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Generative Grammar

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Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics

generative grammar

1 A blanket term for a grammar model that is based on algorithm and generates sentences.

2 A synonym for Chomsky’s transformational grammar. All sentences of formal and natural languages can be produced by the application of the rules of generative grammar.

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transformational grammar

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Generative Grammar from Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics. ISBN: 0-203-98005-0. Published: 12-03-1998. ©2009 Taylor and Francis. All rights reserved.



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