Experimental Syntax: Applying Objective Methods to Sentence Judgments

Cowart, Wayne

ISBN 10: 0761900438 / ISBN 13: 9780761900436

Editore: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1997

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Titolo: Experimental Syntax: Applying Objective ...

Casa editrice: SAGE Publications, Inc

Data di pubblicazione: 1997

Legatura: Paperback

Condizione: New

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Riassunto:

This book provides a concise yet thorough introduction to methods that linguists can use to study patterns of sentence acceptability in speech. Experimental Syntax shows how to design, execute and analyze an appropriate survey experiment for a well-formed question about a matter of fact relative to sentence acceptability. The book also examines variability and demonstrates a method by which an investigator can make principled decisions as to whether two or more informants who use atypical dialects are using the same atypical dialect.

Contenuti:

Introduction
Are Judgements Stable?
Error Variance in Sentence Judgements
Designing Experiments on Acceptability
The Sentence Judgement Task
Presenting Sentence Materials to Informants
Response Methods and Scaling Issues
Sampling
Settings for Experiments
The Organization and Construction of Questionnaires
Coding and Decoding the Data
Summarizing the Data
Statistical Issues