Transformational generative grammar is one of the main theoretical frameworks in linguistics; it views language as a mental computational process. Follow me on IG: https://www.instagram.com/linguistics_and_the_like/ Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:44 Why is it called generative grammar? 1:18 Historical background What does it try to explain?: 2:40 The poverty of stimulus problem 3:42 Grammaticality 4:14 Universal Grammar Syntactic Analysis: 5:29 Phrase structure 6:31 Constituency 7:08 Merge and move 7:39 Syntactic trees (example: do insertion/move) 8:39 D-structure and S-structure 9:01 Principles and parameters Criticisms: 10:32 Relevance for other areas of linguistics 11:02 Research methods 11:34 Definitions of recursion and UG 13:19 Semantics 13:52 Anglocentrism 14:29 Poverty of stimulus lacks evidence 15:36 Contributions 15:55 Outro References: Chomsky, N. (2006). Language and mind (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press. Dąbrowska, E. (2015). What exactly is Universal Grammar, and has anyone seen it? Frontiers in Psychology, 6. Dékány, É. (2019). Foundations of generative linguistics. Acta Linguistica Academica, 66(3), pp.309–334.: https://akjournals.com/view/journals/2062/66/3/article-p309.xml Everett, D., Lobina, D. and Brenchley, M. (2017). A Dozen Years of Misunderstanding. Inference: International Review of Science, 3(2).: https://inference-review.com/letter/a-dozen-years-of-misunderstanding Ferreira, F. (2005). Psycholinguistics, formal grammars, and cognitive science. The Linguistic Review, 22(2-4).: https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.1056.6182&rep=rep1&type=pdf Hauser, M.D., Chomsky, N., Fitch, W.T. (2002). The Faculty of Language: What Is It, Who Has It, and How Did It Evolve? Science, 298(5598), pp.1569–1579.: https://homepage.univie.ac.at/tecumseh.fitch/media/files/HCF2002.pdf Jackendoff, R. (2015). In Defense of Theory. Cognitive Science, 41, pp.185–212.: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cogs.12324 Miller, G.A. (2003). The cognitive revolution: a historical perspective. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, [online] 7(3), pp.141–144. Available at: http://www.utdallas.edu/~otoole/HCS6330_F09/01_miller.pdf. O’Grady, W., Archibald, J. and Katamba, F. (2011) Contemporary linguistics: An introduction. (2nd ed.). London: Pearson Pullum, G.K. and Scholz, B.C. (2002). Empirical assessment of stimulus poverty arguments. The Linguistic Review, 18(1-2).: http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/~gpullum/bcscholz/Assessment.pdf Tomasello, M. (1995). Language is not an instinct. Cognitive Development, 10(1), pp.131–156.: https://danielwharris.com/teaching/268/readings/Tomasello.pdf Whong, M. (2011). Language teaching: linguistic theory in practice. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. https://history.computer.org/pioneers/chomsky.html Constituency tests: https://people.umass.edu/nconstan/201/Constituency%20Tests.pdf Credits: photo of Noam Chomsky by Duncan Rawlinson (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Noam_Chomsky,_2004.jpg) thumbnail picture: Baobab tree by José Miguel Guardeño on Pixabay