Word Formation in English A Generative Account

This research article reviews the previous literature on Chomskyan Generative Grammar in linguistics. It offers new insights into analyzing the patterning of words internal structure. It outlines a few concepts of Chomsky and provides some logical and valuable comments on them, opening doors for further research. It discusses some general word formation rules assumed by speakers in language acquisition. It provides new insight into the study of meaning. With formidable data, it raises theoretical questions regarding the universality of grammar, language acquisition, language faculty, parametric variation, headedness of the compound, determination of the category of compounds, etc. It accurately describes morphological theory and suggests that some linguistic theories must be revised, mainly morphological and syntactic. It brings conceptual clarity to morphological theory in linguistics. Finally, it aims to clarify the structural and semantic complexity of word formation in English. Mohammad Hamid | Dr. Pallav Vishnu "Word Formation in English: A Generative Account" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-9 | Issue-5 , October 2025, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd97547.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/english/97547/word-formation-in-english-a-generative-account/mohammad-hamid