Generative grammar

Generative grammar is a research tradition in linguistics that aims to explain the cognitive basis of language by formulating and testing explicit models of humans' subconscious grammatical knowledge. Generative linguists tend to share certain working assumptions such as the competence–performance distinction and the notion that some domain-specific aspects of grammar are partly innate in humans. These assumptions are often rejected in non-generative approaches such as usage-based models of language.

Extends: [Generative linguistics](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Generative linguistics), [Cognitive musicology](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Cognitive musicology), Grammar, [Grammar frameworks](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Grammar frameworks), [Mathematical linguistics](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Mathematical linguistics)