1. • noun - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
2. • The study of how words and their component parts combine to form sentences.
   • The study of structural relationships in language or in a language, sometimes including pronunciation, meaning, and linguistic history.
   • The system of inflections, syntax, and word formation of a language.
   • The system of rules implicit in a language, viewed as a mechanism for generating all sentences possible in that language.
   • A normative or prescriptive set of rules setting forth the current standard of usage for pedagogical or reference purposes.
   • Writing or speech judged with regard to such a set of rules.
   • A book containing the morphologic, syntactic, and semantic rules for a specific language.
   • The basic principles of an area of knowledge: the grammar of music.
   • A book dealing with such principles.
3. • n - the study of the formal features of a language

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