Definitions of grammatical rule
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a linguistic rule for the syntax of grammatical utterances
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synonyms:
rule of grammar
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types:
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transformation
a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure
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type of:
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linguistic rule, rule
(linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice
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transformation
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