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Specifier vs Xp - What's the difference?

specifier | xp | abbreviation |

Xp is a abbreviation of specifier.



As a noun specifier

is a person or thing that specifies.

As an initialism XP is

initialism of eXtreme Programming|lang=en.

As an abbreviation XP is

"X Phrase": a phrase which consists of either: (1) an optional specifier and an X-bar phrase, or (2) a conjunction sandwiched between two other XPs. The X is a "pro-letter" which can be substituted by letters such as N for noun, V for verb, P for preposition, I for inflectional, etc.

specifier

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person or thing that specifies.
  • (label) A component of a phrase that is non-recursive and not found as a sister of the head of the phrase, but rather as a daughter of the maximal projection of the phrase.

    • Derived terms

    xp

    English

    (wikipedia XP)

    Etymology 1

    Initialism

    (Initialism) (en-initialism)
  • (computing)
  • (gaming)

    • Etymology 2

    Combination of prefix P and prefix modifier X

    Initialism

    (Initialism)
  • (US, military, aviation, obsolete) experimental pursuit fighter (prefix)
  • xeroderma pigmentosum
    • Derived terms
    * *
    See also
    * XA, XB, XC, XF, XQ * X-plane * YP

    Etymology 3

    X'' is a variable which can stand for letters representing parts of speech such as: ''N'' (noun), ''V'' (verb), ''P (preposition), etc.

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (en-abbr)
  • (grammar, X-bar theory) "X Phrase": a phrase which consists of either: (1) an optional specifier and an X-bar phrase, or (2) a conjunction sandwiched between two other XPs. The X is a "pro-letter" which can be substituted by letters such as N for noun, V for verb, P for preposition, I for inflectional, etc.
    • Hyponyms
    * AP * IP * NP * PP * VP

    Anagrams

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