Abstract:

GENERATE is a simple program designed to help the beginning linguistics student understand the rules and processes of transformational generative grammar.  This program uses only a small lexicon and a subset of phrase structure and transformation rules. Many problems and possibilities involving the CAI and TG interface (the algorithm) are pointed out.

Several options are offered to the student during the program. One option shows the process of selecting phrase structure rules, transformations, lexical Aenus etc., to generate surface structure strings. The program utilizes a Software Activated Mouth (S.A.M.) for pronunciation of the generated sentences.

The chief purpose of generate is to be instructional  and illustrative  of transformation-generative grammar rules and processes.

Author: Robert G. Hackenberg