nonsentence en · NOUN
Etymology
From non- + sentence.
Meanings
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An utterance that is not a sentence.
Those strings in the language are called sentences; the strings not in the language are called nonsentences.
1979, Steven Pinker, “Formal models of language learning”, in Language, Cognition, and Human Nature:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| nonsentences | Number=Plur | lexicographic |