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Generation

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A Dictionary of Grammatical Terms in Linguistics

generation

// n. The process by which a generative grammar enumerates and characterizes the sentences of a language. Such a grammar is said to ‘generate’ those sentences.

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Generation from A Dictionary of Grammatical Terms in Linguistics. ISBN: 0-203-39336-8. Published: 2003–08–28. ©2009 Taylor and Francis. All rights reserved.



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