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Generative semantics — is (or perhaps was) a research program within linguistics, initiated by the work of various early students of Noam Chomsky: John R. Ross, Paul Postal and later James McCawley. George Lakoff was also instrumental in developing and advocating the… … Wikipedia
generative semantics — Ling. a theory of generative grammar holding that the deep structure of a sentence is equivalent to its semantic representation, from which the surface structure can then be derived using only one set of rules that relate underlying meaning and… … Universalium
generative semantics — noun plural but usually singular in construction : a description of a language emphasizing a semantic deep structure that is logical in form, that provides syntactic structure, and that is related to surface structure by transformations * * *… … Useful english dictionary
generative semantics — gen′erative seman′tics n. ling. a theory of grammar holding that the deep structure of a sentence is equivalent to its semantic representation, from which the surface structure can be derived using one set of rules rather than separate semantic… … From formal English to slang
Generative — may refer to:* Generative actor * Generative art * Generative musicMath and science * Generative Anthropology * Generative model * Generative programming * Generative sciences * Generative systemsLanguage * Generative grammar * Generative… … Wikipedia
semantics — semanticist /si man teuh sist/, semantician /see man tish euhn/, n. /si man tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. Ling. a. the study of meaning. b. the study of linguistic development by classifying and examining changes in meaning and form. 2.… … Universalium
generative grammar — The theory of language structures first proposed in Chomsky s Syntactic Structures (1957). Just as physics studies the forms of physically possible processes, so linguistics should study the form of possible human languages. This would define the … Philosophy dictionary
semantics — n. general; generative semantics * * * [sɪ mæntɪks] generative semantics general … Combinatory dictionary
Generative Semantik — Die Generative Semantik ist ein generatives Grammatikmodell, das in den 1960er Jahren von George Lakoff , James D. McCawley , Paul M. Postal und John Robert Ross entwickelt wurde, als Reaktion auf Noam Chomskys Vernachlässigung der Semantik in… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Semantics — is the study of meaning in communication. The word derives from Greek σημαντικός ( semantikos ), significant , [cite web|url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2393797|title=Semantikos, Henry… … Wikipedia
