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Revision as of 22:27, 20 October 2009
A variable constituent is a constituent of a mutable lexeme or a construction.
Example
In "eat <FOOD>", "<FOOD>" is a variable constituent, whose values range over the members of the category <FOOD>.
Sources
- Language and Reality: Selected Writings of Sydney Lamb, Continuum, 2004.
