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generativity

generativity

9.8
Power of a set of rules to make many new sentences
  • noun
  • /ˌdʒɛnəˈrædɪvɪti/
  • Specialized
translation icon : generatividad
  • McAdams and de St. Aubin (1992) designed the Loyola Generativity Scale (LGS) primarily to assess individual differences in the aspect of generativity that refers to genuine concern for the next generation.

So here I will assume you already have some background in GR, in generativity.

Examples

  • Meanwhile, AAHE's generativity as an incubator of ideas and an educator of people to advance those ideas continued.

    Academic text (2005)
  • But there's no way that no way in generativity to coordinate the events local to me with events globally in the universe.

  • On one hand we have the theory of the big generativity, black holes, big bangs, and the theory of the small quantum theory, atomic physics.

  • With respect to the LGS, the generativity scores obtained by college students in both the initial (McAdams & de St. Aubin, 1992) and later research (McAdams et al., 1993) were replicated.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The generativity of the new programming language allows developers to easily create complex applications.

  • His expertise in linguistics illustrates the generativity of grammar rules in forming sentences.

  • Researchers study generativity to understand how systems can generate infinite unique expressions.

How Generative

generativity
  • Specialized
9.8
productivity
  • Specialized
211 4.0

Surface Forms

generativity singular

Morphology

generativity = generative (transparent) = generate + ive + ity

A direct nominalization of 'generative' indicating the property of being able to generate (e.g., in grammar), which is straightforward for learners.

Etymology

Generativity comes from generate (from an old Latin word meaning 'to produce') and is the same root as generator, which makes a useful image of making things. So generativity describes a system's ability to produce many new outputs or sentences.