Generative grammar is an umbrella term for a variety of approaches to linguistics. What unites these approaches is the goal of uncovering the cognitive basis of language by formulating … 展开

Research in generative grammar spans a number of subfields. These subfields are also studied in non-generative approaches. 展开

As a distinct research tradition, generative grammar began in the late 1950s with the work of Noam Chomsky. However, its roots include earlier structuralist approaches such as 展开

• Chomsky, Noam. 1965. Aspects of the theory of syntax. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press.
• Hurford, J. … 展开

Music
Generative grammar has been applied to music theory and analysis since the 1980s. One notable approach is Fred Lerdahl and 展开

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