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misgenerate en · VERB

Etymology

From mis- + generate.

Meanings

1. To generate incorrectly.
   • In the case of cyclicity what requires an explanation is why a grammar of English, which incorporates (53) in some form, does not misgenerate all the SCC violations discussed above. 2007, Robert Freidin, Generative Grammar: Theory and its History:
   • A child who encounters English (1) and mistakenly takes it to be a V2 construction would acquire the wrong grammar and would then misgenerate V2 sentences that are ungrammatical in English (e.g., *Me saw John, with the object in SpecCP). 1999, Elaine C. Klein, Gita Martohardjono, The Development of Second Language Grammars, page 364:
   • The evidence was misinterpreted —aside from the fact that it was misgenerated in terms of research design — and that misinterpretation was replicated in study after study after study for about 35 years. 1990, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Select Education, Hearing on the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, page 78:

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