Grammar without grammaticality : : growth and limits of grammatical precision / / Geoffrey Sampson, Anna Babarczy.
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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| Superior document: | Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs, volume 254 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton,, [2014] 2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ;
254. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (359 pages) :; illustrations. |
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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 dimension. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783110289770 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9783110290011 |
| ISSN: | 1861-4302 ; |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Geoffrey Sampson, Anna Babarczy. |