Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10461146 | Lingua | 2005 | 16 Pages |
Abstract
Generative grammarians have relied on introspective intuitions of well-formedness as their primary source of data. The overreliance on this one type of data and the unsystematic manner in which they are collected cast doubt on the empirical basis of a great deal of syntactic theorizing. These concerns are illustrated with examples and one more detailed case study, concerning the English verb-particle construction.
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Authors
Thomas Wasow, Jennifer Arnold,