- stratificational grammar
- noun Date: 1962 a grammar based on the theory that language consists of a series of hierarchically related strata linked together by representational rules
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stratificational grammar
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stratificational grammar — n. a system of grammar that analyzes language as systems of strata, including phonemic, morphemic, lexemic, and semantic strata … English World dictionary
stratificational grammar — ¦strad.əfə̇¦kāshnəl , shənəl noun Etymology: stratification + al (I) : a grammar based on the theory that language consists of a series of hierarchically related strata linked together by representational rules * * * /strat euh fi kay sheuh nl/ a … Useful english dictionary
stratificational grammar — /strat euh fi kay sheuh nl/ a grammar based upon the theory that language is made up of successive strata that are interconnected by established rules. [1960 65] * * * … Universalium
grammar — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Mode of speaking and writing Nouns 1. grammar; accidence, syntax, analysis, synopsis, praxis, punctuation, syllabi[fi]cation; agreement. See speech, language, writing. 2. a. part of speech; participle;… … English dictionary for students
linguistics — /ling gwis tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics. [1850 55; see LINGUISTIC, ICS] * * * Study of the nature and structure of… … Universalium
Sydney Lamb — Sydney MacDonald Lamb (born May 4, 1929) is an American linguist and professor at Rice University, whose stratificational grammar is a significant alternative theory to Chomsky s transformational grammar. He has specialized in Neurocognitive… … Wikipedia
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Lamb, Sydney M. — ▪ American linguist in full Sydney MacDonald Lamb born May 4, 1929, Denver, Colo., U.S. American linguist and originator of stratificational grammar, an outgrowth of glossematics theory. (Glossematics theory is based on glossemes, the… … Universalium
language — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) System of communication Nouns 1. language, tongue, lingo, vernacular, mother tongue, protolanguage; living or dead language; idiom, parlance, phraseology; wording; dialect, patois, cant, jargon, lingo,… … English dictionary for students
glossematics — Synonyms and related words: bowwow theory, comparative linguistics, derivation, descriptive grammar, descriptive linguistics, dialectology, dingdong theory, etymology, generative grammar, glossology, glottochronology, glottology, grammar,… … Moby Thesaurus
