A deliberately oversimplified form of generative grammar, which generates sentences by working through word by word in a strictly linear fashion. It was used by Chomsky to illustrate the need for more complex features, such as transformations, to account adequately for real language.
〔语言学〕有限状态语法
Example sentencesExamples
The ‘finite state grammar’ language contains the two sentences and the ‘phrase structure grammar’ language contains the two sentences
Thirty undergraduate students from the University of New South Wales were exposed to letter strings generated from a finite state grammar and then rated strings in liking and recognition tests.
The idea is to write two finite state grammars: one ‘broad’ and the other ‘narrow’.
‘That shows that without training, they've been able to figure out a rule at the finite state grammar level - they've been able to sense that pattern,’ said Fitch.
Participants are exposed to a series of consonant strings generated by a finite state grammar.