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Titel: Data convergence in syntactic theory and the role of sentence pairs
VerfasserIn: Juzek, Tom S.
Häussler, Jana
Sprache: Englisch
Titel: Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft
Bandnummer: 39
Heft: 2
Seiten: 109-147
Verlag/Plattform: De Gruyter
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Freie Schlagwörter: experimental syntax
data convergence
grammaticality judgments
acceptability judgments tasks
introspection
DDC-Sachgruppe: 400 Sprache, Linguistik
Dokumenttyp: Journalartikel / Zeitschriftenartikel
Abstract: Most acceptability judgments reported in the syntactic literature are obtained by linguists being their own informants. For well-represented languages like English, this method of data collection is best described as a process of community agreement, given that linguists typically discuss their judgments with colleagues. However, the process itself is comparably opaque, and the reliability of its output has been questioned. Recent studies looking into this criticism have shown that judgments reported in the literature for English can be replicated in quantitative experiments to a near-perfect degree. However, the focus of those studies has been on testing sentence pairs. We argue that replication of only contrasts is not sufcient, because theory building necessarily includes comparison across pairs and across papers. Thus, we test items at large, i. e. independent of counterparts. We created a corpus of grammaticality judgments on sequences of American English reported in articles published in Linguistic Inquiry and then collected experimental ratings for a random subset of them. Overall, expert ratings and experimental ratings converge to a good degree, but there are numerous instances in which ratings do not converge. Based on this, we argue that for theory-critical data, the process of community agreement should be accompanied by quantitative methods whenever possible.
DOI der Erstveröffentlichung: 10.1515/zfs-2020-2008
URL der Erstveröffentlichung: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/zfs-2020-2008/html
Link zu diesem Datensatz: urn:nbn:de:bsz:291--ds-380964
hdl:20.500.11880/34406
http://dx.doi.org/10.22028/D291-38096
ISSN: 1613-3706
0721-9067
Datum des Eintrags: 21-Nov-2022
Bezeichnung des in Beziehung stehenden Objekts: Supplemental Material
In Beziehung stehendes Objekt: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/zfs-2020-2008/downloadAsset/suppl/zfs-2020-2008supp.docx
Fakultät: P - Philosophische Fakultät
Fachrichtung: P - Sprachwissenschaft und Sprachtechnologie
Professur: P - Keiner Professur zugeordnet
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