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Default Re: generative grammar

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Originally Posted by Soup View Post
Hi littel angel

It means that you can use the rules of grammar to generate/create/build novel utterances. The rules are fixed, just like in math.

Admirably succinct! (I bet you're glad I didn't get to it first - catch me writing only one and a half lines! )

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