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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Xehetasun bibliografikoak
Egile nagusia: Sampson, Geoffrey
Beste egile batzuk: Babarczy, Anna
Formatua: Baliabide elektronikoa eBook
Hizkuntza:ingelesa
Argitaratua: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2014]
Saila:Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 254.
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Sarrera elektronikoa:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Gaia: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.
Deskribapen fisikoa:1 online resource (359 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliografia:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783110290011 (e-book)
ISSN:1861-4302 ;