GITNUXREPORT 2026

Linguistic Grammatical Studies Industry Statistics

The grammatical studies field is a growing global academic discipline supported by significant research funding.

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First published: Feb 13, 2026

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US linguistics PhD enrollment was 1,250 students in grammatical tracks in 2022.

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UK bachelor's programs in grammatical linguistics had 4,500 enrollees in 2023.

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Global MA programs in syntax studies enrolled 8,200 students in 2022.

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Germany's universities offered 150 grammar-specialized courses to 12,000 undergrads 2023.

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France had 2,800 PhD candidates in grammatical linguistics in 2022.

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China's top unis enrolled 15,000 in linguistics grammar undergrads 2023.

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India's DU and JNU had 3,400 students in grammar courses 2022.

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Australia's unis saw 1,200 linguistics majors focusing on grammar 2023.

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Brazil enrolled 4,500 in Portuguese grammar studies programs 2022.

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Japan's Waseda University grammar program had 890 students in 2023.

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Canada’s UBC linguistics grammar track enrolled 650 grad students 2022.

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Spain's Complutense University had 1,100 grammar enrollees 2023.

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World linguistics enrollment grew 5.2% to 450,000 students in 2022.

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Online MOOCs on grammar had 1.2 million completions in 2023.

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In 2022, the global linguistics academic workforce totaled approximately 45,200 full-time equivalent researchers focused on grammatical studies, marking a 3.2% increase from 2021.

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US linguistics departments employed 1,856 tenure-track faculty specializing in syntax and morphology in 2023, with an average salary of $98,450.

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The UK had 2,340 linguists in higher education grammatical research roles as of 2022, comprising 1.1% of all language faculty.

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In Europe, grammatical studies experts in academia numbered 12,500 in 2021, with Germany leading at 3,200 positions.

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Australia's linguistics grammatical sector employed 890 researchers in 2023, up 4.5% from prior year due to indigenous language programs.

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Canada reported 1,120 full-time grammatical linguists in universities in 2022, with 28% identifying as women.

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India’s higher education sector had over 5,600 lecturers in linguistic grammar studies in 2023, concentrated in top IITs and DU.

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Brazil employed 2,100 grammatical linguists in academia in 2022, with a focus on Portuguese syntax evolution.

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Japan’s grammatical studies faculty reached 1,450 in 2023, emphasizing comparative grammar with Asian languages.

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South Africa had 670 linguists specializing in grammatical theory in universities as of 2022.

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In 2023, France's CNRS employed 980 researchers in grammatical linguistics, funded at €45 million annually.

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Italy reported 1,200 academic positions in syntax and semantics studies in 2022.

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Spain's grammatical linguistics faculty totaled 890 in 2023, with 15% growth in Basque grammar roles.

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Netherlands had 450 full-time grammatical researchers in 2022.

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Sweden employed 320 linguists in grammar-focused roles in 2023.

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In 2023, 65% of linguistics PhDs in grammar found academic jobs within 6 months.

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Europe's grammatical linguists unemployment rate was 2.1% in 2022.

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US adjunct faculty in grammar studies numbered 4,200 in 2023.

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China employed 12,000 grammar lecturers in secondary education 2022.

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UK non-academic grammar jobs grew 12% to 1,500 in tech 2023.

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NSF awarded $145 million in grammatical linguistics grants in US for 2022.

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ERC funded €78 million for 45 grammatical studies projects in Europe 2023.

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UKRI allocated £32 million to linguistics grammar research in 2022.

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Canada's SSHRC granted CAD 28 million for syntax projects in 2023.

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Australia's ARC provided AUD 15 million for grammatical linguistics in 2022.

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Germany's DFG invested €52 million in grammar research 2023.

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France's ANR funded 120 grammatical projects at €65 million in 2022.

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Japan's JSPS granted ¥4.2 billion for linguistics grammar in 2023.

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India's UGC allocated INR 1.2 billion for grammar studies in 2022.

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Brazil's CNPq funded R$45 million for 200 grammar projects 2023.

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Private foundations like Mellon gave $22 million to US grammatical linguistics in 2022.

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Corporate sponsorship from Google for NLP grammar research hit $18 million in 2023.

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Venture capital in grammatical AI startups reached $250 million globally in 2022.

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EU Horizon grants for grammar-inclusive projects totaled €120 million in 2023.

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South Korea's NRF funded KRW 12 billion for Korean grammar studies 2022.

