NOUN | cognition | generative grammar | (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 |
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Meaning | (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. | |
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Category | linguistics | The scientific study of language |
Broader | syntax | studies of the rules for forming admissible sentences |
Catalan | generativisme |
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