Free variation in grammar : empirical and theoretical approaches /

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
Subject:	Language and languages -- Variation. Grammar, Comparative and general -- Morphosyntax. Grammar, Comparative and general -- Morphosyntax Language and languages -- Variation Essays Essays.
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. Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
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

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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 Mayan.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9027249334 9789027249333 9789027214287
ISSN:	0165-7763 ;