Leftness
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The property of being on, or moving toward, the left. uncountable
"In fact, early generative work recognized a leftness effect on pronoun antecedent relations (Langacker 1969) and the binding of pronouns by quantifiers and other operators (Postal 1972, Jacobson 1977, Chomsky 1976)."
Example
More examples"In fact, early generative work recognized a leftness effect on pronoun antecedent relations (Langacker 1969) and the binding of pronouns by quantifiers and other operators (Postal 1972, Jacobson 1977, Chomsky 1976)."
Etymology
From left + -ness.