French/English Glossary of Linguistic Terms

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	élargir
	élargissement1
	élargissement2
	élatif
	élément
	élément coordonné
	élément initial
	élément postiche
	élément récursif
	élément verbal
	élider
	élision
	ellipse
	elliptique
	élocutif

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dummy element

[Subentry of dummy₁, element₁]

Fr    élément postiche, explétif₂, mot explétif, symbole postiche

Synonym(s): dummy₂, dummy symbol, expletive₂, floating element, prop, prop word

Related term(s): extraposition

Source(s): Chomsky 1986a: 94-95 (expletive element); Crystal 2003: 151, 160 (empty element); Dineen 1967: 393; Hartmann & Stork 1972: 73; Hock 1986: 335; Ruwet 1973[trans.]: 261

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