rewrite rule
or rewriting rule
Linguistics.
a phrase-structure rule in a generative grammar, shown as an instruction to replace or rewrite a single symbol, representing a syntactic structure, on the left with one or more symbols, representing the constituents of the structure, on the right, as in S → NP + VP, where S (sentence) is to be replaced with its constituents NP (noun phrase) and VP (verb phrase).
Words nearby rewrite rule
reword, rework, reworked fossil, reworked wool, rewrite, rewrite rule, rewriteman, rewriteperson, rex, rex begonia, rexburg
Compare phrase-structure rule.
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