Experimental Syntax: Applying Objective Methods to Sentence Judgments - Hardcover

Cowart, Wayne

 
9780761900429: Experimental Syntax: Applying Objective Methods to Sentence Judgments
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 076190042X ISBN 13: 9780761900429
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1997

Synopsis

This original work provides a concise introduction to methods that linguists may use to describe patterns of sentence "acceptability" in speech communities. Experimental Syntax will enable an investigator with a well-formed question about a matter of fact-- relative to sentence acceptability--to design, execute, and analyze an appropriate survey experiment. The book examines variability and demonstrates a method by which an investigator can make principled decisions as to whether individual informants do or do not use a particular "dialect." Furthermore, this well-formulated book shows how to determine whether two or more informants who use atypical dialects are using the same atypical dialect. Experimental Syntax is recommended to researchers and professionals in linguistics who are interested in learning more about the methods available for dialect and sentence structure studies.

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Publisher
SAGE Publications, Inc
Publication date
1997
Language
English
ISBN 10 
076190042X
ISBN 13 
9780761900429
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
200

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