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Grammaticality

In linguistics, grammaticality is conformity to grammar. The notion of grammaticality rose alongside the theory of generative grammar, the goal of which is to formulate rules that define well-formed, grammatical sentences. These rules of grammaticality also provide explanations of ill-formed, ungrammatical sentences.

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Grammaticality versus acceptability

Use of grammaticality judgments

Grammaticality illusion

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Grammaticality

Nodes58
Edges57
Triples170
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.034483
Components1

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related to Further reading · 70
Grammaticality → Acceptability Ratings, Amsterdam, An, Aske, Bader, Berkeley, Biolinguistics, BLS, Bross, Cairns, Champman, Chomsky, Christoper, Communication Disorders Quarterly, Continuous, Data Collection, Development, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, Emergent
related to Other factors that determine acceptability · 16
Grammaticality → Chomsky, Chomsky's, Complementizer Phrase, CP, ECP, Examples, However, Huang's, In, Keller, Optimality Theory, Subjacency, Tense Phrase, The, To, TP
has cause · 9
Grammaticality → As, Dutch, English, For, German, Gibson, Studies, The, Thomas
related to Assessing first language (L1) competence · 9
Grammaticality → Cairns, During, In, Sentence, The, There, This, To, While
related to Cross-linguistic differences · 9
Grammaticality → Based, Dutch, English, German, However, SOV, SVO, To, Vasishth
related to Assessing second language (L2) competence · 6
Grammaticality → After, Although, However, L2, Late, On
related to Gradience in acceptability · 6
Grammaticality → Acceptability, Hence, Many, Sentences, Sprouse, The
related to Computer-assisted language instruction · 4
Grammaticality → Catt, Hirst, The, Thus
related to Criteria that determine grammaticality · 4
Grammaticality → According, Chomsky, For, The
related to Grammaticality illusion · 4
Grammaticality → Consider Frazier's, Notice, Studies, The English

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there has been a gradual abandonment of talk about grammaticality in favour of acceptability.Acceptability isinstance ofFor linguists0.80text
question marksinstance ofor typographical symbols0.80text
motivationinstance ofand can be explained by factors0.80text
learning environmentinstance ofand can be explained by factors0.80text
pressureinstance ofand can be explained by factors0.80text
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the ones foundinstance ofparticipants with familial sinistrality were less sensitive to violations in0.80text
ageinstance ofalso showing that no judgement differences were found when comparing groups across variables0.80text
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