The syntactic rules of any language are finite in number, but they are capable of yielding an infinite number of sentences.
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- The syntactic rules of a language are finite in number, yet there is no limit to the number of the sentences that could be produced.
- 中国大学MOOC: The syntactic rules of any language are finite in number, but there is no limit to thenumber of sentences native speakers of that language are able toproduce and comprehend.
- 2. The syntactic rules of any language are ____ in number. A: large B: small C: finite D: infinite
- ____ can generate an infinite number of sentences. A: Phrase structure rules B: Movement rules C: Syntactic rules D: Both A and C
- Language is generative. Out of a finite number of grammatical rules in the system, we can produce an infinite number of sentences. This is ________ view of language. A: structural view B: functional view C: interactional view D: cognitive view