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Lexical integrity hypothesis

hypothesis in linguistics, based on transformational grammar, stating that syntactic transformations do not apply to subparts of words, implying that e.g. endoclitics do not exist

Pronunciation
/ˈlɛksəkəl ɪnˈtɛɡrədi haɪˈpɑθəsəs/
/ˈlɛksɪkəl ɪnˈtɛɡrɪti hʌɪˈpɒθɪsɪs/