Interphrasally
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 In an interphrasal way.
"For example, marking agreement inside a single phrase, via a process of unification, between a noun and an adjacent adjective in a noun phrase, will be less demanding in processing terms than a procedure that requires exchanging information 'inter-phrasally', that is, across two separate phrases (an NP and a VP for example) and so these local dependencies should emerge before the longer distance ones."
Example
More examples"For example, marking agreement inside a single phrase, via a process of unification, between a noun and an adjacent adjective in a noun phrase, will be less demanding in processing terms than a procedure that requires exchanging information 'inter-phrasally', that is, across two separate phrases (an NP and a VP for example) and so these local dependencies should emerge before the longer distance ones."
Etymology
From interphrasal + -ly.
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