Introduction

TY - CHAP

T1 - Introduction

AU - Brøcker, Karen

AU - Drożdżowicz, Anna

AU - Schindler, Samuel

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © Editorial matter and organization Samuel Schindler, Anna Drożdżowicz, and Karen Brøcker 2020.

PY - 2020/1/1

Y1 - 2020/1/1

N2 - The introductory chapter presents the current status of the debate concerning linguistic intuitions, starting with their early use in the Chomskyan tradition. It introduces the two main questions discussed in the volume: the justification question, which asks for a theoretical rationale for using linguistic intuitions as evidence in the study of language; and the methodology question, which asks whether formal methods of gathering intuitions are epistemically and methodologically superior to informal ones. The introduction also provides summaries of the remaining chapters and explains how they contribute to the debates raised by these two questions.

AB - The introductory chapter presents the current status of the debate concerning linguistic intuitions, starting with their early use in the Chomskyan tradition. It introduces the two main questions discussed in the volume: the justification question, which asks for a theoretical rationale for using linguistic intuitions as evidence in the study of language; and the methodology question, which asks whether formal methods of gathering intuitions are epistemically and methodologically superior to informal ones. The introduction also provides summaries of the remaining chapters and explains how they contribute to the debates raised by these two questions.

KW - evidence

KW - experiment

KW - justification

KW - linguistic intuitions

KW - syntax

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85136712211

U2 - 10.1093/oso/9780198840558.003.0001

DO - 10.1093/oso/9780198840558.003.0001

M3 - Book chapter

AN - SCOPUS:85136712211

SP - 1

EP - 9

BT - Linguistic Intuitions

PB - Oxford University Press

ER -