Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ212539
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Publication Date: 1979-Sep
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Unhappiness about Not Unhappy People.
Aitchison, Jean; Bailey, Guy
Journal of Linguistics, v15 n2 p245-66 Sep 1979
Examines the idea of a mismatch between grammaticality and acceptability. Evidence is used to refute the claim that ungrammatical but acceptable sentences are theoretically plausible in the case of the sentence, "A not unhappy person entered the room." (AMH)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Deep Structure, Grammar, Grammatical Acceptability, Language Patterns, Language Research, Language Usage, Linguistic Competence, Linguistic Theory, Sentence Structure, Sentences, Speech, Speech Communication, Structural Analysis, Surface Structure, Syntax, Transformational Generative Grammar
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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