generative semantics

gen·er·a·tive se·man·tics

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [jen-er-uh-tiv, -uh-rey-tiv si-man-tiks]
- /ˈdʒɛn ər ə tɪv, -əˌreɪ tɪv sɪˈmæn tɪks/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [jen-er-uh-tiv, -uh-rey-tiv si-man-tiks]
- /ˈdʒɛn ər ə tɪv, -əˌreɪ tɪv sɪˈmæn tɪks/

Definitions of generative semantics words

noun generative semantics a theory of generative grammar holding that the deep structure of a sentence is equivalent to its semantic representation, from which the surface structure can then be derived using only one set of rules that relate underlying meaning and surface form rather than separate sets of semantic and syntactic rules. 1
noun generative semantics a school of semantic theory based on the doctrine that syntactic and semantic structure are of the same formal nature and that there is a single system of rules that relates surface structure to meaning 0

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