Grammar Without Grammaticality: Growth and Limits of Grammatical Precision

by Anna Babarczy and Geoffrey Sampson

Linguists have standardly assumed that grammar is about identifying all and only the 'good' sentences of a language, which implies that there must be other, 'bad' sentences - but in practice most linguists know that it is hard to pin those down. The standard assumption is no more than an assumption. A century ago, grammarians did not think about their subject that way, and our book shows that the older idea was right: linguists can and should dispense...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 311048806X
• ISBN13: 9783110488067
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"