grammaticality

n. the quality of adhering to the rules of grammar. In the linguistics of Noam Chomsky, the grammaticality (or otherwise) of a sentence can be intuited by native speakers and explained by the rules of formal grammar. A sentence can be recognized as grammatical even when it is otherwise meaningless, as in the case of Chomsky’s famous example Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.

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May 8th 2024

perceptual development

the acquisition of skills that enable a person to organize sensory stimuli into meaningful entities during the course of physical and psychological development.