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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin :
De Gruyter Mouton,
[2013], ©2013.
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| Series: | Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs.
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| Summary: | 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 di. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 341 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-334) and index. |
| ISBN: | 3110290014 9783110290011 |
| Language: | In English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |