Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics
A term from phrase structure grammar.
In a tree diagram a constituent A dominates another constituent B if B is a constituent of A. In other words, A dominates B if A is on the path from B to the root of the tree diagram. That is, domination occurs in phrase structure rules of the form A→…B…
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phrase structure grammar
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