grammaticality
Sentence structure soundness
Grammaticality refers to whether a sentence or phrase conforms to the rules of a language's grammar.
Linguists use it to judge if native speakers would accept a construction as well-formed, regardless of meaning or style.
The grammaticality of "him went store" is questionable.
A sentence can be grammatical but nonsensical, or meaningful but ungrammatical—the two qualities are independent.
Rules for arranging words
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
- subject-verb agreementMatching noun and predicate
- conjugationVerb form variation system
- inflectionWord form alteration
morphology · agreement · clauses · modifiers · articles · prepositions · pronouns · mood
Degree of correctness
- errorsUnintentional deviations from correctness
- mistakesUnintended wrong actions
- well-formednessStructural validity of expressions
- acceptabilityState of being sufficient
deviance · violations · asterisk · ill-formed · malformed · judgment · intuition · native speaker
Principles governing behavior
- conventionsAccepted social practices
- standardizationImplementing uniform technical specifications
- normsExpected behavioral standards
- usageAct of employing something
style guides · manuals · handbooks · guidelines · proper · improper · correct · incorrect
Able to produce or create
- transformationalCausing radical change
- competenceAdequate ability to function
- performanceCarrying out a task
- constituencyElectoral district's voters
Chomsky · dependency · minimalism · theoretical · descriptivism
Reasoned decision-making capacity
- ratingAssigned evaluative score
- scaleMeasure of relative size
- acceptabilityState of being sufficient
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
testing · proficiency · learner · acquisition · interlanguage · feedback · rubric · scoring
syntax
Rules for arranging words
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
- subject-verb agreementMatching noun and predicate
- conjugationVerb form variation system
inflection · morphology · agreement · clauses · modifiers · articles · prepositions · pronouns · mood · voice
accuracy
Degree of correctness
- errorsUnintentional deviations from correctness
- mistakesUnintended wrong actions
- well-formednessStructural validity of expressions
acceptability · deviance · violations · asterisk · ill-formed · malformed · judgment · intuition · native speaker · competence
rules
Principles governing behavior
- conventionsAccepted social practices
- standardizationImplementing uniform technical specifications
- normsExpected behavioral standards
usage · style guides · manuals · handbooks · guidelines · proper · improper · correct · incorrect · should
generative
Able to produce or create
- transformationalCausing radical change
- competenceAdequate ability to function
- performanceCarrying out a task
Chomsky · constituency · dependency · minimalism · theoretical · descriptivism
judgment
Reasoned decision-making capacity
- ratingAssigned evaluative score
- scaleMeasure of relative size
- acceptabilityState of being sufficient
evaluation · testing · proficiency · learner · acquisition · interlanguage · feedback · rubric · scoring · TOEFL
- Chomsky linguisticsmerge, move, minimalist program, Noam Chomsky, government
- correctnessaccuracy, precision, validity, truth, exactness
- prose qualitiesclarity, eloquence, coherence, conciseness, flow
- syntaxsentence, verb, noun, adjective, adverb
grammar, grammatical, grammarian, grammatically, ungrammatical, ungrammatically