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Publication details [#6453]

Makkai, Adam. 1971. Degrees of nonsense, or transformation, stratification, and the contextual adjustability principle. Papers from the Regional Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society 7 : 479–492.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

adaptation | context dependence | nonsense

Annotation

A review of current practices in linguistics leads M. to the proposal of a 'pragmatic-ecological' grammar, incorporating a 'contextual adjustability principle'.

Reprints

Makkai, Adam. 1976. In Makkai, Adam, ed. Toward a theory of context in linguistics and literature. Proceedings of a conference of the Kelemen Mikes Hungarian Cultural Society, Maastricht, September 21- 25, 1971. Mouton. pp. 179–195.