generative semantics

noun

gen·​er·​a·​tive semantics

usually

ˈje-nə-rə-tiv- 

plural in form 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

Word History

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for generative semantics

• antics
• romantics