In formal language theory, a grammar is in Kuroda normal form if, and only if, all production rules are of the form:
- AB → CD or
- A → BC or
- A → B
- A → α
where A, B, C and D are nonterminal symbols and α is a terminal symbol.
Every grammar in Kuroda normal form is monotonic, and therefore, generates a context-sensitive language. Conversely, every context-sensitive language which does not generate the empty string can be generated by a grammar in Kuroda normal form.
It is named for linguist S.-Y. Kuroda.
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