grammatical form

collocation in English

meaningsofgrammaticalandform

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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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form
noun
uk
/fɔːm/
us
/fɔːrm/
a paper or set of papers printed with spaces in which answers to questions can be written or information can be recorded in an ...
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(Definition ofgrammaticalandformfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgrammatical form

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Second, clarification requests must have the power to focus the child's attention on thegrammaticalformof his or her speech.
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The aim here was to gauge the extent to which young children modify thegrammaticalformof their speech contingent on clarification requests.
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The second condition states that clarification requests must be able to focus the child's attention on thegrammaticalformof their utterances.
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It appears, then, that these participants' awareness of thegrammaticalformwas not particularly heightened even after output.
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Thus, the effectiveness of this type of instruction may depend on the nature ofgrammaticalformas well as the type of skill involved.
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The result is that (51b) is erroneously predicted to be thegrammaticalform.
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Yet a deep analysis of several hundred notes shows recurrent patterns which can be described in agrammaticalform, allowing the notes to be parsed.
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They are purposeful and responsive; however communication is limited by their mastery ofgrammaticalform.
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In the current case, the revisions of interest were repairs togrammaticalform.
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In addition to revisions of this kind, the child may simultaneously make other alterations, both togrammaticalformand to other aspects of linguistic form.
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If one of the word associations in the trace of agrammaticalformassociation is deleted, then so is thisgrammaticalformassociation.
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At this stage, we seek only to identify ifgrammaticalformis sometimes a target for child repairs.
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This is more than a descriptive fact; the relation betweengrammaticalformand meaning has important logical consequences.
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The extension for any novel content word can be determined (roughly) by itsgrammaticalform.
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How can we relate the current focus ongrammaticalformto the variability of language in communicative contexts?
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In its strongest version, it discards the usefulness of direct instruction, focus ongrammaticalform, metalinguistic strategies, corrective feedback, active monitoring and controlled practice.
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Consequently, eachgrammaticalformsupports a unique pattern of extension.
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Rather, the reanalysis is entirely at the level ofgrammaticalform.
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