periferia izquierdaTranslations
Cite this entry
left periphery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/left%20periphery
“left periphery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/left%20periphery. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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