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generative semantics

noun, plural in form but usually singular in construction gen·er·a·tive semantics \ usually ˈje-nə-rə-tiv- \

Definition of generative semantics

: 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

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1970

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