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transformational grammar

transformational grammar noun: a 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.

Noun

transformational grammar (countable and uncountable, plural transformational grammars)

  1. A 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.

transformational grammar meaning in Arabic

transformational grammar in Arabic

system of grammar
النحو التوليدي

Forms of transformational grammar

pluraltransformational grammars

Questions about transformational grammar

What does transformational grammar mean?
Transformational grammar means a 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.
What is transformational grammar in Arabic?
Transformational grammar in Arabic is النحو التوليدي. See Transformational grammar meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is transformational grammar?
Transformational grammar is a noun.
What is the plural of transformational grammar?
The plural of transformational grammar is transformational grammars.

Words near transformational grammar in the dictionary

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

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