The Resource Grammar Without Grammaticality : Growth and Limits of Grammatical Precision
Grammar Without Grammaticality : Growth and Limits of Grammatical Precision
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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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvii, 341 pages)
- Contents
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- Preface; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; List of figures; List of tables; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. The bounds of grammatical refinement; Chapter 3. Where should annotation stop?; Chapter 4. Grammar without grammaticality; Chapter 5. Replies to our critics; Chapter 6. Grammatical description meets spontaneous speech; Chapter 7. Demographic correlates of speech complexity; Chapter 8. The structure of children's writing; Chapter 9. Child writing and discourse organization; Chapter 10. Simple grammars and new grammars; Chapter 11. The case of the vanishing perfect
- Chapter 12. Testing a metric for parse accuracyChapter 13. Linguistics empirical and unempirical; Chapter 14. William Gladstone as linguist; Chapter 15. Minds in Uniform: How generative linguistics regiments culture, and why it shouldn't; References; Index
- Isbn
- 9783110290011
- Label
- Grammar Without Grammaticality : Growth and Limits of Grammatical Precision
- Title
- Grammar Without Grammaticality
- Title remainder
- Growth and Limits of Grammatical Precision
- Subject
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- Electronic books
- Empirische Linguistik
- Grammar, Comparative and general
- Grammar, Comparative and general
- Grammaticality (Linguistics)
- Grammaticality (Linguistics)
- Grammatik
- Grammatikalität
- Grammatiktheorie
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics | Syntax
- Sprachwandel
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Cataloging source
- CDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sampson, Geoffrey
- Dewey number
- 415.0
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- In English
- LC call number
- P299.G7
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs TiLSM
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Grammaticality (Linguistics)
- Grammar, Comparative and general
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
- Grammar, Comparative and general
- Grammaticality (Linguistics)
- Grammatikalität
- Grammatiktheorie
- Sprachwandel
- Grammatik
- Empirische Linguistik
- Label
- Grammar Without Grammaticality : Growth and Limits of Grammatical Precision
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-334) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- Preface; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; List of figures; List of tables; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. The bounds of grammatical refinement; Chapter 3. Where should annotation stop?; Chapter 4. Grammar without grammaticality; Chapter 5. Replies to our critics; Chapter 6. Grammatical description meets spontaneous speech; Chapter 7. Demographic correlates of speech complexity; Chapter 8. The structure of children's writing; Chapter 9. Child writing and discourse organization; Chapter 10. Simple grammars and new grammars; Chapter 11. The case of the vanishing perfect
- Chapter 12. Testing a metric for parse accuracyChapter 13. Linguistics empirical and unempirical; Chapter 14. William Gladstone as linguist; Chapter 15. Minds in Uniform: How generative linguistics regiments culture, and why it shouldn't; References; Index
- Control code
- 870892272
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvii, 341 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9783110290011
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 10.1515/9783110290011
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 551779
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)870892272
- Label
- Grammar Without Grammaticality : Growth and Limits of Grammatical Precision
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-334) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Preface; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; List of figures; List of tables; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. The bounds of grammatical refinement; Chapter 3. Where should annotation stop?; Chapter 4. Grammar without grammaticality; Chapter 5. Replies to our critics; Chapter 6. Grammatical description meets spontaneous speech; Chapter 7. Demographic correlates of speech complexity; Chapter 8. The structure of children's writing; Chapter 9. Child writing and discourse organization; Chapter 10. Simple grammars and new grammars; Chapter 11. The case of the vanishing perfect
- Chapter 12. Testing a metric for parse accuracyChapter 13. Linguistics empirical and unempirical; Chapter 14. William Gladstone as linguist; Chapter 15. Minds in Uniform: How generative linguistics regiments culture, and why it shouldn't; References; Index
- Control code
- 870892272
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvii, 341 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9783110290011
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 10.1515/9783110290011
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 551779
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)870892272
Subject
- Electronic books
- Empirische Linguistik
- Grammar, Comparative and general
- Grammar, Comparative and general
- Grammaticality (Linguistics)
- Grammaticality (Linguistics)
- Grammatik
- Grammatikalität
- Grammatiktheorie
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics | Syntax
- Sprachwandel
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