Generative Grammar

 Generative Grammar

It is a theory of grammar, first developed by Noam Chomsky in the 1950s, that is based on the idea that all humans have an innate language ability.

To get a bit more of informacion, you can visit the following page: Definición y ejemplos de gramática generativa (thoughtco.com) It will shloud you a bit more about the topic.

For the activity we realized an graphic organizer: this way will have the main ideas and definitions.

    





 


 

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