matrix sentence

matrix sentence

noun
Linguistics. a sentence in which another sentence is embedded: In The man who called is waiting, The man is waiting is a matrix sentence.

Origin:
1960–65
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Matrix sentence is always a great word to know.
So is meaning. Does it mean:
the cultural correlate, reference, or denotation of an expression separate from linguistic content
the system of levels according to which a language is organized, as phonemic, morphemic, syntactic, or semantic
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