Syntax beyond the Canon: Cutting-edge Studies of Non-Canonical Syntax in English

超越规范的语法：英语非规范语法的前沿研究

• 批准号: 419901034
• 负责人: Dr. Teresa Pham, Ph.D.
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Professur für Anglistische Sprachwissenschaft
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Scientific Networks
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2018-12-31 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/419901034?language=en
• 关键词: Syntax; beyond; Canon; Cutting; edge

The scientific network Syntax beyond the Canon comprises cutting-edge studies of non-canonical syntax in English. It adopts a comprehensive approach to non-canonical syntax by going beyond the two distinct interpretations of the term non-canonical that can be found in the literature. The first of these definitions understands syntactic non-canonicity as being motivated by specific needs of information packaging or processing, while the second interpretation equates syntactic non-canonicity with deviations from established norms or standards. Furthermore, the network’s approach is comprehensive in another important sense: it incorporates research projects focusing on non-canonical syntactic constructions in a range of different varieties of English (contemporary and historical, native and non-native), as well as different text types. Non-canonical syntax, particularly according to the second of the two interpretations mentioned above, is generally dismissed by prescriptivist linguists as unacceptable or defective, and as a result is excluded from studies and surveys. Restricting the object of study in this way risks obtaining only a partial understanding of English syntax. The comprehensive study of non-canonical syntax represents a research area of fundamental importance if we are to understand fully the structural features of English not only as it is used across the world today, but also as it was used in centuries past and will be used in the future. This is particularly important given current trends in the development of the English language (such as the rise of modern communication technologies and the emergence of new contact varieties).The network unites mostly early-career scholars primarily from German universities, but it also includes two young researchers from the Netherlands (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) and the United Kingdom (University of Oxford). The members of the network have a long-standing major interest in non-canonical syntax in English and have worked and published extensively on the topic. Moreover, each member can contribute specialist methodological expertise relating to data collection, corpus annotation and analysis, and/or (statistical) data analysis. The network thus unites different methodological approaches to non-canonical syntax (qualitative and quantitative; corpus studies and psycholinguistic experiments). The planned outcomes of the six network meetings are to develop a unified definition of non-canonical syntax, to provide insights into cutting-edge statistical methods, and to understand the different possible forms and functions of non-canonical syntax as encountered in the individual network research projects. The meetings will thus stimulate the network’s members to approach and analyse their data from a variety of perspectives. Leading international experts in non-canonical syntax, including Douglas Biber, Gregory Ward, and Betty Birner provide theoretical and methodological input at these meetings.

科学网络“超越正典”包括对英语非正典句法的前沿研究。它采用了一种全面的方法，以非规范的句法超越了两个不同的解释，可以在文献中找到的术语非规范。第一种解释认为句法的非规范性是由信息包装或处理的特定需求所激发的，而第二种解释则认为句法的非规范性等同于偏离既定的规范或标准。此外，该网络的方法在另一个重要意义上是全面的：它结合了专注于非规范句法结构的研究项目，这些结构存在于一系列不同的英语变体（当代和历史，本土和非本土）以及不同的文本类型中。非规范句法，特别是根据上述两种解释中的第二种，通常被规定主义语言学家视为不可接受或有缺陷，因此被排除在研究和调查之外。以这种方式限制研究对象的风险只获得英语句法的部分理解。非规范句法的全面研究是一个非常重要的研究领域，如果我们要充分了解英语的结构特征，不仅因为它是在世界各地使用的今天，而且因为它是在过去几个世纪使用，并将在未来使用。鉴于英语发展的当前趋势（如现代通信技术的兴起和新的接触种类的出现），这一点尤为重要。该网络主要团结了来自德国大学的早期职业学者，但也包括来自荷兰（阿姆斯特丹自由大学）和英国（牛津大学）的两名年轻研究人员。该网络的成员对英语中的非规范句法有着长期的主要兴趣，并就该主题进行了广泛的工作和出版。此外，每个成员都可以贡献与数据收集、语料库注释和分析和/或（统计）数据分析有关的专业方法学知识。因此，该网络将不同的方法论方法结合到非规范句法（定性和定量;语料库研究和心理语言学实验）。六次网络会议的计划成果是制定非规范句法的统一定义，提供对尖端统计方法的见解，并了解在各个网络研究项目中遇到的非规范句法的不同可能形式和功能。因此，这些会议将激励网络成员从各种角度处理和分析其数据。在非规范语法方面的国际领先专家，包括道格拉斯比伯、格雷戈里沃德和贝蒂伯纳在这些会议上提供理论和方法上的投入。