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Generative grammar proves compatible with iconicity in language structure.

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Compatibility between Generative Grammar and Syntactic Iconicity
Han Jin

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The article argues that generative grammar can explain how language structure reflects meaning, despite claims that it can't. The researchers show that iconic relationships between grammar and concepts can be represented by generative grammar. This means that the way words are put together in a sentence can reflect the meaning behind them, and this idea is not a problem for generative grammar.