linguistic string
Noun: A linguistic string is a linear, ordered sequence of words. It refers to the concrete arrangement of words as they are actually produced in speech or writing, forming a complete or partial utterance.
This term is primarily used in technical linguistic analysis to describe the physical manifestation of language. It focuses on the syntagmatic (horizontal) structure of language—how words are chained together in time or space. * The parser analyzes the linguistic string to determine its grammatical structure. * A sentence, a phrase, or even a single word can be considered a linguistic string. * The study compared the frequency of certain linguistic strings across different genres of writing.
In computational linguistics and formal grammar, a "linguistic string" is the surface-level output that is generated from an underlying structure or set of rules. * The grammar generates all possible well-formed linguistic strings. * The model's task is to assign a probability to a given linguistic string.
- String (n): In computing and formal language theory, a "string" is any finite sequence of symbols. A "linguistic string" is a specific type of string where the symbols are words or morphemes.
- Utterance (n): A spoken linguistic string.
- Sentence (n): A specific type of linguistic string that is grammatically complete and typically expresses a complete thought.
- Word sequence
- Linear sequence of words
- Syntagm
- Constituent Structure: The hierarchical grouping of words within a linguistic string into phrases.
- Surface Structure: In transformational grammar, the linguistic string that is actually produced, as opposed to the deep structure.
- a linear sequence of words as spoken or written