autonomous syntax

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noun Linguistics.

an approach of generative grammar in which the syntactic component of a grammar is viewed as existing or operating independently of the semantic component and abstract syntactic representation is not equivalent to semantic representation.

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Words nearby autonomous syntax

autonomism, autonomotropic, autonomous, autonomously, autonomous phoneme, autonomous syntax, autonomy, autonym, autooxidation, autopay, autopen

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Finally free of Japanese interference, Korea elected its first autonomous government in almost half a century.
Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea|Rich Goldstein|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
New York cannot be personified; it is not an autonomous entity.
New York Is Taylor Swift’s New Boyfriend|Amy Zimmerman|October 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Any Miss America contestant who betrays herself to be a sexually autonomous being will be quickly sent packing.
There She Is! Deport the Miss America Pageant.|Amy Zimmerman|October 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Our aim is that one day the mission will be autonomous, but we have a long way to go to reach that.
Are European Rescuers Enticing Migrants to Their Deaths?|Barbie Latza Nadeau|September 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Following his time on the Iraqi High Tribunal, he became the minister of justice in the Kurdistan Autonomous Region.
Iraqi Insurgents Circulate the Lie That They Killed the Judge in Saddam’s Trial|Michael Newton|June 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
From these shapeless rudiments we have, it is true, an immense distance to travel before we arrive at syntax.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
As between Provençal and French this comparison would be between words, rather than in syntax.
Frdric Mistral|Charles Alfred Downer
His is ill syntax with heaven; and by unfeared he means unafraid: Words of a quite contrary signification.
The Works Of John Dryden, Volume 4 (of 18)|John Dryden
As for the autonomous cities of Asia, they must acquire their freedom by his free grace, not by an injunction from Rome.
The Histories of Polybius, Vol. II (of 2)|Polybius
It might have invented fresh inflections, and shaped its own syntax.
American Sketches|Charles Whibley

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