---
title: "generativity"
type: concept
related: [Generativity, Grammar]
source: https://www.jemoka.com/posts/kbhgenerativity/
confidence: high
status: active
---

big red Chomskian structuralist warning
The principle of generativity states that the goal of a grammar should be to enumerate the span of the structural descriptions of the expressions of a language.
