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dependency grammar

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English

Syllables
de-pen-den-cy -gram-mar
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of grammars based on the dependency relation (as opposed to the constituency relation), in which words are interconnected by directed links, and the (finite) verb is regarded as the centre of clause structure.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

dependency grammars (plural) dependence grammar (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

constituency grammar

Synonyms

DG

Questions

What does dependency grammar mean?
Any of a class of grammars based on the dependency relation (as opposed to the constituency relation), in which words are interconnected by directed links, and the (finite) verb is regarded as the centre of clause structure.

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