Grammar Without Grammaticality : Growth and Limits of Grammatical Precision.

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Author / Creator:	Sampson, Geoffrey.
Imprint:	Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, [2013], ©2013.
Description:	1 online resource (xvii, 341 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs TiLSM.
Subject:	Grammaticality (Linguistics) Grammar, Comparative and general. Grammar, Comparative and general. Grammaticality (Linguistics) Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11219924

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ISBN:	3110290014 9783110290011 3110289776 9783110289770 9781306205283 130620528X
Digital file characteristics:	text file PDF
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-334) and index. In English. Print version record.
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 di.
Other form:	Print version: 9781306205283
Standard no.:	10.1515/9783110290011

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