generative grammar
noun/ˌdʒenərətɪv ˈɡræmə(r)/
/ˌdʒenərətɪv ˈɡræmər/
[countable, uncountable] (linguistics)- a type of grammar that describes a language by giving a set of rules that can be used to produce all the possible sentences in that languageTopics Languagec2
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generative grammar