generative grammar
gen·er·a·tive gram·mar
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [jen-er-uh-tiv, -uh-rey-tiv gram-er]
- /ˈdʒɛn ər ə tɪv, -əˌreɪ tɪv ˈgræm ər/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [jen-er-uh-tiv, -uh-rey-tiv gram-er]
- /ˈdʒɛn ər ə tɪv, -əˌreɪ tɪv ˈgræm ər/
Definitions of generative grammar words
- noun generative grammar 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, while excluding all unacceptable sentences. Compare transformational grammar. 1
- noun generative grammar a set of such rules. 1
- noun generative grammar a description of a language in terms of explicit rules that ideally generate all and only the grammatical sentences of the language 0
- noun generative grammar 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 0
- noun generative grammar (linguistics) A system of rules that can generate all and only those combinations of words that form grammatical sentences in a given language. 0
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Origin of generative grammar
First appearance:
before 1955 One of the 4% newest English words
First recorded in 1955-60
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Parts of speech for Generative grammar
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generative grammar popularity
This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 2% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
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