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OverviewGrammar 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Chairman of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence and Director of the Center for Advanced Software Applications Geoffrey Sampson (University of Sussex) , Anna BabarczyPublisher: Walter de Gruyter Imprint: Walter de Gruyter ISBN: 9781306205283ISBN 10: 130620528 Pages: 360 Publication Date: 19 February 2014 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Electronic book text Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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