dependency grammar

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dependency grammar

noun dependency grammars · dependence grammar

  1. countable, uncountable 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. Grammar can be subdivided into two main classes—dependency grammars and constituency grammars—based on their representations for linguistic syntax and structure.

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Españolgramática de dependencias
한국어의존 문법 uijon munbeop
日本語依存文法 ison bunpō
中文依存語法 /依存语法 yīcún yǔfǎ, 依存句法 yīcún jùfǎ, 從屬關係語法 /从属关系语法 cóngshǔ guānxì yǔfǎ, 從屬關係句法 /从属关系句法 cóngshǔ guānxì jùfǎ
Françaisgrammaire de dépendance
DeutschDependenzgrammatik
Русскийграмма́тика зави́симостей grammátika zavísimostej
Tiếng Việtvăn phạm phụ thuộc

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@misc{dependency_grammar_2026,
  title = {dependency grammar},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dependency%20grammar},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}