grammarian en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɡɹəˈmɛəɹɪən/
- grə-mârʹē-ən
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English gramarien, from Middle French gramarien, gramairien. Displaced native Old English stæfcræftiga.
Meanings
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A person who studies grammar, either scientifically or (traditionally) unscientifically.
Huddleston and Pullum are well-known grammarians of the 21st century.
The goal of a grammarian is to discover the morphemes and words within a language, and to discover how they combine in the grammar.
2025, Edward A. F. Gibson, “Preliminaries: Components of Language Structure” (chapter 2), in Syntax: A Cognitive Approach, MIT Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 21:
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(broadly) A person who pedantically critiques the grammar of others' speech or writing, especially when unscientifically and misguidedly.
They spent hours disabusing the misinformed rants of various armchair grammarians.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| grammarians | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Relateds
descriptivist · grammaticalization · grammatization · grammaticity · grammarizing · grammarization · prescriptivist · grammaticality · linguist · grammaticization · ungrammatical · grammatical
Synonyms
Translations (51)
hi शाब्दिक (person who studies grammar) · lv gramatiķis (person who studies grammar) · ar نَحْوِيّ (person who studies grammar) · sa वैयाकरण (person who studies grammar) · sv grammatiker (person who studies grammar) · gl gramática (person who studies grammar) · cmn 語法學家 /语法学家 (person who studies grammar) · nds-de grammatikers (person who studies grammar) · fr grammairien (person who studies grammar) · ja 文法学者 (person who studies grammar) · de Grammatiker (person who studies grammar) · mk граматичар (person who studies grammar) · ur قواعدداں (person who studies grammar) · hi वैयाकरणिक (person who studies grammar) · la grammaticus (person who studies grammar) · hy քերական (person who studies grammar) · lt gramatikė (person who studies grammar) · el γραμματικός (person who studies grammar) · hy քերականագետ (person who studies grammar) · lt gramatikas (person who studies grammar) · fi kieliopin tutkija (person who studies grammar) · pl gramatyk (person who studies grammar) · es gramático (person who studies grammar) · sw mwanasarufi (person who studies grammar) · ja 文法家 (person who studies grammar) · fr grammairienne (person who studies grammar) · sa शाब्दिक (person who studies grammar) · ru граммати́стка (person who studies grammar) · cs gramatik (person who studies grammar) · gmh grâmaticus (person who studies grammar) · ko 문법가 (person who studies grammar) · pt gramático (person who studies grammar) · da grammatiker (person who studies grammar) · tl mambabalarila (person who studies grammar) · sk gramatik (person who studies grammar) · ru грамма́тик (person who studies grammar) · eo gramatikisto (person who studies grammar) · sa शाब्द (person who studies grammar) · nl grammaticus (person who studies grammar) · vi nhà ngữ pháp học (person who studies grammar) · enm gramarien (person who studies grammar) · grc γραμματικός (person who studies grammar) · fa نحوی (person who studies grammar) · gv grammeydeyr (person who studies grammar) · ru граммати́ст (person who studies grammar) · ang stæfcræftiga (person who studies grammar) · lv gramatiķe (person who studies grammar) · gmh gramatici (person who studies grammar) · it grammatico (person who studies grammar) · gl gramático (person who studies grammar) · mi mātanga wetewete reo (person who studies grammar)