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1 online resource (359 pages) : illustrations. |
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Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs, 1861-4302 ; volume 254 |
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Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 254.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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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Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Grammaticality (Linguistics)
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Grammar, Comparative and general.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Babarczy, Anna.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sampson, Geoffrey. Grammar without grammaticality : growth and limits of grammatical precision. Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, [2014] xv, 341 pages Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; volume 254 9783110289770 (DLC) 2013044713 |
| ISBN |
9783110289770 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9783110290011 (electronic bk.) |
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