grammars
Books on syntax
Grammars is the plural of grammar, referring to multiple systems of rules governing language structure, or to multiple books describing such systems.
Linguists might compare the grammars of related languages to trace their evolution, while a teacher might keep several grammars on her shelf as reference texts.
The grammars of Romance languages share common features inherited from Latin.
Rules for arranging words
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- semanticsStudy of linguistic meaning
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- pragmaticsLanguage-in-context study
lexicography · descriptive · prescriptive · generative · transformational · universal · cognitive · structuralism
Educational reference volumes
- exercisesActivities for fitness
- drillsRepetitive training routines
- lessonsUnits of teaching
- workbooksEducational activity volumes
instruction · pedagogy · acquisition · errors · correction · ESL · remedial · curriculum
Dictating correct usage
- normativeSetting behavioral standards
- correctnessState of being accurate
- usageAct of employing something
- conventionsAccepted social practices
standards · exceptions · irregularities · violations · errors · mistakes · correction · proper
Portraying with specific details
- prescriptiveDictating correct usage
- generativeAble to produce or create
- transformationalCausing radical change
- universalAffecting all equally
comparative · historical · reference · pedagogical · traditional · formal · functional · construction
syntax
Rules for arranging words
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- semanticsStudy of linguistic meaning
- phonologyScience of language sounds
pragmatics · lexicography · descriptive · prescriptive · generative · transformational · universal · cognitive · structuralism · functionalism
textbooks
Educational reference volumes
workbooks · instruction · pedagogy · acquisition · errors · correction · ESL · remedial · curriculum · proficiency
prescriptive
Dictating correct usage
- normativeSetting behavioral standards
- correctnessState of being accurate
- usageAct of employing something
conventions · standards · exceptions · irregularities · violations · errors · mistakes · correction · proper · formal
descriptive
Portraying with specific details
- prescriptiveDictating correct usage
- generativeAble to produce or create
- transformationalCausing radical change
universal · comparative · historical · reference · pedagogical · traditional · formal · functional · construction · case
- reference booksdictionary, dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri
- Japanese linguisticskanji, hiragana, katakana, kana, writing system
- Old FrenchOld French, Anglo-Norman, Norman French, Picard, Walloon
- language historystandardization, orthography, spelling reforms, dictionaries, word origins
- old booksfirst editions, folios, octavos, quartos, incunabula
- language preservationdictionaries, immersion programs, audio recordings, transcriptions, corpora
grammarsdictionaries
Books defining vocabulary
lexicons · vocabularies · lexis · glossaries · wordlists
grammarsslang
Informal in-group vocabulary
vernacular · colloquialisms · pidgins · free expression · solecisms
grammarsgibberish
Unintelligible speech or writing
babble · nonsense · word salad · incoherence · chaos
- grammatical errorsViolations of language rules
- grammar schoolElementary educational institution
- grammar rulesLanguage structure standards
- proper grammarStandard language rules
- grammar policeInformal term for usage sticklers
- grammar checkerTool that finds errors
grammar, grammatical, grammarian, grammarians, grammatically, ungrammatical, grammaticality, ungrammatically