generative grammar

Other forms: generative grammars

Definitions of generative grammar
  1. noun
    (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
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    type of:
    syntax
    the study of the rules for forming admissible sentences
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