Formulated by noam chomsky, spot # is a grammatical system in which sentence structures are derived by transforming basic kernel sentences. the system is also called spot # .

options for blank #1
a.) traditional
b.) structural
c.) generative

options for blank #2
a.) structural
b.)traditional
c.) transformational

The answers are:

Blank spot 1: Generative.

Blank spot 2: Transformational.

Generative grammar is a linguistic theory developed by American linguist and philosopher, Noam Chomsky. The theory considers grammar as a system of rules that are able to generate combinations of words that produce grammatical sentences in a specific language.

Chomsky´s earlier theories were called transformational and though they were later revised and adopted the name “generative”, it is correct to still call them transformational.

The correct answers are:

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