generative grammar- what it actually is?

“Generative Grammar” is a broad theoretical framework in linguistics.
It refers to any theory that aims to explicitly generate all and only the grammatical sentences of a language.
Introduced by Noam Chomsky in the 1950s.
It includes various specific models or versions developed over time. It includes-
- Transformational Generative Grammar (TGG)
  - 🔹NOTE: Transformational (Generative) Grammar is the most famous and historically important grammar system. This is essentially just the full name for Transformational Grammar (TG).
- Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar (GPSG)
- Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG)
- Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG)
- Categorial Grammar (CG)
- Minimalist Program (MP)