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Meanings of generative linguistics in English

Russian
генеративизм
Portuguese
lingüística gerativa
Spanish
linguistica generativa
Catalan
lingüística generativa
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Linguistic theory that regards grammar as a system of rules that generates exactly those combinations of words that form grammatical sentences in a given language.

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генеративизм
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Examples for "generative grammar"
Examples for "generative grammar"
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The hierarchical structure can be considered a generative grammar for smooth pictures.
Pubmed
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To paraphrase the terminology of generative grammars, it was a limited war language, with not too many possible war sentences.
The Civilization of Illiteracy