| ADJECTIVE | all | endocentric | fulfilling the grammatical role of one of its constituents |
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| Meaning | fulfilling the grammatical role of one of its constituents. | |
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| Example | "when 'three blind mice' serves as a noun it is an endocentric construction" | |
| Category | grammar | The branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) |
| Opposite | exocentric | not fulfilling the same grammatical role of any of its constituents |
| Spanish | endocéntrica, endocéntrico | |
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