Experimental syntax : applying objective methods to sentence judgments /: applying objective methods to sentence judgments. (©1997)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Wayne Cowart.
• Other Names: Cowart, Wayne
• Contents: Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 -- Introduction: Are Judgments Stable?; 1.1. Doubts about the Stability of Judgments; 1.2. Grammatical Theory and the Measurement of Acceptability; 1.3. Evidence of Stability within Populations; 1.4. Stability of Responses to Individual Sentences; 1.5. Outline of the Book; Chapter 2 -- Error Variance in Sentence Judgments; Chapter 3 -- Designing Experiments on Acceptability; 3.1. Variance and Variance Partitioning; 3.2. Experiment Design; 3.3. Designing and Constructing Sentence Materials; 3.4. Controlling Context; Chapter 4 -- The Sentence Judgment Task. Chapter 5 -- Presenting Sentence Materials to InformantsChapter 6 -- Response Methods and Scaling Issues; 6.1. Category Scale Methods; 6.2. Ratio Scale Methods; Chapter 7 -- Sampling; 7.1. Representativeness; 7.2. Linguist Informants; 7.3. Sample Size; 7.4. Comparing Groups; Chapter 8 -- Settings for Experiments; 8.1. Survey Experiments; 8.2. Laboratory Experiments; 8.3. Field Settings; Chapter 9 -- The Organization and Construction of Questionnaires; 9.1. General Instructions and Demographic Data; 9.2. Response Training and Practice; 9.3. Judgment Criteria; 9.4. Practice and Benchmark Materials. 9.5. The Main Sentence List9.6. Constructing Questionnaires; Chapter 10 -- Coding and Decoding the Data; 10.1. Scanning; 10.2. Patching, Parsing, Decoding, and Sorting Scanned Data; 10.3. Keying and Verifying Unscannable Responses; Chapter 11 -- Summarizing the Data; 11.1. By-Ir Informants Summaries; 11.2. By-Materials Summaries; 11.3. Summaries for Filler and Benchmark Data; Chapter 12 -- Statistical Issues; 12.1. Alternative Tests for Category Scale Data; 12.2. Testing Generalizations across Informants and Token Sets; 12.3. Variation Accounted for. 12.4. Getting Training or Assistance in StatisticsAppendix A: A Reader's Guide to Statistics; A.l Descriptive Tools; A.2 Iniferential Statistics; Appendix B: Statistical Supplement to Chapter 1; B.l. Subjacency; B.2. ""That""-Trace; B.3. Coordination and Binding Theory; B.4. Stability of Responses to Individual Sentences; Appendix C:Excel as a Syntactician's Workbench; C.l. Accessing Software Tools and Sample Files; C.2. Building Questionnaires (Chapter 9); C.3. Coding/Decoding Data (Chapter 10); C.4. Summarizing Data (Chapter 11); C.5. Transferring Data to a Statistical Program. Appendix D: Token Set Data from a ""That""-Trace ExperimentAppendix E: Sample Questionnaire for Scannable Line Drawing; References; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Author.
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks, Calif : Sage Publications
• Publication Date: 1997
• Copyright Date: 1997
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 187 pages :), illustrations
• Subjects: 415; Acceptability (Linguistics); Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax; Linguistics -- Methodology; Grammaticaliteitsoordelen; Testmethoden; Syntaxe; Linguistique -- Méthodologie; Acceptabilité (Linguistique); LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax; Acceptability (Linguistics); Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax; Linguistics -- Methodology; Grammaticaliteitsoordelen; Testmethoden; Syntax; Experiment; Grammatikalität; Syntax; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452249124; 1452249121
• Related ISBNs: 076190042X; 0761900438; 9780761900429; 9780761900436
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-177) and indexes.
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