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transformational grammar

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: النحو التوليدي — system of grammar
  • Chinese Mandarin: 轉換語法 /转换语法 (zhuǎnhuàn yǔfǎ) — system of grammar
  • French: Grammaire transformationnelle — system of grammar
  • German: Transformationsgrammatik — system of grammar
  • Japanese: 変形文法 (henkei bunpō) — system of grammar
  • Mongolian: хувиргал хэлзүй (xuvirgal xelzüj) — system of grammar
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠤᠪᠢᠷᠭᠠᠯ ᠬᠡᠯᠡ ᠵᠦᠢ (qubirgal qele ǰüi) — system of grammar
  • Polish: gramatyka transformacyjna — system of grammar
  • Portuguese: gramática transformacional — system of grammar
  • Romanian: gramatică transformațională — system of grammar
  • Russian: трансформационная грамматика (transformacionnaja grammatika) — system of grammar