LINGUISTIC RULE

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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)