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generative grammar  

Definition

  • Generative grammar is a theory of language that is generally said to have made its appearance in 1957, with Noam Chomsky'sSyntactic Structures. It is often contrasted with structural or taxonomic grammars. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Generative Grammar]

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