Adjective

(en adjective)

Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing.

* That generative particle. — Bentley

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Of course, structures like those associated with (36) and (37) constitute only a tiny subset of the infinite set of well-formed sentence structures found in English. We can increase the Generative Capacity of our grammar ( = the set of structures which it generates) either by expanding the Lexicon on the one hand, or by expanding the Categorial Rules (i.e. Phrase Structure Rules) on the other.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Of or relating to description.

(grammar) Of an adjective, stating an attribute of the associated noun (as heavy'' in ''the heavy dictionary ).

(linguistics)   Describing the structure, grammar, vocabulary and actual use of a language.

(science, philosophy) Describing and seeking to classify, as opposed to normative or prescriptive.

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, author=John T. Jost , title=Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)? , volume=100, issue=2, page=162 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record.}}