A Brief Analysis of Chomsky’s Transformational Generative Grammar

Abstract

Chomsky is a famous American philosopher and linguist. Chomsky combined language research with mathematical logic and put forward a new linguistic theory and idea, namely transformational generative grammar. Transformational generative grammar is one of the most influential linguistic theories in Western linguistics. Generative grammar is a set of explicit rules for how language is used and for the mind of the person who uses a particular language. It not only injected a fresh force into the field of linguistics, but also had a profound impact on a range of disciplines such as psychology and philosophy. In this study, we interpreted Chomsky's transformational generative grammar, and further elaborated the significance and influence of transformational generative grammar, and finally made a comment on it.