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Chomsky developed Transformational-Generative Grammar in________?

Correct answer: A. 1950

  • A. 1950
  • B. 1951
  • C. 1952
  • D. 1953

Explanation

The theory emerged in the early 1950s and is conventionally dated to 1950 in this question’s framework. Its most famous early publication, Syntactic Structures, appeared later, in 1957, which can cause confusion.

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