linguistic rule

/lɪŋˌgwɪstɪk rul/
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Other forms: linguistic rules

Definitions of linguistic rule
  1. noun
    (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice
    synonyms: rule
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    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
    transformation
    a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure
    type of:
    concept, conception, construct
    an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
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