grammatical construction
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgrammaticalandconstruction
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grammatical
adjective
uk/ɡrəˈmæt.ɪ.kəl/us/ɡrəˈmæt̬.ɪ.kəl/
relating to grammar or obeying the rules ...
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construction
noun
uk/kənˈstrʌk.ʃən/us/kənˈstrʌk.ʃən/
the work of building or making something, especially buildings, ...
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(Definition ofgrammaticalandconstructionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofgrammatical construction
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A similargrammaticalconstructioncan be observed in the next instance, from a service encounter.
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These three usage types constitute something of a complex core meaning that can be attributed to be going to as agrammaticalconstruction.
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The degree of markedness of any particulargrammaticalconstructionwill be a function of how many non-default features it takes to fit it.
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Thus, in this view, lack of input (the extreme negative end of frequency) provides crucial information forgrammaticalconstruction.
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In fact, historical linguists commonly use terms such as "erosion" or "optional application" to indicate the gradual disappearance of agrammaticalconstruction.
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This is an elicitation task designed to solicit utterances containing different types ofgrammaticalconstruction.
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The output of eachgrammaticalconstructionis determined from its input by using the cophonology of that construction.
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While other final consonants were being deleted, liaison consonants remained within highly frequent contexts that were either within agrammaticalconstructionor within a frequent, fixed phrase.
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By examining the role of isolated words, the investigators were able to study how the words heard in the simplest kind ofgrammaticalconstructionaffect the learning of that word.
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Lasnik points out the important distinction between functional considerations that may cause the evolution of agrammaticalconstructionand the actual implementation of it in the mind.
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I quite agree that, as a matter ofgrammaticalconstruction, these parenthetical words may be said to qualify the whole of the following leaflet.
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You have to define thegrammaticalconstructionto be placed upon the language, and decide the consequences.
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As agrammaticalconstruction, it may be a good sentence, but as a logical proposition it has deficiencies.
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I do not believe that that is agrammaticalconstructionwhich would be appropriate in a statute.
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Agrammaticalconstructioncan similarly be called analytic if it uses unbound morphemes, which are separate words, and/or word order.
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In construction grammar, cognitive grammar, and cognitive linguistics, agrammaticalconstructionis a syntactic template that is paired with conventionalized semantic and pragmatic content.
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It is like agrammaticalconstructionwith words to stress.
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He explains words on the basis of theirgrammaticalconstructionand their etymological development.
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The editorial and tag material are fully or partially formed grammatical constructions of less than sentence length.
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