Realization grammar

It is a label sometimes used for a GRAMMAR which derives all SENTENCES from their corresponding SEMANTIC representation.

In STRATIFICATIONAL grammar, realizational analysis is one of two main types of linguistic patterning (the other being TACTIC analysis), which involves the setting-up of four basic types of operation: ‘horizontal grouping’ (e.g. d+o+g ⇒ dog), ‘horizontal splitting’ (e.g. French des realizes de + les), ‘vertical grouping’ (two or more lower-level units realize one higher-LEVEL UNIT, e.g. the various forms of the plural MORPHEME), and ‘vertical splitting’ (two or more higher-level units are realized by one lower-level unit, e.g. -s realizing both plural and possessive).