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dependency grammar

dependency grammar noun: 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.

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
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dependency grammar meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese

dependency grammar in Tamil

சார்புநிலை இலக்கணக் கோட்பாடு

dependency grammar in Vietnamese

Translations
văn phạm phụ thuộc

Synonyms of dependency grammar

Forms of dependency grammar

pluraldependency grammars
alternative formdependence grammar

Questions about dependency grammar

What does dependency grammar mean?
Dependency grammar means 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.
What is dependency grammar in Tamil?
Dependency grammar in Tamil is சார்புநிலை இலக்கணக் கோட்பாடு. See Dependency grammar meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dependency grammar?
Dependency grammar is a noun.
What is the plural of dependency grammar?
The plural of dependency grammar is dependency grammars.

Words near dependency grammar in the dictionary

  1. dependences
  2. dependencies
  3. dependency
  4. dependency culture
  5. dependency cultures
  6. dependency grammar
  7. dependency grammars
  8. dependency hell
  9. dependency injection
  10. dependency injections
  11. dependency inversion principle

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dependency grammar (page history and authors); dependency grammar (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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