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A Dictionary of Grammatical Terms in Linguistics

formal language

n. A language generated by a formal grammar. A formal language may or may not resemble a natural language; one of the goals of grammatical investigation is the construction of grammars which generate formal languages resembling natural languages as closely as possible.

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Formal Language from A Dictionary of Grammatical Terms in Linguistics. ISBN: 0-203-39336-8. Published: 2003–08–28. ©2009 Taylor and Francis. All rights reserved.



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