The theory of language must predict the possible thought—signal (or meaning—sound or sign) pairings of a language. We argue for a Meaning First architecture of language where a thought structure is generated first. The thought structure is then realized using language to communicate the thought, to ...

The paper delves into the concept of transformational generative grammar (TG) with the intention of providing necessary information for students and teachers of English Language on the concept. Ample information is provided on the meaning of grammar, grammatical theory and TG itself. Key concepts in...

Transformational Generative Grammar aims to confine the grammar of all languages to a single general picture and to construct models of its mechanisms, based on the hypothesis that recognizes the ability of humans to produce and understand sentences, or rather to associate cognitive meanings with a ...