grammaticality

English

Etymology

From grammatical +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɡɹəˌmæt.ɪˈkæl.ɪ.ti/
  • Rhymes: -ælɪti

Noun

grammaticality (countable and uncountable, plural grammaticalities)

  1. (linguistics) (of language) The state or attribute of obeying the rules of grammar (being grammatical).
    Synonym: grammaticalness
    Coordinate terms: idiomaticity, idiomaticness
    • 1963, Peter Lackowski, “Words as Grammatical Primes”, in Language, volume 39, number 2, page 214:
      One cannot consistently judge the grammaticality of utterances without knowing what grammatical types their constituent morphemes represent.

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References

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