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phrase structure rule

rewrite rule used to describe a given language's syntax, used to break down a natural language sentence into its syntactic categories (both lexical and phrasal); used in transformational grammar; first proposed by Noam Chomsky in 1957
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phrase structure rule

Summary

phrase structure rule ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • phrase structure rule is credited with the discovery of Noam Chomsky[2].
  • phrase structure rule's subclass of is recorded as universal law[3].
  • phrase structure rule's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1957-00-00T00:00:00Z[4].
  • phrase structure rule's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c88w[5].
  • phrase structure rule's facet of is recorded as grammar[6].
  • phrase structure rule's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/phrase-structure-rule[7].
  • phrase structure rule's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as phrase-structure[8].
  • phrase structure rule's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 80877019[9].
  • phrase structure rule's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C80877019[10].

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Works and Contributions

phrase structure rule is credited with the discovery of Noam Chomsky[2].

Why It Matters

phrase structure rule ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11]

Related Entities

grammar Noam Chomsky

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  9. [10] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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