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 Definitions of generative grammar  [ˈdʒɛn ər ə tɪv, -əˌreɪ tɪv]  

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Definition of 'generative grammar' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) generative grammar
a linguistic theory that attempts to describe the tacit knowledge a native speaker has of a language by establishing a set of formal rules that generate all the possible grammatical sentences of a language, while excluding all unacceptable sentences.

2.  generative grammar
a set of such rules.

Etymology:  (1955–60)


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