GENERATIVE GRAMMAR
Dictionary entry overview: What does generative grammar mean? • GENERATIVE GRAMMAR (noun)
The noun GENERATIVE GRAMMAR has 1 sense:
1. (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
Familiarity information: GENERATIVE GRAMMAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENERATIVE GRAMMAR (noun)
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("generative grammar" is a kind of...):
syntax (studies of the rules for forming admissible sentences)
Domain category:
linguistics (the scientific study of language)
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