Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9780198840558 |
| ISBN10: | 0198840551 |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| No. of pages: | 318 pages |
| Size: | 242x162x23 mm |
| Weight: | 638 g |
| Language: | English |
| 850 |
Category:
Linguistic Intuitions
Evidence and Method
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Date of Publication: 14 August 2020
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Short description:
This book examines the status and use of native speakers' intuitions in theorizing about language, drawing on the most recent work in both philosophy and linguistics. Chapters explore both the theoretical rationale for the evidential use of linguistic intuitions and the question of how this data should best be elicited.
Long description:
This book examines the evidential status and use of linguistic intuitions, a topic that has seen increased interest in recent years. Linguists use native speakers' intuitions - such as whether or not an utterance sounds acceptable - as evidence for theories about language, but this approach is not uncontroversial. The two parts of this volume draw on the most recent work in both philosophy and linguistics to explore the two major issues at the heart of the debate. Chapters in the first part address the 'justification question', critically analysing and evaluating the theoretical rationale for the evidential use of linguistic intuitions. The second part discusses recent developments in the domain of experimental syntax, focusing on the question of whether gathering intuitions experimentally is epistemically and methodologically superior to the informal methods that have traditionally been used.
The volume provides valuable insights into whether and how linguistic intuitions can be used in theorizing about language, and will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in linguistics, philosophy, and cognitive science.
Essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the role of intuitions in language theorizing as well as how they interact with alternative methods in linguistics.
The volume provides valuable insights into whether and how linguistic intuitions can be used in theorizing about language, and will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in linguistics, philosophy, and cognitive science.
Essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the role of intuitions in language theorizing as well as how they interact with alternative methods in linguistics.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Part I: Accounts of linguistic intuitions
Linguistic intuitions: Error signals and the Voice of Competence
A defence of the Voice of Competence
Linguistic intuitions again: A response to Gross and Rey
Do generative linguists believe in a Voice of Competence?
Semantic and syntactic intuitions: Two sides of the same coin
Intuitions about meaning, experience, and reliability
How we can make good use of linguistic intuitions, even if they aren't good evidence
Part II: Experiments in syntax
The relevance of introspective data
Can we build a grammar on the basis of judgments?
Acceptability ratings cannot be taken at face value
A user's view of the validity of acceptability judgments as evidence for syntactic theories
inguistic intuitions and the puzzle of gradience
Experiments in syntax and philosophy: The method of choice?
Part I: Accounts of linguistic intuitions
Linguistic intuitions: Error signals and the Voice of Competence
A defence of the Voice of Competence
Linguistic intuitions again: A response to Gross and Rey
Do generative linguists believe in a Voice of Competence?
Semantic and syntactic intuitions: Two sides of the same coin
Intuitions about meaning, experience, and reliability
How we can make good use of linguistic intuitions, even if they aren't good evidence
Part II: Experiments in syntax
The relevance of introspective data
Can we build a grammar on the basis of judgments?
Acceptability ratings cannot be taken at face value
A user's view of the validity of acceptability judgments as evidence for syntactic theories
inguistic intuitions and the puzzle of gradience
Experiments in syntax and philosophy: The method of choice?
