stratificational grammar

noun strat·i·fi·ca·tion·al grammar \ˌstra-tə-fə-ˈkā-shnəl-, -shə-n^əl-\

Definition of STRATIFICATIONAL GRAMMAR

: a grammar based on the theory that language consists of a series of hierarchically related strata linked together by representational rules

1962

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