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generative grammars

generative grammars is the plural of generative grammar.

Meaning of generative grammar

Noun

generative grammar (countable and uncountable, plural generative grammars)

  1. (countable) A system of rules that can generate all and only those combinations of words that form grammatical sentences in a given language.
  2. (uncountable) The general theory dealing with grammar as constructed by such rules.

Questions about generative grammars

What is generative grammars the plural of?
Generative grammars is the plural of generative grammar.

Words near generative grammars in the dictionary

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  3. generative artificial intelligence
  4. generative artificial intelligences
  5. generative grammar
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  9. generatively
  10. generativeness
  11. generativism

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