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ungrammaticality

ungrammaticality

8.8
A word, phrase or sentence that does not follow grammar rules
  • noun
  • /ˌʌnˌɡræməˈtɪkəlɪti/
translation icon : gramaticalidad incorrecta
  • The teacher pointed out the ungrammaticality in the student's essay, explaining how it affected clarity.

Examples

  • Riffaterre calls those elements that impede a mimetic reading "ungrammaticalities" (just another way of saying "the figurative level," but I mention it here in order to anticipate what I will discuss later on).

    Academic text (1995)

  • Reopens it by revealing the ungrammaticality of saying: PREFORMATTED TABLE

    Academic text (2005)

  • Many students struggle with the ungrammaticality of certain complex sentence structures in English.

  • Identifying instances of ungrammaticality in speech can help learners improve their language skills.

Synonyms

grammar mistake
vsungrammaticality
1 1.0

Wrong use of language rules when speaking or writing

refers to the general state of not following those language rules

Antonyms

grammaticality
  • Specialized
8.1

How correct a sentence is according to language rules

How Grammatical

grammaticality
  • Specialized
8.1
ungrammaticality
8.8
error
306 1.0

Surface Forms

ungrammaticality singular
ungrammaticalities plural

Morphology

ungrammaticality = ungrammatical (transparent) = un + grammatical + ity

The noun is formed by adding the productive noun-forming suffix '-ity' to the adjective 'ungrammatical', which itself is the transparent negation of 'grammatical'.

Etymology

Ungrammaticality breaks into un- ('not'), as in unhappy, grammar ('rules of language'), and -ity (an ending that makes a noun meaning 'state' or 'quality'). So, ungrammaticality is the 'state' of not following grammar rules.