Phrase structure grammar

Phrase structure grammar

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 may also be used to refer to other classes of grammar in the Chomsky hierarchy that are more powerful than context-free grammars.

In linguistics, it refers to any one of several related theories for the parsing of natural language, including the head-driven phrase structure grammar, the lexical functional grammar and the generalised phrase structure grammar.


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  • 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

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  • 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

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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 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

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