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phrase-structure grammar

American  
[freyz-struhk-cher] / ˈfreɪzˌstrʌk tʃər /

noun

Linguistics.

  1. a grammar that consists of phrase-structure rules.

phrase-structure grammar British  

noun

  1.  PSG.  a grammar in which relations among the words and morphemes of a sentence are described, but not deeper or semantic relations Compare transformational grammar

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Etymology

Origin of phrase-structure grammar

First recorded in 1965–70

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