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dependence grammar

dependence grammar is the alternative form of dependency grammar.

Meaning of dependency grammar

Noun

dependency grammar (countable and uncountable, plural dependency grammars)

  1. Any of a class of grammars based on the dependency relation (as opposed to the constituency relation), in which words are interconnected by directed links, and the (finite) verb is regarded as the centre of clause structure.
    • Grammar can be subdivided into two main classes—dependency grammars and constituency grammars—based on their representations for linguistic syntax and structure.2016, Dipanjan Sarkar, Text Analytics with Python: A Practical Real-World Approach to Gaining Actionable Insights from your Data, Apress, →ISBN, page 15
    Synonyms:
    DG

Forms of dependence grammar

pluraldependence grammars

Questions about dependence grammar

What is dependence grammar the alternative form of?
Dependence grammar is the alternative form of dependency grammar.

Words near dependence grammar in the dictionary

  1. dependas
  2. depended
  3. dependee
  4. dependees
  5. dependence
  6. dependence grammar
  7. dependence grammars
  8. dependences
  9. dependencies
  10. dependency
  11. dependency culture

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