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Area of Science:

  • Linguistics
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Sociolinguistics

Background:

  • The target article advocates for ending acceptability judgments in syntactic inquiry.
  • Acceptability judgments are a common method for eliciting grammatical data.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To argue against the premature cessation of acceptability judgments in linguistic research.
  • To highlight the limitations imposed by such a cessation on syntactic inquiry.
  • To underscore the exclusion of significant research domains.

Main Methods:

  • The study critically analyzes the implications of abandoning acceptability judgments.
  • It identifies specific research areas that would be negatively impacted.
  • The analysis considers the requirements of alternative research methodologies like priming studies.

Main Results:

  • Ending reliance on acceptability judgments restricts syntactic research to specific linguistic contexts.
  • Priming studies necessitate linguistically homogenous participant groups with known grammar.
  • These methodological constraints would preclude research on d/Deaf syntactic competence and language documentation.

Conclusions:

  • The call to end acceptability judgments is premature due to its restrictive nature.
  • Significant areas of linguistic research, particularly concerning marginalized language communities and documentation, would be jeopardized.
  • Alternative methodologies must be carefully considered to avoid excluding vital research avenues.