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LINGUISTIC RULE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice
Synonyms:
linguistic rule; rule
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("linguistic rule" is a kind of...):
concept; conception; construct (an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances)
Domain category:
linguistics (the scientific study of language)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "linguistic rule"):
linguistic universal; universal ((linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages)
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)
