HyperDic: generative_grammar

English > 1 sense of the expression generative grammar:
NOUNcognitiongenerative 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
English > generative grammar: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
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.
CategorylinguisticsThe scientific study of language
Broadersyntaxstudies of the rules for forming admissible sentences
Catalangenerativisme

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