grammaticality

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English [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (UK) IPA: /ˈɡɹə.mæt.ɪˌkæl.ɪ.ti/, X-SAMPA: /"gr@.m{t.I%k{l.I.ti/

Noun [edit]

grammaticality (uncountable)

  1. (of language) The state or attribute of obeying the rules of grammar; grammatical correctness.
    • 1963, Peter Lackowski, “Words as Grammatical Primes”, Language, vol. 39, no. 2, p. 214,
      One cannot consistently judge the grammaticality of utterances without knowing what grammatical types their constituent morphemes represent.

Synonyms [edit]

Translations [edit]

state of obeying the rules of grammar

References [edit]

  • Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
  • Random House Webster’s Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.
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