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Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 15:42:18
From: Sebastian Nordhoff [Sebastian.Nordhoff at langsci-press.org]
Subject: The empirical base of linguistics: Schütze
Title: The empirical base of linguistics
Subtitle: Grammaticality judgments and linguistic methodology
Series Title: Classics in Linguistics
Publication Year: 2016
Publisher: Language Science Press
http://langsci-press.org
Book URL: http://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/89
Author: Carson T Schütze
Electronic: ISBN: 9783946234029 Pages: 270 Price: Europe EURO 0 Comment: Open Access
Abstract:
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 and 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 reading for linguists, cognitive psychologists, and
philosophers of language alike.
Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
General Linguistics
Philosophy of Language
Written In: English (eng)
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