generative grammar

[littel angel]

please couls you tell me how can grammar become generative???

[Soup]

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.

[BobK]

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! )

b

[Soup]

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

b