stratificational grammar: Meaning and Definition of

strat•i•fi•ca'tion•al gram'mar

Pronunciation: (strat"u-fi-kā'shu-nl), [key]
  1. a grammar based upon the theory that language is made up of successive strata that are interconnected by established rules.
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