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nounthe branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)type of:
Definition that contains grammar
- than A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, otherwise, and the like. It is usually followed by the object compared in the nominative case. Sometimes, however, the object compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then considered by some grammarians as a preposition. Sometimes the object is expressed in a sentence, usually introduced by that.
- head (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
- subject (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
- object (grammar) a constituent that is acted upon
- article (grammar) a determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase
- clause (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate functioning as a part of a complex sentence
- panini Indian grammarian whose grammatical rules for Sanskrit are the first known example of descriptive linguistics (circa 400 BC)
- grammatical of or pertaining to grammar
- grammatical conforming to the rules of grammar or usage accepted by native speakers
- chomsky United States linguist whose theory of generative grammar redefined the field of linguistics (born 1928)