generative grammar

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Synonyms: generative grammars

Antonyms: generative grammars

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|linguistics|countable}} A [[system]] of [[rule]]s that can generate all and only those [[combination]]s of [[word]]s that form [[grammatical]] [[sentence]]s in a given [[language]].
2. {{lb|en|linguistics|uncountable}} The general [[theory]] dealing with grammar as constructed by such rules.

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