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categorial grammar

categorial grammar noun: a type of formal grammar of natural language syntax, according to which syntactic constituents combine as functions and arguments.

Noun

categorial grammar (countable and uncountable, plural categorial grammars)

  1. A type of formal grammar of natural language syntax, according to which syntactic constituents combine as functions and arguments.

Forms of categorial grammar

pluralcategorial grammars

Questions about categorial grammar

What does categorial grammar mean?
Categorial grammar means a type of formal grammar of natural language syntax, according to which syntactic constituents combine as functions and arguments.
What part of speech is categorial grammar?
Categorial grammar is a noun.
What is the plural of categorial grammar?
The plural of categorial grammar is categorial grammars.

Words near categorial grammar in the dictionary

  1. categorematical
  2. categorematically
  3. categorems
  4. categoria
  5. categorial
  6. categorial grammar
  7. categorial grammars
  8. categorially
  9. categoric
  10. categorical
  11. categorical dual

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