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Grammar is said to be about defining all and only the 'good' sentences of a language, implying that there are other, 'bad' sentences - but it is hard to pin those down. A century ago, grammarians did not think that way, and they were right: linguists can and should dispense with 'starred sentences'. Corpus data support a different model: individuals develop positive grammatical habits of growing refinement, but nothing is ever ruled out. The contrasting models entail contrasting pictures of human nature; our final chapter shows that grammatical theory is not value-neutral but has an ethical dimension.

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Book category Books in English Language Language: reference & general Usage & grammar guides

• Full title: Grammar Without Grammaticality
• Subtitle: Growth and Limits of Grammatical Precision
• Author: Geoffrey R. Sampson, Anna Babarczy
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 358
• EAN: 9783110289770
• ISBN: 3110289776
• ID: 05262821
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Weight: 660 g
• Dimensions: 230 × 155 × 27 mm
• Date of publishing: 12. December 2013

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