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1 online resource (viii, 410 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs,
1861-4302 ;
204
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Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 204.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Andreas Dufter, Jürg Fleischer and Guido Seiler -- Parameter-based and minimalist approaches -- Methodological considerations on grammar variation: the right periphery as an OV/VO deciding parameter more so than the left periphery: gradience in the verb cluster / Werner Abraham -- Variation as lexical choice: have, got and the expression of possession / Faye Chalcraft -- Variation in Icelandic morphosyntax / Thórhallur Eythórsson and Jóhannes Gísli Jónsson -- Constraint-based approaches -- The predicative as a source of grammatical variation / Judith Berman -- Morphological variation: a declarative approach / Martin Neef -- Different notions of variation and their reflexes in Swiss German relativization / Martin Salzmann -- From documentation to grammatical description: prepositional phrases in Ruhrdeutsch / René Schiering -- Usage-based, construction-based and statistical approaches -- Can we factor out free choice? / Bert Cappelle -- Empirical syntax: idiolectal variability in two- and three-verb clusters in regional standard Dutch and Dutch dialects / Leonie Cornips -- Towards a multivariate model of grammar: the case of word order variation in Dutch clause final verb clusters / Gert de Sutter -- Transplanted dialects and language change: question formation in Québec / Martin Elsig and Shana Poplack -- Agreement in English dialects / Verena Haser and Bernd Kortmann -- Semi-modal variation / Katarina Klein -- Variation in Komi object marking / Gerson Klumpp -- How lexicalization reflected in hyphenation affects variation and word-formation / Britta Mondorf -- Variation in German adjective inflection: a corpus study / Said Sahel. |
| Summary |
While variation within individual languages has traditionally been focused upon in sociolinguistics, its relevance for grammatical theory has only recently been acknowledged. On the methodological side, there is an ongoing competition between large-scale statistical analyses and investigations that rely more heavily on introspection and elicited grammaticality judgements. The aim of this volume is to bridge the 'cultural gap' between empirical-variationist and formal-theoretical approaches in linguistics. The volume offers case studies that seek to combine corpus-based and competence-based appr. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Language and languages -- Variation.
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Language and languages -- Variation. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general.
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Grammar, Comparative and general. |
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Sociolinguistics.
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Sociolinguistics. |
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Electronic books.
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Dufter, Andreas.
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Fleischer, Jürg.
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Seiler, Guido.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Describing and modeling variation in grammar. Berlin ; New York : M. de Gruyter, ©2009 9783110205909 |
| ISBN |
9783110216097 (electronic book) |
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3110216094 (electronic book) |
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1282296574 |
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9781282296572 |
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9783110205909 (hardcover : alkaline paper) |
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3110205904 (hardcover : alkaline paper) |
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