The Principal Glossary
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This glossary contains the major terms of the course.
Wednesday, 9 July 2025, 4:16 PM
Site: Plateforme pédagogique de l'Université Sétif2
Course: Introduction to Linguistics (F322)
Glossary: The Principal Glossary
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Generative grammarGenerative grammar is a conceptual model whose central tenet is that language is a property for which human beings are biologically prewired.The name ‘generative grammar’ is used to refer to this model since speakers are assumed to possess a grammar capable of generating all the possible sentences in their language (while excluding all the impossible ones). |