mirror theory

noun

A particular approach to the architecture of the language organ, based on the principle that the syntactic relation 'X complement of Y' is identical to an inverse-order morphological relation 'X specifier of Y'.

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nounmirror theory (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesA particular approach to the architecture of the language organ, based on the principle that the syntactic relation 'X complement of Y' is identical to an inverse-order morphological relation 'X specifier of Y'.
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