Empirical Approaches to Linguistic Theory
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I. Basic Journal Info

Country

Netherlands

Journal ISSN: 22106243, 22106251

Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers

History: 2011-2020

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Scope/Description:

The field of linguistics thrives on empirical data whether from languages from psycholinguistic experiments from sociolinguistic interviews from typological surveys or from historical investigations to name just a few sources of data. At the same time the field also thrives on theory inasmuch as general theories of language structure language use language acquisition and language change are essential to a full understanding of how the object of our investigations natural human language works. Theories provide a basis for testable claims about language claims that can be tested and confirmed or disproved only by empirical considerations. Empirical Approaches to Linguistic Theory EALT aims to publish highquality works that are grounded in empirical data but at the same time advance theoretical goals. The relevant notion of theory envisioned here is broad and eclectic but also rigorous. The contributing empirical data is similarly broadly defined. The series includes single or coauthored monographs on a single topic or linguistic issue stateofthe art reports andor thematically coherent multiauthored volumes.