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Generative semantics

Generative semantics was a research program in theoretical linguistics which held that syntactic structures are computed on the basis of meanings rather than the other way around. Generative semantics developed out of transformational generative grammar in the mid-1960s, but stood in opposition to it. The period in which the two research programs…

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Generative semantics

Nodes51
Edges50
Triples118
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.039216
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related to Bibliography · 100
Generative semantics → ABLEX, Academic Press, Adverbs, An, Aspects, Bloomfieldian, Brame, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Cartesian, Chicago, Chicago Press, Chomsky, Co, Conjectures, Constraints, Discussion, Doctoral, Doubl-ing, Dougherty
related to Interpretive or generative? · 11
Generative semantics → Chomsky, Despite, First, Generative, In, John, Once, Second, The, This, To
related to Notes · 6
Generative semantics → All, For, John, Strictly, The, There

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Generative semanticsrelated to BibliographyBrame0.60section
Generative semanticsrelated to BibliographyMichael0.60section
Generative semanticsrelated to BibliographyConjectures0.60section
Generative semanticsrelated to BibliographyNew York0.60section
Generative semanticsrelated to BibliographyNorth-Holland Pub0.60section
Generative semanticsrelated to BibliographyCo0.60section
Generative semanticsrelated to BibliographyISBN0.60section
Generative semanticsrelated to BibliographyChomsky0.60section
Generative semanticsrelated to BibliographySyntactic Structures0.60section
Generative semanticsrelated to BibliographyThe Hague0.60section
Generative semanticsrelated to BibliographyMouton0.60section

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