transformational rule

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noun

Linguistics. a rule of transformational grammar that relates two phrase markers in the course of a derivation from the deep to the surface syntactic representation of a sentence, as by reordering, inserting, or deleting elements; a rule that converts deep structures into surface structures.

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Words nearby transformational rule

transform, transformation, transformational-generative grammar, transformational grammar, transformationalist, transformational rule, transformationist, transformation point, transformation range, transformative, transformer

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How to use transformational rule in a sentence

Obviously, the first obligation of all liberal democratic governments is to enforce the rule of law.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Our Duty Is to Keep Charlie Hebdo Alive|Ayaan Hirsi Ali|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And so the same creeping rot of the rule of law that the administration has inflicted on immigration now bedevils our drug laws.
Obama’s Pot Policy Is Refer Madness|James Poulos|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Rule 16(c) was a proposed change in the rules at the 1976 Republican Convention.
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The rule of law, you see, buckles, bends and sometimes crumbles under the weight of racism, sexism, and classism.
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His rule over the country came to an end in 1979 when the director of the KCIA shot Park and his bodyguard to death at dinner.
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All elements of expression modify each other, so that no mere rule can cover all cases.
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As a rule, however, even in the case of extreme varieties, a careful examination of the specimen will enable it to be identified.
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He set down as the second the golden rule, “Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so to them.”
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
Hence arise factions, dissensions, and loss to their religious interests and work; and these intruders seek to rule the others.
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This impulse to extend rule appears more plainly in many of the little ceremonial observances of the child.
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British Dictionary definitions for transformational rule

transformational rule

noun

generative grammar a rule that converts one phrase marker into another. Taken together, these rules, which form the transformational component of the grammar, convert the deep structures of sentences into their surface structures

(plural) logic a rule that specifies in purely syntactic terms a method by which theorems may be derived from the axioms of a formal system

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