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Ling.the hierarchical arrangement of the constituent words and phrases of a sentence. Also called constituent structure.[1955-60]
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Phrase structure rules — are a way to describe a given language s syntax. They are used to break a natural language sentence down into its constituent parts (also known as syntactic categories) namely phrasal categories and lexical categories (aka parts of speech).… … Wikipedia
Phrase structure grammar — has several different common meanings.In mathematics, in the area of formal language theory, it is often used as a synonym for context sensitive grammar, which uses phrase structure rules or rewrite rules. However, it is not a precise term, and… … Wikipedia
phrase-structure rule — Ling. a rule that generates a sentence or other syntactic construction from words and phrases and identifies its constituent structure. Cf. rewrite rule. * * * phrase structure rule, Linguistics. one of the rules governing the construction of the … Useful english dictionary
phrase-structure grammar — /frayz struk cheuhr/, Ling. a grammar that consists of phrase structure rules. [1965 70] * * * … Universalium
phrase-structure grammar — /frayz struk cheuhr/, Ling. a grammar that consists of phrase structure rules. [1965 70] … Useful english dictionary
phrase structure — noun the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences • Syn: ↑syntax, ↑sentence structure • Derivationally related forms: ↑syntactic (for: ↑syntax), ↑syntactical (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
phrase-structure rule — Ling. a rule that generates a sentence or other syntactic construction from words and phrases and identifies its constituent structure. Cf. rewrite rule. * * * … Universalium
Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar — Die Head driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG) ist eine Grammatiktheorie, die in den 1980er Jahren auf der Basis der Wiederbelebung der kontextfreien Phrasenstrukturgrammatiken als Generative Grammatiktheorie aus der Familie der… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Head-driven phrase structure grammar — (HPSG) is a highly lexicalized, non derivational generative grammar theory developed by Carl Pollard and Ivan Sag (1985). It is the immediate successor to generalized phrase structure grammar. HPSG draws from other fields such as computer science … Wikipedia
Generalised phrase structure grammar — (GPSG) is a framework for describing the syntax and semantics of natural languages. GPSG was initially developed in the late 1970s by Gerald Gazdar. Other contributors include Ewan Klein, Ivan Sag, and Geoffrey Pullum. Their book Generalized… … Wikipedia
