generativismn.
/ˈdʒɛn(ə)rətᵻvɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈdʒɛn(ə)rədəˌvɪz(ə)m/ Linguistics.
The theory or application of generative grammar. Cf. generative grammar n. at generative adj. Compounds.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > schools or theories of grammar > [noun] > other spec.
universal grammar1751
recognition grammar1926
tagmemics1947
structural grammar1949
speculative grammar1951
generative grammar1959
generativism1965
standard theory1966
systemic grammar1967
case grammar1968
Montague grammar1972
1965 College Composition & Communication 15 51/2 One wonders whether many of the recent converts to Generativism have really followed Lees carefully through the intricate formulas which are frequent in his Grammar of English Nominalization.
1984 Rev. Eng. Stud. 35 343 The stylisticians were converting to the new linguistic school of generativism.
1987 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 32 381 His example makes a rather formidable exposition, especially for readers not predisposed to generativism.
2003 Mod. Lang. Rev. 98 220 As the authors' theoretical backgrounds are far from monolithic, their theoretical interests often go far beyond generativism.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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