- generative grammar
- noun (C, U) the description of a language using rules that produce all the sentences of the language that are correct according to the rules of grammar
Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.
generative grammar
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generative grammar — ☆ generative grammar n. Linguis. a system of linguistic analysis consisting of a limited, unchanging set of rules employing a list of symbols and words to generate or describe every possible sentence in a language: cf. TRANSFORMATIONAL… … English World dictionary
generative grammar — noun count or uncount LINGUISTICS a type of grammar based on a set of rules that can be used to produce all the sentences possible in a language … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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generative grammar — Ling. 1. a linguistic theory that attempts to describe the tacit knowledge that a native speaker has of a language by establishing a set of explicit, formalized rules that specify or generate all the possible grammatical sentences of a language,… … Universalium
generative grammar — UK / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms generative grammar : singular generative grammar plural generative grammars linguistics a type of grammar based on a set of rules that can be used to produce all the sentences possible in a language … English dictionary
generative grammar — The theory of language structures first proposed in Chomsky s Syntactic Structures (1957). Just as physics studies the forms of physically possible processes, so linguistics should study the form of possible human languages. This would define the … Philosophy dictionary
generative grammar — noun (linguistics) a type of grammar that describes syntax in terms of a set of logical rules that can generate all and only the infinite number of grammatical sentences in a language and assigns them all the correct structural description •… … Useful english dictionary
generative grammar — noun Date: 1959 1. a description in the form of a set of rules for producing the grammatical sentences of a language 2. transformational grammar … New Collegiate Dictionary
generative grammar — noun grammar which describes a language in terms of a set of logical rules whereby the infinite number of possible sentences of that language can be generated … English new terms dictionary
generative grammar — gen′erative gram′mar n. 1) ling. a linguistic theory that attempts to describe the tacit knowledge a native speaker has of a language by establishing a set of formal rules that generate all the possible grammatical sentences of a language, while… … From formal English to slang
