Format:
XVII, 341 Seiten
ISBN:
311048806X
,
9783110488067
Series Statement:
Trends in Linguistics Volume 254
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliogr. references and index
,
Literaturverz. S. [320] - 334
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110290011
Additional Edition:
Online-Ausg. Sampson, Geoffrey, 1944 - Grammar without grammaticality Berlin [u.a.] : de Gruyter Mouton, 2014 ISBN 9783110289770
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3110289776
Additional Edition:
Online-Ausg. Babarczy, Anna Grammar Without Grammaticality Berlin : De Gruyter, 2013 ISBN 9783110290011
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Grammatik
;
Grammatikalität
;
Empirische Linguistik
;
Sprachwandel
;
Grammatiktheorie
Author information:
Babarczy, Anna
Author information:
Sampson, Geoffrey 1944-
