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subgrammar

subgrammar noun: a grammar that makes up part of a larger grammar; a subdivision of a grammar.

Noun

subgrammar (plural subgrammars)

  1. A grammar that makes up part of a larger grammar; a subdivision of a grammar.
    • The 'original' subgrammars can be seen as a concatenation' or composition of some of these parts with the requirement that the export category of a preceding subgrammar in the concatenation must be the head category of a subsequent subgrammar.2013, M.T. Rosetta, Compositional Translation, page 263

Forms of subgrammar

pluralsubgrammars

Origin of subgrammar

From sub- + grammar.

Questions about subgrammar

What does subgrammar mean?
Subgrammar means a grammar that makes up part of a larger grammar; a subdivision of a grammar.
What part of speech is subgrammar?
Subgrammar is a noun.
What is the plural of subgrammar?
The plural of subgrammar is subgrammars.

Words near subgrammar in the dictionary

  1. subgraduate
  2. subgraduates
  3. subgrain
  4. subgrains
  5. subgram
  6. subgrammar
  7. subgrammars
  8. subgrammatical
  9. subgramme
  10. subgrant
  11. subgranted

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