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transformational generative grammar

transformational generative grammar noun: transformational grammar.

Noun

transformational generative grammar (plural transformational generative grammars)

  1. transformational grammar
    • Much ground has been lost and many fine minds blunted on the complications of transformational generative grammar.1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 155

Forms of transformational generative grammar

pluraltransformational generative grammars
alternative formtransformational-generative grammar

Questions about transformational generative grammar

What does transformational generative grammar mean?
Transformational generative grammar means transformational grammar.
What part of speech is transformational generative grammar?
Transformational generative grammar is a noun.
What is the plural of transformational generative grammar?
The plural of transformational generative grammar is transformational generative grammars.

Words near transformational generative grammar in the dictionary

  1. transformation
  2. transformation matrices
  3. transformation matrix
  4. transformation matrixes
  5. transformational
  6. transformational generative grammar
  7. transformational generative grammars
  8. transformational grammar
  9. transformational grammars
  10. transformational rule
  11. transformational rules

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