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Meaning of Montague grammar in English:

Montague grammar

Pronunciation /ˈmɒntəɡjuː ˌɡramə/

noun

Linguistics

  • A linguistic theory which maintains that a grammar is built up from individual syntactic units, each of which has a corresponding semantic unit.

Origin

1970s. From the name of Richard Montague, U.S. logician, who developed the theory + grammar.