stratificational
1Stratificational linguistics — is a view of linguistics advocated by Sydney Lamb. His theories advocate that language usage and production is stratificational in nature.Specifically, that there are separate strata or levels in the brain used for language. Each level provides… …
2stratificational grammar — n. a system of grammar that analyzes language as systems of strata, including phonemic, morphemic, lexemic, and semantic strata …
3stratificational grammar — ¦strad.əfə̇¦kāshnəl , shənəl noun Etymology: stratification + al (I) : a grammar based on the theory that language consists of a series of hierarchically related strata linked together by representational rules * * * /strat euh fi kay sheuh nl/ a …
4stratificational — strat·i·fi·ca·tion·al …
5stratificational — stratificaˈtional adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑stratum …
6stratificational grammar — noun Date: 1962 a grammar based on the theory that language consists of a series of hierarchically related strata linked together by representational rules …
7stratificational grammar — /strat euh fi kay sheuh nl/ a grammar based upon the theory that language is made up of successive strata that are interconnected by established rules. [1960 65] * * * …
8linguistics — /ling gwis tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics. [1850 55; see LINGUISTIC, ICS] * * * Study of the nature and structure of… …
9Sydney Lamb — Sydney MacDonald Lamb (born May 4, 1929) is an American linguist and professor at Rice University, whose stratificational grammar is a significant alternative theory to Chomsky s transformational grammar. He has specialized in Neurocognitive… …
10Lamb, Sydney M. — ▪ American linguist in full Sydney MacDonald Lamb born May 4, 1929, Denver, Colo., U.S. American linguist and originator of stratificational grammar, an outgrowth of glossematics theory. (Glossematics theory is based on glossemes, the… …
