Question

The theory of Transformation and Generative Grammar was proposed by:

• A. Sapir
• B. Bloomfield
• C. Chomsky
• D. Max Muller

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Chomsky

The theory of Transformational and Generative Grammar
➡ This theory was proposed by Noam Chomsky in the 1950s.
➡ His famous work Syntactic Structures (1957) introduced the idea that grammar can generate all possible grammatical sentences of a language using a set of rules.
➡ It marked a major shift from structuralist approaches to language.