Meanings
noungenerative grammar (countable and uncountable, plural generative grammars)
plural generative grammars
- countablehuman sciencesA system of rules that can generate all and only those combinations of words that form grammatical sentences in a given language.
- uncountablehuman sciencesThe general theory dealing with grammar as constructed by such rules.
Translations
Catalan generativisme
- generativismegeneral theory
Chinese Mandarin 生成語法 /生成语法, 生成語法 /生成语法
- 生成語法 /生成语法 (shēngchéng yǔfǎ)system of rules
- 生成語法 /生成语法 (shēngchéng yǔfǎ)general theory
French grammaire générative
- grammaire générativesystem of rules
German generative Grammatik
- generative Grammatiksystem of rules
Hungarian generatív nyelvtan
- generatív nyelvtansystem of rules
Italian generativismo
- generativismogeneral theory
Japanese 生成文法
- 生成文法 (seisei bunpō)system of rules
Polish gramatyka generatywna, gramatyka generatywna
- gramatyka generatywnasystem of rules
- gramatyka generatywnageneral theory
Romanian gramatică generativă
- gramatică generativăsystem of rules
Cite this entry
APA
generative grammar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/generative%20grammar
MLA
“generative grammar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/generative%20grammar. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “generative grammar,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/generative%20grammar.
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