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Meaning of "grammaticality" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GRAMMATICALITY

grammaticality  [ɡrəmætɪˈkælɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GRAMMATICALITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Grammaticality is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GRAMMATICALITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Grammaticality

In theoretical linguistics, grammaticality is the quality of a linguistic utterance of being grammatically well-formed. An asterisk before a form is a mark that the cited form is ungrammatical. Lyons 1968 defines the concept as "that part of the acceptability of utterances which can be accounted for in terms of the rules", a criterion that complements acceptability for semantic soundness. Generative linguists think that for native speakers of natural languages, grammaticality is a matter of linguistic intuition, a competence learned by language acquisition in childhood. Therefore, generative linguistics strives to predict grammaticality exhaustively. On the other hand, there is a gradual abandonment of grammaticality in favour of acceptability by linguists that stress the social acquisition of language in contrast to innate factors in the tradition of Hopper 1987. Prescriptive grammars of controlled natural languages define grammaticality as a matter of explicit consensus.

Definition of grammaticality in the English dictionary

The definition of grammaticality in the dictionary is the state or quality of being well formed; correctness.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GRAMMATICALITY


classicality
ˌklæsɪˈkælɪtɪ
comicality
ˌkɒmɪˈkælɪtɪ
criticality
ˌkrɪtɪˈkælɪtɪ
cyclicality
ˌsɪklɪˈkælɪtɪ
cylindricality
sɪˌlɪndrɪˈkælɪtɪ
ethicality
ˌeθɪˈkælɪtɪ
extrinsicality
ɪkˈstrɪnsɪˈkælɪtɪ
illogicality
ɪˌlɒdʒɪˈkælɪtɪ
impracticality
ɪmˌpræktɪˈkælɪtɪ
locality
ləʊˈkælɪtɪ
musicality
ˌmjuːzɪˈkælɪtɪ
physicality
ˌfɪzɪˈkælɪtɪ
practicality
ˌpræktɪˈkælɪtɪ
radicality
ˌrædɪˈkælɪtɪ
technicality
ˌtɛknɪˈkælɪtɪ
theatricality
θɪˌætrɪˈkælɪtɪ
topicality
ˌtɒpɪˈkælɪtɪ
verticality
ˌvɜːtɪˈkælɪtɪ
vocality
vəʊˈkælɪtɪ
whimsicality
ˌwɪmzɪˈkælɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GRAMMATICALITY

grammage
grammalogue
grammar
grammar book
grammar checker
grammar school
grammarian
grammarless
grammatic
grammatical
grammatical meaning
grammatical word
grammatically
grammaticalness
grammaticaster
grammaticise
grammaticism
grammatist
grammatologist
grammatology

WORDS THAT END LIKE GRAMMATICALITY

ability
air quality
augmented reality
confidentiality
equality
functionality
homosexuality
hospitality
in reality
inequality
low-quality
mortality
municipality
nationality
originality
personality
quality
reality
sexuality
speciality
spirituality

Synonyms and antonyms of grammaticality in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «grammaticality» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GRAMMATICALITY

Find out the translation of grammaticality to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of grammaticality from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «grammaticality» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

合乎语法
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gramaticalidad
570 millions of speakers

English

grammaticality
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

grammaticality
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

grammaticality
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

грамматичности
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gramaticalidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্যাকরণগত শব্দ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

grammaticalité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perkataan tatabahasa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Grammatika
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

文法性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

문법이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tembung gramatikal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

grammaticality
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இலக்கண வார்த்தை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्याकरणिक शब्द
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Gramer kelimesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

grammaticalità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gramatyczności
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

грамматічності
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

grammaticality
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

grammaticality
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

grammaticality
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

grammaticality
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Grammatikalitet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of grammaticality

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GRAMMATICALITY»

The term «grammaticality» is normally little used and occupies the 126.653 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GRAMMATICALITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «grammaticality» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «grammaticality» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about grammaticality

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRAMMATICALITY»

