grammatical feature

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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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feature
noun
uk
/ˈfiː.tʃər/
us
/ˈfiː.tʃɚ/
a typical quality or an important part ...
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(Definition ofgrammaticalandfeaturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In each grammatical system, one and only onegrammaticalfeature(one of the system's disjuncts) is selected.
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The selection of agrammaticalfeaturein a grammatical system is determined by a chooser for that system.
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Thus, definiteness is agrammaticalfeaturefound only in languages with definiteness markers, such as definite articles.
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This will allow for straightforward comparisons between nonverbal cognitive tendencies and spontaneous linguistic performance on thegrammaticalfeatureclaimed to be influencing object classification.
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So there is no motivation for there being agrammaticalfeatureon a trace.
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Under this view, irregular forms behave like words in the lexicon, and are acquired and stored like other words with the pluralgrammaticalfeatureincorporated into their lexical entries.
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Hidden in these past tense simulations are the constructs of semantics representations,grammaticalfeature, and paradigm, all of which are developmentally a priori to the sorting out of allomorphic variation.
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Interestingly, the grammars which result from transfer of grammatical features are compatible with natural languages to which the child has not been exposed.
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Verb forms are realized by endings associated with their grammatical features.
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This name is more difficult to explain morphologically because the grammatical features such as ergative pronouns cannot be detected.
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When an error was detected, the student was told what the expected word was, along with a description of its grammatical features.
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A grammatical category is a set of elements which have the same value(s) for a given set of grammatical features.
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Below we discuss the grammatical features of interest in the current study.
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Tightly controlled studies are designed to identify particular grammatical features to be acquired and explore the impact of various cognitive factors on the acquisition process.
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The grammatical features of political rhetoric are many and have been extensively researched.
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Since it is denominal, they argue, it cannot inherit grammatical features from the head of the original verb, including its past tense form.
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Grammatical features interrelate in a highly abstract manner.
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And how does the child recognize grammatical features in the first place?
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In some traditional forms of poetry, capitalisation has conventionally been used as a marker to indicate the beginning of a line of verse independent of anygrammaticalfeature.
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