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.
「太郎が走る早い」は日本語の非文です。
"Tarō ga hashiru hayai" is an ungrammatical sentence in Japanese.
生成文法では、非文にアスタリスクを付けて示す。
In generative grammar, ungrammatical sentences are marked with an asterisk.
Compound of 非 (hi, 'non-') and 文 (bun, 'sentence'). A straightforward Sino-Japanese coinage used in linguistics.