English Explanatory Dictionary

generative grammar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A system of rules that can generate all and only those combinations of words that form grammatical sentences in a given language.
  2. The general theory dealing with grammar as constructed by such rules.

Word forms

generative grammar generative grammars

Derived words

transformational generative grammar
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