The empirical base of linguistics: Grammaticality judgments and linguistic methodology: Volume 2 (Classics in Linguistics)

Carson T Schütze

ISBN 10: 3946234046 / ISBN 13: 9783946234043

Editore: Language Science Press, 2016

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• Titolo: The empirical base of linguistics: Grammaticality judgments and linguistic methodology: Volume 2 (Classics in Linguistics)
• Editore: Language Science Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3946234046
• ISBN 13: 9783946234043
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: Brand New
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Throughout much of the history of linguistics, grammaticality judgments – intuitions about the well-formedness of sentences – have constituted most of the empirical base against which theoretical hypothesis have been tested. Although such judgments often rest on subtle intuitions, there is no systematic methodology for eliciting them, and their apparent instability and unreliability have led many to conclude that they should be abandoned as a source of data. Carson T. Schütze presents here a detailed critical overview of the vast literature on the nature of utility of grammaticality judgments and other linguistic intuitions, and the ways they have been used in linguistic research. He shows how variation in the judgment process can arise from factors such as biological, cognitive, and social differences among subjects, the particular elicitation method used, and extraneous features of the materials being judged. He then assesses the status of judgments as reliable indicators of a speaker's grammar. Integrating substantive and methodological findings, Schütze proposes a model in which grammaticality judgments result from interaction of linguistic competence with general cognitive processes. He argues that this model provides the underpinning for empirical arguments to show that once extragrammatical variance is factored out, universal grammar succumbs to a simpler, more elegant analysis than judgment data initially lead us to expect. Finally, Schütze offers numerous practical suggestions on how to collect better and more useful data. The result is a work of vital importance that will be required for readings for linguists, cognitive psychologists, and philosophers of language alike.