It must generate all and only the grammatical sentences of a language. To generate is to predict what can be sentences of the language or to specify precisely what the possible sentences of the language are. Thus “generative grammar” should generate, specify and predict sentences such as: “He plays the piano.” But not: “Plays the piano he” or “He the piano plays”
In addition, the basic areas of study include phonology (the study of the sound patterns of language), morphology (the study of the structure and meaning of words), syntax (the study of the structure of sentences), and semantics (the study of linguistic meaning).
Reference: Scribd (2007) “Transformative –Generative Grammar” Retrieved 16th of March, from: http://www.scribd.com/doc/240279/Transformative-Generative-Grammar
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