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Formalizing Mirror Theory

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Mirror theory is a theory of (morpho-) syntax introduced in (Brody, 1997). Here I present a formalization of the theory, and study some of its language theoretic properties.

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Kobele, G.M. Formalizing Mirror Theory. Grammars 5, 177–221 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022104104992

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