(in phrase-structure grammar) the relationship between a branch of a tree representing a sentence to other branches to its left or right that descend from the same node immediately above
Examples of 'adjunction' in a sentence
adjunction
An adjunction guarantees that the only pairings of functors are the systematic ones.
Steven Phillips, William H Wilson 2011, 'Categorial compositionality II: universal constructions and a general theory of (quasi-)systematicityin human cognition.', PLoS Computational Biologyhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3154512?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Complex predicates may involve adjunction, control, or raising, and show other variables as well.
Peter Svenonius 2008, 'Complex Predicates and the Functional Sequence', Nordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguisticshttps://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlyd/article/view/137. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These distinctions indirectly show arguments in favor of the adjunction of other adjectives on the right side.
Cristina de Souza Prim 2015, 'THE EXCLUSIVELY PRENOMINAL ADJECTIVES IN PORTUGUESE', Signum: Estudos da Linguagemhttp://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/signum/article/view/21582/17868. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)