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Pronunciation / Transliteration: /a.ɡʁa.ma.ti.kal/
"Cette phrase est agrammaticale selon les règles syntaxiques actuelles."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Not conforming to the accepted rules of grammar of a given language.
"The teacher marked several sentences in the essay as nongrammatical." - 2
Outside the scope or domain of grammar, often referring to semantic or pragmatic elements.
"Intonation patterns can convey emotional states that are largely nongrammatical in structure."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin prefix 'non-' (meaning not) combined with 'grammatical', which traces back through Late Latin 'grammaticalis' to Ancient Greek 'grammatikos' (pertaining to letters or grammar). The term emerged in modern linguistic and educational contexts to describe utterances or forms that deviate from established structural rules of a language.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Nongrammatical" is said worldwide
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agrammatical
Transliteration: /a.ɡʁa.ma.ti.kal/
"Cette phrase est agrammaticale selon les règles syntaxiques actuelles."
ungrammatisch
Transliteration: /ˈʊnɡʁaˌmatɪʃ/
"Einige Ausdrücke in der Umgangssprache gelten als ungrammatisch."
agrammaticale
Transliteration: /a.ɡram.ma.tiˈka.le/
"Quella costruzione verbale è considerata agrammaticale."
agramatical
Transliteration: /a.ɣɾa.ma.tiˈkal/
"El hablante nativo reconoció inmediatamente que la frase era agramatical."
agramatical
Transliteration: /ɐ̃.ɡɾɐ.mɐ.tiˈkaw/
"A frase foi classificada como agramatical pelo professor de linguística."
व्याकरण-विरुद्ध
Transliteration: vyakaran-viruddh
"यह वाक्य व्याकरण-विरुद्ध है।"
不合文法的
Transliteration: bù hé wénfǎ de
"这个句子在语法上是不合文法的。"
비문법적인
Transliteration: bimunbeopjeokin
"그 문장은 비문법적인 것으로 판명되었습니다."
非文法的
Transliteration: hi-bumpakuteki
"その表現は非文法的であるとみなされます。"
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