transformational linguistics

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• linguistics — n. applied; comparative; contrastive; descriptive; general; generative; historical linguistics; psycholinguistics; sociolinguistics; structural; transformational linguistics * * * [lɪŋ gwɪstɪks] comparative contrastive descriptive general… …   Combinatory dictionary

• linguistics — Synonyms and related words: bowwow theory, comparative linguistics, derivation, descriptive linguistics, dialectology, dingdong theory, etymology, glossematics, glossology, glottochronology, glottology, grammar, graphemics, historical linguistics …   Moby Thesaurus

• Linguistics — is the scientific study of language, encompassing a number of sub fields. An important topical division is between the study of language structure (grammar) and the study of meaning (semantics). Grammar encompasses morphology (the formation and… …   Wikipedia

• linguistics — /ling gwis tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics. [1850 55; see LINGUISTIC, ICS] * * * Study of the nature and structure of… …   Universalium

• Transformational grammar — In linguistics, a transformational grammar, or transformational generative grammar (TGG), is a generative grammar, especially of a natural language, that has been developed in a Chomskyan tradition. Additionally, transformational grammar is the… …   Wikipedia

• transformational — adj. relating to or involving transformation. Phrases and idioms: transformational grammar Linguistics a grammar that describes a language by means of transformation (see TRANSFORMATION 6). Derivatives: transformationally adv …   Useful english dictionary

• transformational grammar — noun : a grammar that generates the deep structures of a language and relates these to the surface structures by means of transformations * * * ˌtransforˌmational ˈgrammar 7 [transformational grammar] noun uncountable (abbr. TG …   Useful english dictionary

• transformational grammar — noun Linguistics grammar which describes a language in terms of transformations applied to an underlying deep structure in order to generate the surface structure of sentences which can actually occur …   English new terms dictionary

• List of linguistics topics — Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Someone who engages in this study is called a linguist. See also the List of basic linguistics topics, the List of phonetics topics, the List of linguists, and the List of cognitive science… …   Wikipedia

• Cartesian linguistics — Noam Chomsky s Cartesian Linguistics: A Chapter in the History of Rationalist Thought , published in 1966, has the purpose of deepening our understanding of the nature of language and the mental processes and structures that underlies its use and …   Wikipedia

• Generative linguistics — is a school of thought within linguistics that makes use of the concept of a generative grammar. The term generative grammar is used in different ways by different people, and the term generative linguistics therefore has a range of different,… …   Wikipedia