relational grammar

noun

A syntactic theory, originally an alternative to transformational grammar, arguing that primitive grammatical relations provide the ideal means to state syntactic rules in universal terms.

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nounrelational grammar (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesA syntactic theory, originally an alternative to transformational grammar, arguing that primitive grammatical relations provide the ideal means to state syntactic rules in universal terms.
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