##  [Categorial Grammar](/categorial-grammar) 

  ##  [Categorial Grammar](https://humanitites.quantumdictionary.io/categorial-grammar-0) 

  

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Definition

A type‑driven grammatical framework in which words are assigned categories that denote functions or atomic types (e.g., S, NP, (S\NP)/NP), and syntactic composition proceeds by function–argument application and a small set of combinatory rules; categories directly determine how expressions combine and permit a transparent mapping to compositional semantics.