Grammar without grammaticality : growth and limits of grammatical precision /
Grammar is said to be about defining all and only the 'good' sentences of a language, implying that there are other, 'bad' sentences - but it is hard to pin those down. A century ago, grammarians did not think that way, and they were right: linguists can and should dispense with...
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| Médium: | Elektronický zdroj E-kniha |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Berlin ; Boston :
De Gruyter Mouton,
[2014]
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| Edice: | Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ;
254. |
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| On-line přístup: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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| Shrnutí: | Grammar is said to be about defining all and only the 'good' sentences of a language, implying that there are other, 'bad' sentences - but it is hard to pin those down. A century ago, grammarians did not think that way, and they were right: linguists can and should dispense with 'starred sentences'. Corpus data support a different model: individuals develop positive grammatical habits of growing refinement, but nothing is ever ruled out. The contrasting models entail contrasting pictures of human nature; our final chapter shows that grammatical theory is not value-neutral but has an ethical dimension. |
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| Fyzický popis: | 1 online resource (359 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliografie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783110290011 (e-book) |
| ISSN: | 1861-4302 ; |