categorial grammar

noun

1. a grammar in which linguistic elements are categorized in terms of their ability to combine with one another to form larger constituents.

categorial grammar

noun

1. a theory that characterizes syntactic categories in terms of functions between classes of expressions. The basic classes are names ( N ) and sentences ( S ). Intransitive verbs are symbols for functions which take a name and yield a sentence (written S/N ), adverbs form compound verbs from verbs (for example, run fast ) and so are ( S/N )/( S/N ), etc