phrase marker

American

Or phrase-marker

noun

Linguistics.

(in generative grammar) a representation of the constituent structure of a sentence, using a tree diagram or labeled bracketing.

phrase marker British

noun

linguistics a representation, esp one in the form of a tree diagram, of the constituent structure of a sentence

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Etymology

Origin of phrase marker

First recorded in 1960–65

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