Free variation in grammar : empirical and theoretical approaches / / edited by Kristin Kopf, IDS Mannheim/University of Mainz ; Thilo Weber, IDS Mannheim

• Pubblicazione: John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2023
• Disciplina: 415
• Soggetto topico: Language and languages - Variation; Grammar, Comparative and general - Morphosyntax
• Soggetto genere / forma: Essays.
• Persona (resp. second.): KopfKristin; WeberThilo
• Sommario/riassunto: "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"--
• Titolo autorizzato: Free variation in grammar
• ISBN: 90-272-4933-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910839299003321
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