generative grammar

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  • 生成语法,孳生语法
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

    1. According to the TG grammar, language is defined as a capacity.
      转换生成语法把语言定义为一种能力。
    2. We assume that all the students in it have some background in generative syntax.
      我们假定所有这门课的学生都在生成语法有一点背景。