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Describing and modeling variation in grammar /

While variation within individual languages has traditionally been focused upon in sociolinguistics, its relevance for grammatical theory has only recently been acknowledged. On the methodological side, there is an ongoing competition between large-scale statistical analyses and investigations that...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Dufter, Andreas, Fleischer, Jürg, Seiler, Guido
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; New York : M. de Gruyter, ©2009.
Colección:Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 204.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:While variation within individual languages has traditionally been focused upon in sociolinguistics, its relevance for grammatical theory has only recently been acknowledged. On the methodological side, there is an ongoing competition between large-scale statistical analyses and investigations that rely more heavily on introspection and elicited grammaticality judgements. The aim of this volume is to bridge the 'cultural gap' between empirical-variationist and formal-theoretical approaches in linguistics. The volume offers case studies that seek to combine corpus-based and competence-based appr.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 410 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783110216097
3110216094
1282296574
9781282296572
ISSN:1861-4302 ;