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Escher sentences

Escher sentences is the plural of Escher sentence.

Meaning of Escher sentence

Noun

Escher sentence (plural Escher sentences)

  1. A sentence which initially seems acceptable (grammatical and parseable), but upon inspection is nonsensical.
    • Escher sentences are extremely rare. One or two examples have circulated in the linguistics blogs, with minor lexical mutations, but no one has come up with an example culled from text or even from spontaneous spoken conversation. […] Unlike Escher sentences, most expressions do not cause such a...2012, James R. Hurford, The Origins of Grammar: Language in the Light of Evolution II, page 215

Questions about Escher sentences

What is Escher sentences the plural of?
Escher sentences is the plural of Escher sentence.

Words near Escher sentences in the dictionary

  1. eschels
  2. Eschenmoser fragmentation
  3. Eschenmoser fragmentations
  4. Escher
  5. Escher sentence
  6. Escher sentences
  7. Escheresque
  8. Escherian
  9. escherichioses
  10. escherichiosis
  11. Esches

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