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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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin :
De Gruyter Mouton
[2013], cop. 2013.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Trends in Linguistics. Studies and monographs. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
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| Sumario: | 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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| Descripción Física: | 1 recurso electrónico |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 320-334) e índice. |
| ISBN: | 9783110290011 |
