Applicative Universal Grammar, or AUG, is a universal semantic metalanguage intended for studying the semantic processes in particular languages^[1]. This is a linguistic theory that views the formation of phrase in a form that is analogous to function application in an applicative programming language.

See also

• Combinatory logic
• Lambda calculus
• Functional programming
• Applicative programming language
• Applicative computing systems

References

1. ↑ Shaumyan S. A Semiotic Theory of Language. -- Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1987

Further reading

• Shaumyan S. Applicative grammar as a semantic theory of natural language. -- University of Chicago Press, 1977.

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