Naturalness in language Naturalness in language

The argument in this paper is that there exist a very large number of well-formed sentences which do not seem natural to a sensitive native speaker; therefore these sentences must violate some restrictions which are not among the criteria for well-formedness. It is important to examine what the furt...

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Main Author: John Sinclair
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2008-04-01
Series:Ilha do Desterro
Online Access:http://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/9035