The Quantitative Analysis of Morphosyntactic Variation
Constructing and Quantifying the Denominator
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7900776 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Isabelle Buchstaller (0000-0002-9893-2011, Newcastle University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1010-1033 |
| Publication date | 2009-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language and Linguistics Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-818X • E-ISSN: 1749-818X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1749-818x.2009.00142.x |
| OpenAlex | W2053932952 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 65 |
At its inception, the sociolinguistic enterprise focused on research on phonological variability and only later broadened its remit to include ‘variability [that] occurs and can be dealt with at level of grammar above (and beyond) the phonological’ ( Sankoff 1972 :45). This extension, however, has not been without controversy and continues to fuel heated debates in the field. This article addresses some of the contentious issues that quantitative research on (morpho‐)syntactic variation has brought about. Can we operationalise variation in the field of morphosyntax as a sociolinguistic variable? If yes, how do we define such a variable? Is morphosyntax constrained in the same way as variation in the sound system? How do we quantify variability in the field of morphosyntax in an accountable manner? What do we quantify out of? I also introduce some of the methods used by researchers dealing with non‐phonological variation, focusing especially on the quantification of morphosyntactic and discourse variables
Grammar · Linguistics · Phonological rule · Phonology · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research
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| Citations per year | 0,56 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2022 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |