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Generative grammar

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

📖 Definitions of "Generative grammar"

noun
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    The general theory dealing with grammar as constructed by such rules.

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