Combinatory categorial grammar

Combinatory Categorial Grammar (CCG) is a framework used to analyze and understand how words combine to form meaningful sentences. It assigns each word a category that specifies how it can connect with others—like a puzzle piece fitting with specific shapes. Using rules, CCG explains how these categories combine systematically to build phrases and sentences, capturing both grammatical structure and meaning. This approach helps linguists understand language syntax and semantics in a precise, formal way, making it valuable for fields like natural language processing and computational linguistics.