| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 302 pages ): illustrations |
| Contents |
Linguistic intuitions: error signals and the Voice of Competence / Steven Gross -- A defense of the Voice of Competence / Georges Rey -- Linguistic intuitions again: a response to Gross and Rey / Michael Devitt -- Do generative linguists believe in a Voice of Competence? / Karen Brøcker -- Semantic and syntactic intuitions: two sides of the same coin / John Collins -- Intuitions about meaning, experience, and reliability / Anna Drożdżowicz -- How we can make good use of linguistic intuitions, even if they are not good evidence / Carlos Santana -- The relevance of introspective data / Frederick J. Newmeyer -- Can we build a grammar on the basis of judgments? / Sam Featherston -- Acceptability ratings cannot be taken at face value / Carson T. Schütze -- A user's view of the validity of acceptability judgments as evidence for syntactic theories / Jon Sprouse -- Linguistic intuitions and the puzzle of gradience / Jana Häussler and Tom S. Juzek -- Experiments in syntax and philosophy: the method of choice? / Samuel Schindler, Karen Brøcker |
| Summary |
"In recent years there has been an increased interest in the evidential status and use of linguistic intuitions. This volume provides the most recent cutting-edge contributions from linguists and philosophers working on this topic. The volume is organized around two questions that have been at the heart of this debate: the justification question, which asks about a theoretical rationale for using linguistic intuitions as evidence in the study of language, and the methodology question, which asks whether formal methods of gathering intuitions are epistemically and methodologically superior to informal ones. The first part of the volume addresses the justification question and covers a broad range of novel theoretical contributions that either justify or critically evaluate the evidential use of linguistic intuitions. The second part of the volume presents and critically discusses recent developments in the domain of experimental syntax, where the methodology question has been debated. All chapters seek to shed new light on whether and how linguistic intuitions can be used in theorizing about language"--Publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from web page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed on November 24, 2020) |
| Subject |
Linguistics -- Philosophy
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Linguistics -- Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Schindler, Samuel, 1980- editor.
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Drożdżowicz, Anna, editor.
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Brøcker, Karen, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780192577054 |
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0192577050 |
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9780191876240 |
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0191876240 |
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