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<div dir="auto">I don’t think it implies anything per se, since it’s just a notation that can express anything you want it to.<br>
But in many computer languages - for example R - {} means “within this scope” and | means “or”, so {A|B} would mean “A or B”. It doesn’t imply that AB constitutes anything. So it would be a good option to express “YC or CY” in your grammar.</div>
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<div name="messageReplySection">On 20 Dec 2020, 6:56 PM +0800, Christian Lehmann <christian.lehmann@uni-erfurt.de>, wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">Dear Christian,<br>
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<span style="color:var(--textColor);background-color:var(--backgroundColor)">How about X{YC|CY}?</span></div>
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<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Does this imply that [YC] ~ [CY] is a syntagma (or constituent, if you prefer)?<br>
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