transformational grammar

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transformational grammar

noun transformational grammars

  1. countable, uncountable 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.

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日本語変形文法 henkei bunpō
中文轉換語法 /转换语法 zhuǎnhuàn yǔfǎ
Portuguêsgramática transformacional
FrançaisGrammaire transformationnelle
DeutschTransformationsgrammatik
Românăgramatică transformațională
Русскийтрансформационная грамматика transformacionnaja grammatika
العربيةالنحو التوليدي

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@misc{transformational_grammar_2026,
  title = {transformational grammar},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/transformational%20grammar},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}