LEADER 05284nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910456361403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-71481-3 010 $a9786612714818 010 $a3-11-021918-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110219180 035 $a(CKB)2550000000013557 035 $a(EBL)511849 035 $a(OCoLC)615622810 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000421736 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11269122 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000421736 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10416060 035 $a(PQKB)10771711 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC511849 035 $a(DE-B1597)36572 035 $a(OCoLC)979761666 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110219180 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL511849 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10373606 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL271481 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000013557 100 $a20091208d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aLanguage usage and language structure$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Kasper Boye, Elisabeth Engberg-Pedersen 210 $aNew York, NY $cMouton de Gruyter$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (368 p.) 225 0 $aTrends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ;$v213 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-11-021917-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tTable of Contents -- $tIntroduction -- $tUsage and structure: The case of clausal complementation -- $tWhat conversational English tells us about the nature of grammar:A critique of Thompson's analysis of object complements -- $tUsage, structure, scientific explanation, and the role of abstraction, by linguists and by language users -- $tRaising verbs and auxiliaries in a functional theory of grammatical status -- $tThe rise of structure -- $tHow not to disagree: The emergence of structure from usage -- $tParadigmatic structure in a usage-based theory of grammaticalisation -- $tWhere do simple clauses come from? -- $tStructure, usage and variation -- $tAlternative agreement controllers in Danish: Usage or structure? -- $tSchmidt redux: How systematic is the linguistic system if variation is rampant? -- $tMore tiles on the roof: Further thoughts on incremental language production -- $tReconciling structure and usage: On the advantages of a dynamic, dialogic conception of the linguistic sign -- $tMethodology -- $tTen unwarranted assumptions in syntactic argumentation -- $t Backmatter 330 $aDuring most of the 20th century, the classical Saussurean distinction between language usage and language structure remained untranscendable in much linguistic theory. The dominant view, propagated in particular by generative grammar, was that there are structural facts and usage facts, and that in principle the former are independent of, and can be described in complete isolation from, the latter. With the appearance of functional-cognitive approaches on the scene, this view has been challenged. The view of structure as usage-based has had two consequences that make time ripe for a focused study of the interaction between usage and structure. Within the generative camp it has inspired a more explicit and precise description of the status of usage. Within the functional-cognitive camp it has blurred the status of structure. Perhaps because functionalists and cognitivists have had to position themselves in relation to generative grammar, some have emphasized the role of usage facts to the extent that structure is largely ignored. Accounts of language usage, language acquisition and language change are impossible without an assumption about what it is that is being used, acquired, or subjected to change. And more moderate functionalists and cognitive functionalists recognize both structural facts and usage facts as genuine facts central to the understanding of language. Still, the linguistic literature that shares this position does not abound with explicit, precise characterizations of the relationship between usage and structure. The present volume brings together scholars from different theoretical positions to address theoretical and methodological aspects of the relation between language usage and structure. The contributors differ with respect to how they conceive of this relation and, more basically, with respect to how they conceive of linguistic structure. What they have in common, however, is that they recognize structure and usage as non-reducible linguistic phenomena and take seriously the challenge to describe the relation between them. 410 0$aTrends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] 606 $aStructural linguistics 606 $aLanguage and languages$xUsage 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aStructural linguistics. 615 0$aLanguage and languages$xUsage. 676 $a410.1/8 686 $aER 765$2rvk 701 $aBoye$b Kasper$f1972-$01030454 701 $aEngberg-Pedersen$b Elisabeth$f1952-$01040706 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456361403321 996 $aLanguage usage and language structure$92463781 997 $aUNINA