generative grammar

gen·er·a·tive gram·mar

G g

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [jen-er-uh-tiv, -uh-rey-tiv gram-er]
- /ˈdʒɛn ər ə tɪv, -əˌreɪ tɪv ˈgræm ər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [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

before 1955

One of the 4% newest English words

First recorded in 1955-60

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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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