generative grammar

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
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  • Corpora are also useful to generative grammarians for providing an objective and reliable evaluation of a grammar's coverage and performance.
  • This thesis applies the analytical method of composition and arrangement, and Transformational - generative Grammar sometimes.
  • Corpora are also useful to generative grammarians for providing an objective and reliable evaluation of a grammar's coverage and performance.
  • This paper compares generative grammar and cognitive grammar from four aspects: philosophical basis, universal view of language, research methodology and the status of semantics.
  • Based on analysis of English corpora, PRO studies in Generative Grammar have shown us the evidence of the existence of PRO and its functions in sentence in terms of grammar and meaning.
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