left periphery

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|grammar}} The part of a [[syntactic]] [[tree]] above the [[inflectional]] phrase(s) (expressing [[tense]], [[aspect]]{{,}} and/or [[mood]]), where [[topic]], [[focus]], [[illocutionary]] [[force]], etc. are expressed.

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