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Peer reviewedAllerton, D. J. – Journal of Linguistics, 1978
The results of a survey in which 50 British university students were asked to assess the acceptability of 40 indirect object sentences are analyzed, and some problems inherent in English indirect object constructions are discussed. (DS)
Descriptors: College Students, English, Grammar, Language Usage
Peer reviewedMiller, J. – Journal of Linguistics, 1971
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Grammar, Linguistic Theory, Russian
Peer reviewedAitchison, Jean; Bailey, Guy – Journal of Linguistics, 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
