Before revision: In linguistics, transformational syntax is a theory of syntax that developed from the extended standard theory of generative grammar originally proposed by Noam Chomsky in his books Syntactic Structures and Aspects of the Theory of Syntax.Akmajian, Adrian; Heny, Frank An Introduction To The Principles Of Transformational Syntax MIT Press, ISBN 9780262510226 It emerged from a need to improve on approaches to grammar in structural linguistics.
After revision: In linguistics, transformational syntax is a derivational approach to syntax that developed from the extended standard theory of generative grammar originally proposed by Noam Chomsky in his books Syntactic Structures and Aspects of the Theory of Syntax.Akmajian, Adrian; Heny, Frank An Introduction To The Principles Of Transformational Syntax MIT Press, ISBN 9780262510226 It emerged from a need to improve on approaches to grammar in structural linguistics.