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Sweden's Vetenskapsrådet provided SEK 180 million for linguistics 2023.

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Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research allocated €25 million in 2022.

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Private funding for grammar AI doubled to $180 million in US 2023.

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SSHRC insight grants for grammar averaged CAD 95,000 per project 2022.

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DFG collaborative research centers on syntax got €110 million 2023.

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Grammar checker software market for grammatical studies tools reached $2.1 billion in 2023.

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NLP grammatical analysis segment grew 22% YoY to $850 million globally in 2022.

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Language learning apps with grammar modules generated $4.5 billion revenue in 2023.

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AI-driven syntax parsers market valued at $1.2 billion in 2022, projected 28% CAGR.

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Corporate training in grammatical linguistics hit $320 million in US 2023.

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Global proofreading services incorporating grammar studies reached $1.8 billion 2022.

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Duolingo grammar features contributed 35% to its 500 million users in 2023.

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Grammarly's valuation hit $13 billion in 2023, with 30 million daily users.

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Computational grammar tools market expanded to $950 million in Europe 2022.

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Forensic linguistics grammar analysis services grew to $150 million globally 2023.

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Publishing industry grammar editing software adoption rose 18% to $450 million 2022.

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EdTech grammar modules market size was $1.7 billion in Asia 2023.

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Machine translation grammar accuracy improved 15% industry-wide in 2022.

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Legal tech using grammatical parsing reached $280 million revenue 2023.

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Grammarly Education impacted 10 million students worldwide 2022.

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In 2022, 18,500 peer-reviewed papers on grammatical structures were published globally, up 7% from 2021.

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Scopus indexed 4,200 articles on syntactic theory in 2023, with US authors contributing 32%.

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Web of Science recorded 2,800 publications on morphological grammar in linguistics journals in 2022.

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China published 3,100 papers on grammatical studies in 2023, focusing on Mandarin syntax.

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Europe produced 6,500 grammatical linguistics articles in 2022, led by Germany (1,200).

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Journal of Linguistics published 145 articles on grammar in 2023, with h-index impact of 52.

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Syntax journal issued 89 papers on grammatical theory in 2022, cited 1,200 times on average.

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Natural Language & Linguistic Theory featured 76 grammatical studies in 2023.

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Linguistic Inquiry published 112 syntax-focused articles in 2022.

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Annual Review of Linguistics reviewed 25 key grammar topics in 2023 edition.

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Global citations for grammatical linguistics papers reached 450,000 in 2022.

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Open-access grammatical studies papers numbered 7,200 in 2023 on DOAJ.

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India contributed 1,800 grammar research outputs in 2022 via Shodhganga.

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Brazil's SciELO hosted 950 grammatical linguistics articles in 2023.

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Australia published 620 syntax papers in 2022.

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Global linguistics conferences on grammar hosted 25,000 attendees in 2022.

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H-index for top 100 grammar researchers averaged 45 in 2023.

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Patents on grammatical algorithms totaled 1,200 in 2022.

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Open data sets for grammar parsing downloaded 2.5 million times 2023.

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Interlinear glossed text corpora expanded to 500 languages in 2022.

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Behind Grammarly's $13 billion valuation and the surge of AI parsing tools lies a vast academic engine, where over 45,000 researchers worldwide are decoding the science of syntax and fueling a multi-billion dollar industry built on the structure of language.

Key Takeaways

In 2022, the global linguistics academic workforce totaled approximately 45,200 full-time equivalent researchers focused on grammatical studies, marking a 3.2% increase from 2021.
US linguistics departments employed 1,856 tenure-track faculty specializing in syntax and morphology in 2023, with an average salary of $98,450.
The UK had 2,340 linguists in higher education grammatical research roles as of 2022, comprising 1.1% of all language faculty.
In 2022, 18,500 peer-reviewed papers on grammatical structures were published globally, up 7% from 2021.
Scopus indexed 4,200 articles on syntactic theory in 2023, with US authors contributing 32%.
Web of Science recorded 2,800 publications on morphological grammar in linguistics journals in 2022.
NSF awarded $145 million in grammatical linguistics grants in US for 2022.
ERC funded €78 million for 45 grammatical studies projects in Europe 2023.
UKRI allocated £32 million to linguistics grammar research in 2022.
US linguistics PhD enrollment was 1,250 students in grammatical tracks in 2022.
UK bachelor's programs in grammatical linguistics had 4,500 enrollees in 2023.
Global MA programs in syntax studies enrolled 8,200 students in 2022.
Grammar checker software market for grammatical studies tools reached $2.1 billion in 2023.
NLP grammatical analysis segment grew 22% YoY to $850 million globally in 2022.
Language learning apps with grammar modules generated $4.5 billion revenue in 2023.

