subgrammar

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noun

A grammar that makes up part of a larger grammar; a subdivision of a grammar.

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Meanings

nounsubgrammar (plural subgrammars)

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

Origin

From sub- + grammar.

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APA

subgrammar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subgrammar

MLA

“subgrammar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subgrammar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subgrammar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subgrammar.

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