Gradience in Grammar: Generative Perspectives

Author:   Gisbert Fanselow ,  Caroline Fery ,  Matthias Schlesewsky ,  Ralf Vogel
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9786610843978


Pages:   352
Publication Date:   01 January 2006
Format:   Electronic book text
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This book represents the state of the art in the study of gradience in grammar - the degree to which utterances are acceptable or grammatical, and the relationship between acceptability and grammaticality. Gradience is at the centre of controversial issues in the theory of grammar and the understanding of language. The acceptability of words and sentences may be linked to the frequency of their use and measured on a scale. Among the questions considered in the book are: whether such measures are beyond the scope of a generative grammar or, in other words, whether the factors influencing acceptability are internal or external to grammar; whether observed gradience is a property of the mentally represented grammar or a reflection of variation among speakers; and what gradient phenomena reveal about the relationship between acceptability and grammaticality, and between competence and performance. The book is divided into four parts. Part I seeks to clarify the nature of gradience from the perspectives of phonology, generative syntax, psycholinguistics, and sociolinguistics. Parts II and III examine issues in phonology and syntax.

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Author:   Gisbert Fanselow ,  Caroline Fery ,  Matthias Schlesewsky ,  Ralf Vogel
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
ISBN:  

9786610843978


ISBN 10:   661084397
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   01 January 2006
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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