記き述じゅつ的てき妥だ当とう性せい

noun

descriptive adequacy

In linguistics, the property of a grammar that correctly accounts for the linguistic competence of native speakers, as opposed to merely generating the correct set of sentences (observational adequacy) or capturing generalizations (explanatory adequacy).

• チョムスキーは、文ぶん法ぽうの評ひょう価か基き準じゅんとして記き述じゅつ的てき妥だ当とう性せいを提てい唱しょうした。

  Chomsky proposed descriptive adequacy as a criterion for evaluating grammars.