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subsentential

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Less than a sentence.

not-comparable

Examples

“This looks like⟳ a candidate for a subsentential logical form⟳ and there may be various other cases of embedded fragments which have⟳ subsentential logical forms (appositional noun phrases, for instance).”
“Quine makes this claim⟳ at two levels: the level of whole sentences, and the level of subsentential expressions. At the level of subsentential expressions the claim⟳ is known as the thesis of the inscrutability of reference.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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