Linguistic intuitions and the puzzle of gradience
Häussler J, Juzek TS (2020)
In: Linguistic Intuitions: Evidence and Method . Schindler S, Drożdżowicz A, Brøcker K (Eds); Oxford: Oxford University Press: 233-254.
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Autor*in
Häussler, JanaUniBi
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Juzek, Tom S.
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Herausgeber*in
Schindler, Samuel;
Drożdżowicz, Anna;
Brøcker, Karen
Abstract / Bemerkung
This chapter addresses the question of whether gradience in acceptability should be considered evidence for gradience in grammar. Most current syntactic theories are based on a categorical division of grammatical versus ungrammatical sentences. In contrast, acceptability intuitions, that is, the data used to build those theories, have long been recognized to be gradient. The chapter presents two experiments collecting acceptability ratings for 100 sentences extracted from papers published in Linguistic Inquiry. The results show a gradient pattern. It is argued that this gradience in acceptability is highly unlikely to be due to methodological and other known extra-grammatical factors. Unless another factor can be identified, it seems reasonable to assume that the observed gradience comes (also) from the grammar. Furthermore, the chapter presents a proposal concerning diacritics, according to which the traditional asterisk is reserved for ungrammaticality only, and a new diacritic (“^”) indicates reduced acceptability.
Erscheinungsjahr
2020
Buchtitel
Linguistic Intuitions: Evidence and Method
Seite(n)
233-254
ISBN
9780198840558
eISBN
9780191876240
Page URI
https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/2969264
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Häussler J, Juzek TS. Linguistic intuitions and the puzzle of gradience. In: Schindler S, Drożdżowicz A, Brøcker K, eds. Linguistic Intuitions: Evidence and Method . Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2020: 233-254.
Häussler, J., & Juzek, T. S. (2020). Linguistic intuitions and the puzzle of gradience. In S. Schindler, A. Drożdżowicz, & K. Brøcker (Eds.), Linguistic Intuitions: Evidence and Method (pp. 233-254). Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198840558.003.0013
Häussler, Jana, and Juzek, Tom S. 2020. “Linguistic intuitions and the puzzle of gradience”. In Linguistic Intuitions: Evidence and Method , ed. Samuel Schindler, Anna Drożdżowicz, and Karen Brøcker, 233-254. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Häussler, J., and Juzek, T. S. (2020). “Linguistic intuitions and the puzzle of gradience” in Linguistic Intuitions: Evidence and Method , Schindler , S., Drożdżowicz, A., and Brøcker, K. eds. (Oxford: Oxford University Press), 233-254.
Häussler, J., & Juzek, T.S., 2020. Linguistic intuitions and the puzzle of gradience. In S. Schindler, A. Drożdżowicz, & K. Brøcker, eds. Linguistic Intuitions: Evidence and Method . Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 233-254.
J. Häussler and T.S. Juzek, “Linguistic intuitions and the puzzle of gradience”, Linguistic Intuitions: Evidence and Method , S. Schindler, A. Drożdżowicz, and K. Brøcker, eds., Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020, pp.233-254.
Häussler, J., Juzek, T.S.: Linguistic intuitions and the puzzle of gradience. In: Schindler , S., Drożdżowicz, A., and Brøcker, K. (eds.) Linguistic Intuitions: Evidence and Method . p. 233-254. Oxford University Press, Oxford (2020).
Häussler, Jana, and Juzek, Tom S. “Linguistic intuitions and the puzzle of gradience”. Linguistic Intuitions: Evidence and Method . Ed. Samuel Schindler, Anna Drożdżowicz, and Karen Brøcker. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. 233-254.