A pair of terms introduced by Noam CHOMSKY in 1965 to describe native speakers' intuitions about the grammatical correctness, or otherwise, of sentences.
Correct answer: C. Acceptable/Unacceptable
- A. Both b and c
- B. Diachrony/Synchrony
- C. Acceptable/Unacceptable
- D. N. O. T
Explanation
Acceptable and unacceptable describe whether sentences accord with native speakers' grammatical intuitions in Chomskyan linguistics. Diachrony and synchrony concern time-based approaches to language, not grammatical judgments.
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