coindex

verb

coindex

verb

Etymology From co- + index.

1

Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences To index together; to mark (words in a phrase) as referring to the same thing.

  • In other words, if a coindexed pronoun is outside of the c-command domain of a QNP, coindexing between the two will be semantically vacuous.2005, Daniel Büring, Binding theory, page 91:
Related terms
coindexable, coindexation

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