What does unattestability mean?
Unattestability means (rare) The property of being unattestable..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(rare) The property of being unattestable..
The unattestability of an alternative pronunciation [[…]] for disburse might at first sight be ascribed to the presence of /b/ rather than /g/ or /d/ after /s/.
Thus the gradation of the direct object provides an explanation for the unattestability of [ +derived / -specific ] direct objects in the language.
Moreover, there is no reason for excluding them from L other than their size-determined and creature-dependent unattestability which would not equally justify excluding any sentence at all from L.[…]Thus no linguist can ignore transfinite sentences on the grounds of their unattestability without equally ignoring almost all finite sentences.
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Unattestability means (rare) The property of being unattestable..
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The unattestability of an alternative pronunciation [[…]] for disburse might at first sight be ascribed to the presence of /b/ rather than /g/ or /d/ after /s/.
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