Meanings
nountransformational grammar (countable and uncountable, plural transformational grammars)
plural transformational grammars
- countableuncountablehuman sciencesA generative grammar, especially of a natural language, developed in the Chomskyan tradition of phrase structure grammars (as opposed to dependency grammars), and involving the use of defined operations called transformations to produce new sentences from existing ones.
Translations
Arabic النحو التوليدي
- النحو التوليديsystem of grammar
Chinese Mandarin 轉換語法 /转换语法
- 轉換語法 /转换语法 (zhuǎnhuàn yǔfǎ)system of grammar
French Grammaire transformationnelle
- Grammaire transformationnellesystem of grammar
German Transformationsgrammatik
- Transformationsgrammatiksystem of grammar
Japanese 変形文法
- 変形文法 (henkei bunpō)system of grammar
Polish gramatyka transformacyjna
- gramatyka transformacyjnasystem of grammar
Portuguese gramática transformacional
- gramática transformacionalsystem of grammar
Romanian gramatică transformațională
- gramatică transformaționalăsystem of grammar
Russian трансформационная грамматика
- трансформационная грамматика (transformacionnaja grammatika)system of grammar
Cite this entry
APA
transformational grammar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transformational%20grammar
MLA
“transformational grammar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transformational%20grammar. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transformational grammar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transformational%20grammar.
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