linguistic rule

Synonyms:

rule

Types:

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linguistic universal, universal

(linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages

grammatical rule, rule of grammar

a linguistic rule for the syntax of grammatical utterances

morphological rule, rule of morphology

a linguistic rule for the formation of words

transformation

a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure

Type of:

concept, conception, construct

an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances