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Grammar is said to be about defining all and only the 'good' sentences of a language, implying that there are other, 'bad' sentences - but it is hard to pin those down. A century ago, grammarians did not think that way, and they were right: linguists can and should dispense with 'starred...
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Grammar is said to be about defining all and only the 'good' sentences of a language, implying that there are other, 'bad' sentences - but it is hard to pin those down. A century ago, grammarians did not think that way, and they were right: linguists can and should dispense with 'starred sentences'. Corpus data support a different model: individuals develop positive grammatical habits of growing refinement, but nothing is ever ruled out. The contrasting models entail contrasting pictures of human nature; our final chapter shows that grammatical theory is not value-neutral but has an ethical dimension.
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- Nakladatel: De Gruyter
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- Rok vydání: 2014
- Jazyk: Angličtina
- Vazba: Gebunden
- Počet stran: 341
- Šířka balení: 14.8 cm
- Výška balení: 22.3 cm
- Hloubka balení: 2.7 cm
- Váha balení: 534 g
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