TY  - BOOK
AU  - Peter Kosta
AU  - Katrin Schlund
PY  - 2021
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783631858202
TI  - Keynotes from the International Conference on Explanation and Prediction in Linguistics (CEP): Formalist and Functionalist Approaches
T2  - Heidelberg, February 13th and 14th, 2019
DO  - 10.3726/b18569
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1140513
N2  - Scientific insight is obtained through the processes of description, explanation, and prediction. Yet grammatical theory has seen a major divide regarding not only the methods of data eliciting and the kinds of data evaluated, but also with respect to the interpretation of these data, including the very notions of explanation and prediction themselves. The editors of the volume organized a conference bringing together adherents of two major strands of grammatical theory illustrating this clash, traditionally grouped under the labels of formalist and functionalist theories. This book includes five keynote lectures given by internationally renowned experts. The keynotes offer insight into the current debate and show possibilities for exchange between these two major accounts of grammatical theory.
KW  - grammatical theory, functional grammar, generative grammar and syntax, formalism and functionalism, explanation – prediction – generativism
LA  - English
ER  -