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Name for seemingly incomplete sentences
I remember reading about sentences that naturally seem incomplete (ending in the middle as if the second half were missing), but are actually grammatically correct. The listener/reader just wrongly ...
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Is either of these meanings of the word "sentence" more conventional?
The Wikipedia article on Generative Grammar states:
Generative grammar is a linguistic theory that regards grammar as a
system of rules that generates exactly those combinations of words
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Is there a definition of "sentence" that applies to all languages?
Is there a definition of "sentence" that is applicable to all languages?
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Is there a term for this use of an indirect object?
I have noticed that some Americans from the mid-South will use indirect objects in their speech where standard English would use a prepositional phrase. Is there a name for this phenomenon? Is it ...
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What are the names of the study of words and of the study of sentences in English?
What is the name of the study of words in English?
How do you call the study of sentences in English?
Does English grammar or linguistics concerns about the study of units larger than sentences?
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