Glossary / Lexicon

Transformational rule

Transformational rule refers to a rule that transforms one phrase structure into another by adding, deleting, or moving grammatical constituents. Transformational ruleis also called Transformation.

Related Articles

Deep structure at psychology-glossary.com■■■■■
Deep structure refers to an underlying syntactic structure that links various phrase structures through . . . Read More
Particle-movement transformation at psychology-glossary.com■■■
Particle-movement transformation is a transformational rule that accounts for the movement of particles . . . Read More
Passive transformation at psychology-glossary.com■■■
Passive transformation refers to a transformational rule that transforms the deep structure of an active . . . Read More
Expressive Language Disorder at psychology-glossary.com■■■
Expressive Language Disorder refers to individual’s problems in spoken communication , as measured . . . Read More
Phrase-structure rule at psychology-glossary.com■■■
Phrase-structure rule is a rule that rewrites one constituent into one or more constituents. For example, . . . Read More
Syntax at psychology-glossary.com■■■
Syntax refers to the structure of a language, or the rules which specify how grammatical markers and . . . Read More
Lexical-functional grammar at psychology-glossary.com■■
Lexical-functional grammar is defined as a grammar in which structural relationships are built into enriched . . . Read More
Discontinuous constituents at psychology-glossary.com■■
Discontinuous constituents refer to a grammatical constituent in which some elements are separated, such . . . Read More
Closed-class words at psychology-glossary.com■■
Closed-class words refer to a word such as an article, preposition, or conjunction that plays a secondary . . . Read More
Head parameter at psychology-glossary.com■■
Head parameter refers to a grammatical feature that specifies the position of the head of a phrase, noun . . . Read More