phrase-structure grammar

[ freyz-struhk-cher ]
/ ˈfreɪzˌstrʌk tʃər /

noun Linguistics.

a grammar that consists of phrase-structure rules.

Origin of phrase-structure grammar

First recorded in 1965–70

British Dictionary definitions for phrase-structure grammar

phrase-structure grammar

noun

a grammar in which relations among the words and morphemes of a sentence are described, but not deeper or semantic relations Abbreviation: PSG Compare transformational grammar