ungrammaticality

un·gram·mat·i·cal (

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adj.

1. Not in accord with the rules of grammar.

2. Not in accord with standard or socially prestigious linguistic usage.

ungram·mati·cali·ty (-k

-t

) n.

ungram·mati·cal·ly adv.

ungrammatical [ˌʌngrəˈmætɪk^əl]

adj

(Linguistics / Grammar) (of a sentence) not regarded as correct by native speakers of the language

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Adj.

ungrammatical - not grammatical; not conforming to the rules of grammar or accepted usage

ill-formed

well-formed, grammatical - conforming to the rules of grammar or usage accepted by native speakers; "spoke in grammatical sentences"

Translations

ungrammatical [ˈʌngrəˈmætɪkəl] ADJ → incorrecto desde el punto de vista gramatical

ungrammatical

adj → ungrammatisch, grammatikalisch falsch; she does tend to be ungrammatical at times → sie drückt sich manchmal grammatikalisch falsch aus

ungrammatical [ˌʌngrəˈmætɪk/əl] adj → sgrammaticato/a, scorretto/a

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adjunct as far as asterisk constituent construction double negative generative grammar grammatical grammatical constituent grammatically ill-formed illicit illicitly illicitness incorrect like liked misconstruction run-on sentence	For Riffaterre every ungrammaticality is a sign of grammaticality elsewhere: "the poetic sign has two faces: textually ungrammatical, intertextually grammatical; displaced and distorted in the mimesis system, but in the semiotic grid appropriate and rightly placed" (Semiotics 164). Using Riffaterre to rehabilitate The Lover by Brownlie, Siobhan / Literature-Film Quarterly Someone1 saw his1 mother At the same time, English seems to allow for the use of pronouns in cataphoric configurations, thus the pre-movement configuration cannot be blamed for the ungrammaticality of (44): (17) 46) a. On the correlation between A-type scrambling and lack of weak ... by Witkos, Jacek / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies 12) In linguistics, an example marked by a star indicates ungrammaticality. Psychobabble: Grounding Language in the Brain by Walles, Hayden / Junctures: The Journal for Thematic Dialogue	unglazed Unglorify Unglorious Unglove unglue unglued Ungod ungodliness ungodly Ungored Ungot ungotten ungovernable ungoverned Ungown Ungowned ungraceful ungracefully ungracefulness ungracious ungraciously ungraciousness ungradable opposition ungraded ungrammatical ungrammaticality ungrammatically ungrasped Ungrate ungrateful ungrateful person ungratefully ungratefulness ungratified ungratifying Ungrave ungreased ungregarious ungroomed ungrounded ungrudging ungrudgingly ungual unguaranteed Unguard unguarded unguardedly Ungueal unguent Unguentary Unguentous	Ungored Ungot ungotten ungovernability ungovernability ungovernable ungovernable ungovernably ungovernably ungoverned ungoverned Ungown Ungowned UNGP UNGR ungraceful ungracefully ungracefulness ungracious ungracious ungraciously ungraciously ungraciousness ungraciousness Ungradable CIN ungradable opposition ungraded ungraded ungrammatical ungrammaticalities ungrammaticality ungrammatically ungrammaticalness ungrasped Ungrate ungrateful ungrateful ungrateful person ungratefully ungratefulness ungratefulness ungratified ungratifying ungratifying Ungrave ungreased ungregarious ungroomed ungrounded ungrounded UNGRSW UNGRU ungrudging ungrudging ungrudgingly ungrudgingly ungrudgingness UNGS UNGSF Ungt Public Relations Forum UNGTDI

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For Riffaterre every ungrammaticality is a sign of grammaticality elsewhere: "the poetic sign has two faces: textually ungrammatical, intertextually grammatical; displaced and distorted in the mimesis system, but in the semiotic grid appropriate and rightly placed" (Semiotics 164).

Using Riffaterre to rehabilitate The Lover by Brownlie, Siobhan / Literature-Film Quarterly

Someone1 saw his1 mother At the same time, English seems to allow for the use of pronouns in cataphoric configurations, thus the pre-movement configuration cannot be blamed for the ungrammaticality of (44): (17) 46) a.

On the correlation between A-type scrambling and lack of weak ... by Witkos, Jacek / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies

12) In linguistics, an example marked by a star indicates ungrammaticality.

Psychobabble: Grounding Language in the Brain by Walles, Hayden / Junctures: The Journal for Thematic Dialogue

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