categorial

[ kat-i-gawr-ee-uh l, -gohr- ]
/ ˌkæt ɪˈgɔr i əl, -ˈgoʊr- /

adjective Linguistics.

of or relating to a categorial grammar.
(in generative grammar) of or relating to the part of the base component that contains rules for establishing syntactic categories and ordering the elements within them.

Origin of categorial

category + -al1; compare German categorial (1880) pertaining to categories in logic

Words nearby categorial

catechol, catecholamine, catechu, catechumen, categorematic, categorial, categorial grammar, categoric contact, categorical, categorical imperative, categorize

British Dictionary definitions for categorial

categorial
/ (ˌkætɪˈɡɔːrɪəl) /

adjective

of or relating to a category
logic (of a statement) consisting of a subject, S, and a predicate, P, each of which denotes a class, and having one of the following forms: all S are P (universal affirmative); some S are P (particular affirmative); some S are not P (particular negative); no S are P (universal negative) See syllogism