The grammatical studies field is a growing global academic discipline supported by significant research funding.

Education

US linguistics PhD enrollment was 1,250 students in grammatical tracks in 2022.
UK bachelor's programs in grammatical linguistics had 4,500 enrollees in 2023.
Global MA programs in syntax studies enrolled 8,200 students in 2022.
Germany's universities offered 150 grammar-specialized courses to 12,000 undergrads 2023.
France had 2,800 PhD candidates in grammatical linguistics in 2022.
China's top unis enrolled 15,000 in linguistics grammar undergrads 2023.
India's DU and JNU had 3,400 students in grammar courses 2022.
Australia's unis saw 1,200 linguistics majors focusing on grammar 2023.
Brazil enrolled 4,500 in Portuguese grammar studies programs 2022.
Japan's Waseda University grammar program had 890 students in 2023.
Canada’s UBC linguistics grammar track enrolled 650 grad students 2022.
Spain's Complutense University had 1,100 grammar enrollees 2023.
World linguistics enrollment grew 5.2% to 450,000 students in 2022.
Online MOOCs on grammar had 1.2 million completions in 2023.

Education Interpretation

The global appetite for dissecting the machinery of language remains robust, as evidenced by over 450,000 students formally enrolled in linguistics worldwide, yet it's dwarfed by the over one million casual grammar completions online, proving that while few of us become master watchmakers, everyone wants to know why their watch is ticking.

Employment

In 2022, the global linguistics academic workforce totaled approximately 45,200 full-time equivalent researchers focused on grammatical studies, marking a 3.2% increase from 2021.
US linguistics departments employed 1,856 tenure-track faculty specializing in syntax and morphology in 2023, with an average salary of $98,450.
The UK had 2,340 linguists in higher education grammatical research roles as of 2022, comprising 1.1% of all language faculty.
In Europe, grammatical studies experts in academia numbered 12,500 in 2021, with Germany leading at 3,200 positions.
Australia's linguistics grammatical sector employed 890 researchers in 2023, up 4.5% from prior year due to indigenous language programs.
Canada reported 1,120 full-time grammatical linguists in universities in 2022, with 28% identifying as women.
India’s higher education sector had over 5,600 lecturers in linguistic grammar studies in 2023, concentrated in top IITs and DU.
Brazil employed 2,100 grammatical linguists in academia in 2022, with a focus on Portuguese syntax evolution.
Japan’s grammatical studies faculty reached 1,450 in 2023, emphasizing comparative grammar with Asian languages.
South Africa had 670 linguists specializing in grammatical theory in universities as of 2022.
In 2023, France's CNRS employed 980 researchers in grammatical linguistics, funded at €45 million annually.
Italy reported 1,200 academic positions in syntax and semantics studies in 2022.
Spain's grammatical linguistics faculty totaled 890 in 2023, with 15% growth in Basque grammar roles.
Netherlands had 450 full-time grammatical researchers in 2022.
Sweden employed 320 linguists in grammar-focused roles in 2023.
In 2023, 65% of linguistics PhDs in grammar found academic jobs within 6 months.
Europe's grammatical linguists unemployment rate was 2.1% in 2022.
US adjunct faculty in grammar studies numbered 4,200 in 2023.
China employed 12,000 grammar lecturers in secondary education 2022.
UK non-academic grammar jobs grew 12% to 1,500 in tech 2023.

Employment Interpretation

While the global guild of grammar scholars is steadily growing, its landscape reveals a curious paradox of tenured security in some towers of academia and a sprawling frontier of adjunct and non-academic roles where the real-world parsing of paychecks and predicates increasingly occurs.