Discover the use of grammaticality in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to grammaticality and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Empirical Base of Linguistics: Grammaticality Judgments ...
Carson T. Schutze presents here a detailed critical overview of the vast literature on the nature of utility of grammaticality judgments and other linguistic intuitions, and the ways they have been used in linguistic research.
Carson T. Schutze, 1996
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Grammars and Grammaticality
The volume includes pedagogical exercises and especially intriguing is a large analysis problem, originally constructed by Gerlad Sanders using data from Nama Hottentot, which exposes the reader to a syntax of extraordinary beauty.
Michael B. Kac, 1992
3
Recontextualizing Context: Grammaticality Meets Appropriateness
This book proposes a model for describing the multifaceted connectedness between language and language use, and between cognitive context, linguistic context, social context and sociocultural context and their underlying principles of well ...
Anita Fetzer, 2004
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Computational Linguistics and Intelligent Text Processing: ...
Grammaticality is defined as the quality of a linguistic utterance of being grammatically well-formed. In theory, a sentence is either grammatically correct or grammatically incorrect. Generative grammar defines a set of rules which can classify a ...
Alexander Gelbukh, 2010
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Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and ...
Gass concludes that, based on her results, the issue of reliability of grammaticality judgments cannot be separated from issues of indeterminacy, that is, learners' partial knowledge or absence of knowledge of certain aspects of the L2 grammar ...
James E. Alatis, 1996
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First Language Attrition: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on ...
A cross-disciplinary perspective Evelyn P. Altenberg and Robert M. Vago Hofstra University / Queens College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York Introduction The grammaticality judgment task has been widely used in a ...
Monika S. Schmid, 2004
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Studies of Fossilization in Second Language Acquisition
Chapter. 4. Fossilization: Can. Grammaticality. Judgment. Be. a. Reliable. Source . of. Evidence? ZHAOHONG HAN Key to any investigation of fossilization is to find a reliable way to establish that a steady state has been reached for ...
Zhaohong Han, Terence Odlin, 2006
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Defining Pragmatics
Indeed, responses to questions about grammaticality judgments on the Linguist List are hardly ever close to unanimous (e.g., email messages 9.651, 5.4.1998 regarding promise as a subject control verb, 7.464, 3.26.1996, regarding The ...
Mira Ariel, 2010
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Japanese Psycholinguistics: A Classified and Annotated ...
that when a sentence is always presented in context, repeated exposure does not change subjects' grammaticality ratings. The author concludes that grammaticality judgments are not fixed, but shift according to the context in which sentences ...
Joseph F. Kess, Tadao Miyamoto, 1994
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Current Issues in Bilingualism: Cognitive and ...
Table 8.2 Mean percentages and standard deviation (in brackets) of error scores by sentence grammaticality and group English speakers (N=16) Arabic speakers (N=16) Russian speakers (N=16) Hebrew speakers (N=16) Total error average ...
Mark Leikin, Mila Schwartz, Yishai Tobin, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRAMMATICALITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term grammaticality is used in the context of the following news items.
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Re: An open letter to grammar police and A defense of strict …
Now what was once ungrammatical is grammatical (grammaticality is another discussion for another day). In a few decades, “dived” might be ... «N.C. State University Technician Online, Jul 15»
2
Documenting the Diversity of American English
It is these rules that vary across the country and across demographics, resulting in the grammaticality of phrases like “I don't need no help” for ... «Slate Magazine, Jun 15»
3
Lindsey Vonn Feels 'Privileged' to Spend Time with Tiger Woods' Kids
Grammaticality and stylistically off the charts bad. I mean c'mon how many commas can you squeeze into one sentence? Jo55 on April 21st, ... «People Magazine, Apr 15»
4
Everything you wanted to know about danglers but were too afraid to …
That's irrelevant to questions of grammaticality. The question for good writing is "Could they be rewritten for greater effectiveness?" The answer ... «The Week Magazine, Sep 14»
5
For Maurice Archibong, others
Overall, the quintessential resonance, classicality and grammaticality of his works were unparalleled. His illustrative capacity to describe events ... «Daily Sun, May 14»
6
Why Can't We Agree on How to Pronounce Doge?
The doge meme: a shiba inu with artistically scattered, multicolored comic sans that has its own bizarre sort of grammaticality. But since it arose ... «Slate Magazine, Feb 14»
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Why so many people struggle with doge
The doge meme: a shiba inu with artistically scattered, multicolored comic sans that has its own bizarre sort of grammaticality. But since it arose ... «The Week Magazine, Feb 14»
8
A Word, Please: Care about this: semantics and syntax
The grammaticality of "could care less" is fascinating — a question a lot of sticklers probably couldn't answer. Here's how a true expert, linguist ... «Daily Pilot, Nov 13»
9
Nick Diakopoulos: Understanding bias in computational news media
... similar quality to that of manually generated summaries (also based on tweets) when rated on dimensions of readability and grammaticality. «Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard, Dec 12»
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Google adds Lao to Translate as an alpha, for a grand total of 65 …
... and improving the grammaticality of translations. This is for languages available since day one, all the way up to languages that have yet to ... «The Next Web, Sep 12»

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