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left-branching
[ left-bran-ching, -brahn- ]
/ ˈlɛftˌbræn tʃɪŋ, -ˌbrɑn- /
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adjective Linguistics.
(of a grammatical construction) characterized by greater structural complexity in the position preceding the head, as the phrase my brother's friend's house; having most of the constituents on the left in a tree diagram (opposed to right-branching).
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Origin of left-branching
First recorded in 1960–65
Words nearby left-branching
lefse, left, Left Bank, left brain, left-brained, left-branching, left-eyed flounder, left face, left field, left fielder, left-footer
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