非ひ文ぶん

noun

ungrammatical sentence; non-sentence

Technical term in linguistics for a string of words that violates grammatical rules and is not acceptable as a sentence in the language.

• 「太た郎ろうが走はしる早はやい」は日本にほん語ごの非ひ文ぶんです。

  "Tarō ga hashiru hayai" is an ungrammatical sentence in Japanese.

• 生せい成せい文ぶん法ぽうでは、非ひ文ぶんにアスタリスクを付つけて示しめす。

  In generative grammar, ungrammatical sentences are marked with an asterisk.