categorial grammar

noun

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

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Meanings

nouncategorial grammar (countable and uncountable, plural categorial grammars)

plural categorial grammars

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