NOUN | communication | linguistic rule, rule | (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice |
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Meaning | (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice. | |
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Synonym | rule | |
Category | linguistics | The scientific study of language |
Narrower | grammatical rule, rule of grammar | A linguistic rule for the syntax of grammatical utterances |
morphological rule, rule of morphology | A linguistic rule for the formation of words | |
universal, linguistic universal | (linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages | |
Broader | concept, conception, construct | An abstract or general idea inferred / inferred / inferred / inferred or derived from specific instances |
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