The Cambridge handbook of experimental syntax / edited by Grant Goodall.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Goodall, Grant, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Linguistics--Methodology.

Linguistics.

Acceptability (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 773 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Experimental syntax is an area that is rapidly growing as linguistic research becomes increasingly focused on replicable language data, in both fieldwork and laboratory environments. The first of its kind, this handbook provides an in-depth overview of current issues and trends in this field, with contributions from leading international scholars. It pays special attention to sentence acceptability experiments, outlining current best practices in conducting tests, and pointing out promising new avenues for future research. Separate sections review research results from the past 20 years, covering specific syntactic phenomena and language types. The handbook also outlines other common psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic methods for studying syntax, comparing and contrasting them with acceptability experiments, and giving useful perspectives on the interplay between theoretical and experimental linguistics. Providing an up-to-date reference on this exciting field, it is essential reading for students and researchers in linguistics interested in using experimental methods to conduct syntactic research.

Contents:

Sentence acceptability experiments : what, how, and why / Grant Goodall

Response methods in acceptability experiments / Sam Featherston

Approaching gradience in acceptability with the tools of signal detection theory / Brian Dillon and Matthew Wagers

Variation in participants and stimuli in acceptability experiments / Jana Häussler and Tom Juzek

Acceptability, grammar, and processing / Gisbert Fanselow

Satiation / William Snyder

Acceptability (and other) experiments for studying comparative syntax / Dustin Chacón

Resumptive pronouns in English / Chung-hye Han

Island effects / Jon Sprouse and Sandra Villata

The that-trace effect / Wayne Cowart and Dana McDaniel

Anaphora : experimental methods for investigating coreference / Elsi Kaiser

Constituent order and acceptability / Thomas Weskott

Acceptability judgments at the syntax-semantics interface / Jesse Harris

Acceptability studies in L2 populations / Tania Ionin

Judgments of acceptability, truth and felicity in child language / Rosalind Thornton

Acceptability and truth value judgment studies in East Asian languages / Shin Fukuda

Acceptability experiments in Romance languages / Timothy Gupton and Tania Leal

Acceptability studies in (non-English) Germanic languages / Markus Bader

Acceptability studies in Semitic languages / Aya Meltzer-Asscher

Experimental syntax and the Slavic languages / Arthur Stepanov

Acceptability judgments in sign linguistics / Vadim Kimmelman

Theories all the way down : remarks on 'theoretical' and 'experimental' linguistics / Colin Phillips, Nick Huang, Phoebe Gaston and Hanna Muller

Eye-tracking and self-paced reading / Claudia Felser

Nothing entirely new under the sun : ERP responses to manipulations of syntax / Robert Kluender

Corpus studies of syntax / Jerid Francom

Syntax and speaking / Shota Momma

Neuroimaging / William Matchin.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 Dec 2021).

ISBN:

1-316-99860-6

1-108-65881-4

1-108-56962-5

OCLC:

1235904423