grammar
A system of rules and principles for the structure of a language, or of languages in general.
Other meanings
The study of such a system.
Actual or presumed prescriptive notions about the correct use of a language.
Related words
- case grammar
- categorial grammar
- compositional grammar
- construction grammar
- context-free grammar
- relational grammar
- cryptogrammar
- dependence grammar
- dependency grammar
- ethnogrammar
- formal grammar
- generative grammar
Example sentences
Word history
From Ancient Greek "γραμματική" (skilled in writing).
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