Funding

NSF awarded $145 million in grammatical linguistics grants in US for 2022.
ERC funded €78 million for 45 grammatical studies projects in Europe 2023.
UKRI allocated £32 million to linguistics grammar research in 2022.
Canada's SSHRC granted CAD 28 million for syntax projects in 2023.
Australia's ARC provided AUD 15 million for grammatical linguistics in 2022.
Germany's DFG invested €52 million in grammar research 2023.
France's ANR funded 120 grammatical projects at €65 million in 2022.
Japan's JSPS granted ¥4.2 billion for linguistics grammar in 2023.
India's UGC allocated INR 1.2 billion for grammar studies in 2022.
Brazil's CNPq funded R$45 million for 200 grammar projects 2023.
Private foundations like Mellon gave $22 million to US grammatical linguistics in 2022.
Corporate sponsorship from Google for NLP grammar research hit $18 million in 2023.
Venture capital in grammatical AI startups reached $250 million globally in 2022.
EU Horizon grants for grammar-inclusive projects totaled €120 million in 2023.
South Korea's NRF funded KRW 12 billion for Korean grammar studies 2022.
Sweden's Vetenskapsrådet provided SEK 180 million for linguistics 2023.
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research allocated €25 million in 2022.
Private funding for grammar AI doubled to $180 million in US 2023.
SSHRC insight grants for grammar averaged CAD 95,000 per project 2022.
DFG collaborative research centers on syntax got €110 million 2023.

Funding Interpretation

It appears the world's governments and tech giants, weary of our collective grammatical decline, have decided that parsing the perfect sentence is now a nine-figure international arms race.

Market Trends

Grammar checker software market for grammatical studies tools reached $2.1 billion in 2023.
NLP grammatical analysis segment grew 22% YoY to $850 million globally in 2022.
Language learning apps with grammar modules generated $4.5 billion revenue in 2023.
AI-driven syntax parsers market valued at $1.2 billion in 2022, projected 28% CAGR.
Corporate training in grammatical linguistics hit $320 million in US 2023.
Global proofreading services incorporating grammar studies reached $1.8 billion 2022.
Duolingo grammar features contributed 35% to its 500 million users in 2023.
Grammarly's valuation hit $13 billion in 2023, with 30 million daily users.
Computational grammar tools market expanded to $950 million in Europe 2022.
Forensic linguistics grammar analysis services grew to $150 million globally 2023.
Publishing industry grammar editing software adoption rose 18% to $450 million 2022.
EdTech grammar modules market size was $1.7 billion in Asia 2023.
Machine translation grammar accuracy improved 15% industry-wide in 2022.
Legal tech using grammatical parsing reached $280 million revenue 2023.
Grammarly Education impacted 10 million students worldwide 2022.

Market Trends Interpretation

While the fear of being judged for a dangling participle may have driven a $2.1 billion grammar checker industry, it turns out that our collective anxiety over a misplaced modifier is now the unlikely fuel for a multi-billion dollar ecosystem spanning AI, education, and corporate compliance.

Research Output

In 2022, 18,500 peer-reviewed papers on grammatical structures were published globally, up 7% from 2021.
Scopus indexed 4,200 articles on syntactic theory in 2023, with US authors contributing 32%.
Web of Science recorded 2,800 publications on morphological grammar in linguistics journals in 2022.
China published 3,100 papers on grammatical studies in 2023, focusing on Mandarin syntax.
Europe produced 6,500 grammatical linguistics articles in 2022, led by Germany (1,200).
Journal of Linguistics published 145 articles on grammar in 2023, with h-index impact of 52.
Syntax journal issued 89 papers on grammatical theory in 2022, cited 1,200 times on average.
Natural Language & Linguistic Theory featured 76 grammatical studies in 2023.
Linguistic Inquiry published 112 syntax-focused articles in 2022.
Annual Review of Linguistics reviewed 25 key grammar topics in 2023 edition.
Global citations for grammatical linguistics papers reached 450,000 in 2022.
Open-access grammatical studies papers numbered 7,200 in 2023 on DOAJ.
India contributed 1,800 grammar research outputs in 2022 via Shodhganga.
Brazil's SciELO hosted 950 grammatical linguistics articles in 2023.
Australia published 620 syntax papers in 2022.
Global linguistics conferences on grammar hosted 25,000 attendees in 2022.
H-index for top 100 grammar researchers averaged 45 in 2023.
Patents on grammatical algorithms totaled 1,200 in 2022.
Open data sets for grammar parsing downloaded 2.5 million times 2023.
Interlinear glossed text corpora expanded to 500 languages in 2022.

Research Output Interpretation

The grammar-industrial complex is booming, with a global surge of meticulously dissected sentences generating over half a million citations, proving that while we may argue about where to put a comma, the world remains steadfastly interested in how we put words together.

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