Linguistic judgment experiments typically elicit judgments in terms of the acceptability or
surface probability of a sentence. There is evidence that the dimension of the scale on which …

This thesis is about the placement of definite objects relative to adverbials in the Dutch
middle-field. Direct objects can surface on either side of an adverbial, or in between two …

In this introductory chapter, I discuss the ins and outs of the issue of linguistic feeling—which
is defined here, very generally speaking, as one's capacity to intuitively apprehend …

Pragmatic intuition is a keen sense of language, especially the use of language. Pragmatic
competence is the ability to use language to express and comprehend in a specific context …

Intuitions have always played an important role in linguistics. Linguistic intuitions gained
momentum due to the rise of generative grammar in the 1960s. Their use became …

Аргументация или иллюстрация теоретических построений путем создания
«неправильных»(* X) или «сомнительных»(? Х,?? Х) конструкций давно уже стала …

Linguistic competence and the related concepts of introspection and linguistic intuition are
often regarded by linguists as the dominant criterion for the verification of their theoretical …