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This book examines the status and use of native speakers' intuitions in theorizing about language, drawing on the most recent work in both philosophy and linguistics. Chapters explore both the theoretical rationale for the evidential use of linguistic intuitions and the question of how this data should best be elicited.
Sommario
- 1: Karen Brøcker, Anna Dröd¿owicz, and Samuel Schindler: Introduction
- Part I: Accounts of linguistic intuitions
- 2: Steven Gross: Linguistic intuitions: Error signals and the Voice of Competence
- 3: Georges Rey: A defence of the Voice of Competence
- 4: Michael Devitt: Linguistic intuitions again: A response to Gross and Rey
- 5: Karen Brøcker: Do generative linguists believe in a Voice of Competence?
- 6: John Collins: Semantic and syntactic intuitions: Two sides of the same coin
- 7: Anna Dröd¿owicz: Intuitions about meaning, experience, and reliability
- 8: Carlos Santana: How we can make good use of linguistic intuitions, even if they aren't good evidence
- Part II: Experiments in syntax
- 9: Frederick J. Newmeyer: The relevance of introspective data
- 10: Sam Featherston: Can we build a grammar on the basis of judgments?
- 11: Carson T. Schütze: Acceptability ratings cannot be taken at face value
- 12: Jon Sprouse: A user's view of the validity of acceptability judgments as evidence for syntactic theories
- 13: Jana Häussler and Tom S. Juzek: inguistic intuitions and the puzzle of gradience
- 14: Samuel Schindler and Karen Brøcker: Experiments in syntax and philosophy: The method of choice?
Info autore
Samuel Schindler is Associate Professor of Philosophy of Science at the Centre for Science Studies at Aarhus University in Denmark. His research focuses on methodological and epistemological issuesin the history and philosophy of science. His publications include Theoretical Virtues in Science: Uncovering Reality Through Theory (CUP, 2018). He was the PI of the project 'Intuitions in Science and Philosophy' (2016-2019), which investigated how intuitions can serve as evidence.
Anna Drożdżowicz is postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oslo. She received her PhD from the University of Oslo in 2015. From 2016 to 2018 she was a postdoctoral researcher on the project 'Intuitions in Science and Philosophy' at the Centre for Science Studies, Aarhus University. She works primarily on the philosophy of mind and language, but has also published papers in philosophical methodology, psycholinguistics, and the philosophy of psychiatry.
Karen Brøcker holds a PhD in Science Studies and an MA and BA in Linguistics from Aarhus University. Her research focuses on theoretical linguistics and philosophy of linguistics, in particular the theoretical assumptions underlying the use of linguistic intuitions as evidence for theories of grammar. Her PhD was part of the project 'Intuitions in Science and Philosophy' at the Centre for Science Studies, Aarhus University.
Riassunto
This book examines the status and use of native speakers' intuitions in theorizing about language, drawing on the most recent work in both philosophy and linguistics. Chapters explore both the theoretical rationale for the evidential use of linguistic intuitions and the question of how this data should best be elicited.
Testo aggiuntivo
Essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the role of intuitions in language theorizing as well as how they interact with alternative methods in linguistics.
