Free variation in grammar : empirical and theoretical approaches /

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Imprint:Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2023.
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
Series:Studies in language companion series (SLCS), 0165-7763 ; volume 234
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/14125952
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Other authors / contributors:Kopf, Kristin, editor.
Weber, Thilo, editor.
ISBN:9027249334
9789027249333
9789027214287
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:"Recent years have seen a growing interest in grammatical variation, a core explanandum of grammatical theory. The present volume explores questions that are fundamental to this line of research: First, the question of whether variation can always and completely be explained by intra- or extra-linguistic predictors, or whether there is a certain amount of unpredictable - or 'free' - grammatical variation. Second, the question of what implications the (in-)existence of free variation would hold for our theoretical models and the empirical study of grammar. The volume provides the first dedicated book-length treatment of this long-standing topic. Following an introductory chapter by the editors, it contains ten case studies on potentially free variation in morphology and syntax drawn from Germanic, Romance, Uralic and Maya"--
Other form:Print version: Free variation in grammar Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2023 9789027214287