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phrase marker

American  
Or phrase-marker

noun

Linguistics.

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

phrase marker British  

noun

  1. 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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