01882nam 2200313 u 450 991083929900332120231009165238.090-272-4933-4(CKB)28467207400041(EXLCZ)992846720740004120231009d2023uuuu uy 0engur|||||||||||Free variation in grammar empirical and theoretical approaches /edited by Kristin Kopf, IDS Mannheim/University of Mainz ; Thilo Weber, IDS MannheimJohn Benjamins Publishing Co20239789027214287 "Recent years have seen a growing interest in grammatical variation, a core explanandum of grammatical theory. The present volume explores questions that are fundamental to this line of research: First, the question of whether variation can always and completely be explained by intra- or extra-linguistic predictors, or whether there is a certain amount of unpredictable - or 'free' - grammatical variation. Second, the question of what implications the (in-)existence of free variation would hold for our theoretical models and the empirical study of grammar. The volume provides the first dedicated book-length treatment of this long-standing topic. Following an introductory chapter by the editors, it contains ten case studies on potentially free variation in morphology and syntax drawn from Germanic, Romance, Uralic and Maya"--Provided by publisher.Language and languagesVariationGrammar, Comparative and generalMorphosyntaxEssays.lcgftLanguage and languagesVariation.Grammar, Comparative and generalMorphosyntax.415Kopf KristinWeber ThiloBOOK9910839299003321Free variation in grammar4137778UNINA