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dependency grammar

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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Synonyms: DG

Antonyms: none provided

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Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 依存語法 /依存语法 (yīcún yǔfǎ) — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 依存句法 (yīcún jùfǎ) — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 從屬關係語法 /从属关系语法 (cóngshǔ guānxì yǔfǎ) — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 從屬關係句法 /从属关系句法 (cóngshǔ guānxì jùfǎ) — Translations
  • Danish: dependensgrammatik — Translations
  • Estonian: sõltuvusgrammatika — Translations
  • Finnish: dependenssikielioppi — Translations
  • French: grammaire de dépendance — Translations
  • German: Dependenzgrammatik — Translations
  • Japanese: 依存文法 (ison bunpō) — Translations
  • Korean: 의존 문법 (uijon munbeop) — Translations
  • Mongolian: хамаарлын хэлзүй (xamaarlyn xelzüj) — Translations
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠮᠢᠶᠠᠷᠤᠯ ᠦᠨ ᠬᠡᠯᠡᠵᠦ᠋ᠢ (qamiyarul-ün keleǰüi) — Translations
  • Polish: gramatyka dependencyjna — Translations
  • Russian: грамма́тика зави́симостей (grammátika zavísimostej) — Translations
  • Spanish: gramática de dependencias — Translations
  • Swedish: dependensgrammatik — Translations
  • Vietnamese: văn phạm phụ thuộc — Translations