Subgrammar
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A grammar that makes up part of a larger grammar; a subdivision of a grammar.
"The 'original' subgrammars can be seen as a concatenation' or composition of some of these parts with the requirement that the export category of a preceding subgrammar in the concatenation must be the head category of a subsequent subgrammar."
Example
More examples"The 'original' subgrammars can be seen as a concatenation' or composition of some of these parts with the requirement that the export category of a preceding subgrammar in the concatenation must be the head category of a subsequent subgrammar."
Etymology
From sub- + grammar.
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