Grammar Without Grammaticality
Linguists have standardly assumed that grammar is about identifying all and only the ''good'' sentences of a language, which implies that there must be other, ''bad'' sentences - but in practice most linguists know that it is hard to pin those down. The standard assumption is no more than an assumption. A century ago, grammarians did not think about their subject that way, and our book shows that...
Linguists have standardly assumed that grammar is about identifying all and only the ''good'' sentences of a language, which implies that there must be other, ''bad'' sentences - but in practice most linguists know that it is hard to pin those down. The standard assumption is no more than an assumption. A century ago, grammarians did not think about their subject that way, and our book shows that...
