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'''Descriptive adequacy''' is a quality measure for the evaluation of [[:category:linguistic theories|linguistic theories]]. A theory attains a higher level of descriptive adequacy if it can handle more natural language data from more languages.
'''Descriptive adequacy''' is a quality measure for the evaluation of [[:category:linguistic theories|linguistic theories]]. A theory attains a higher level of descriptive adequacy if it can handle more natural language data from more languages.


The assessment of a theory's descriptive adequacy obviously is closely related to what counts as 'good' natural language data, and hence to the concepts of [[grammaticality]] and [[well-formedness]].
The assessment of a theory's descriptive adequacy obviously is closely related to what counts as 'good' natural language data, and hence to the concepts of [[grammaticality]] and [[well-formedness]].


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Descriptive adequacy is a quality measure for the evaluation of linguistic theories. A theory attains a higher level of descriptive adequacy if it can handle more natural language data from more languages.

The assessment of a theory's descriptive adequacy obviously is closely related to what counts as 'good' natural language data, and hence to the concepts of grammaticality and well-formedness.

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