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Generative grammar has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
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

2

A system of rules that can generate all and only those combinations of words that form grammatical sentences in a given language.

See Also
combination word sentence theme formal grammar language rule system
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
syntax
Rhyming Words
mar amar umar omar cymar bamar kumar jumar damar hamar dumar jamar kamar lamar samar tomar tamar romar nomar komar
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