Difference between revisions of "Anomaly"
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| − | '''Anomaly''' is the phenomenon that a sentence is meaningless because there is an [[incompatibility]] in the meaning of the words. | + | '''Anomaly''' is the phenomenon that a sentence, though [[grammatical]], is meaningless because there is an [[incompatibility]] in the meaning of the words. |
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| − | It is unclear whether anomaly is a linguistic phenomenon. | + | It is unclear whether anomaly is a linguistic phenomenon. However, [[grammatical]]ity, as opposed to [[acceptable|acceptability]], is a linguistic phenomenon, which is directly applicable to many anomalous sentences. |
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Latest revision as of 18:21, 25 July 2010
Anomaly is the phenomenon that a sentence, though grammatical, is meaningless because there is an incompatibility in the meaning of the words.
Example
Colourless green ideas sleep furiously.
Here at least colourless, green, and ideas have incompatible meanings.
Comment
It is unclear whether anomaly is a linguistic phenomenon. However, grammaticality, as opposed to acceptability, is a linguistic phenomenon, which is directly applicable to many anomalous sentences.
Link
Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics
References
- Chomsky, Noam A. 1957. Syntactic structures. Mouton, The Hague.
- Chomsky, Noam A. 1965. Aspects of the theory of syntax. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
