Free Variation in Grammar : Empirical and theoretical approaches Hardback
Edited by Kristin (IDS Mannheim/University of Mainz) Kopf, Thilo (IDS Mannheim) Weber
Part of the Studies in Language Companion Series series
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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 Mayan.
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- Pages:352 pages
- Publisher:John Benjamins Publishing Co
- Publication Date:31/10/2023
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- ISBN:9789027214287
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:352 pages
- Publisher:John Benjamins Publishing Co
- Publication Date:31/10/2023
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- ISBN:9789027214287
