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Publication details [#9788]

Voegelin, C.F. and F.M. Voegelin. 1972. Dependence of selectional restriction on cultural spaces. In Firchow, Evelyn Scherabon, Kaaren Grimstad, Nils Hasselmo and Wayne O'Neil, eds. Studies for Einar Haugen, presented by friends and colleagues. Mouton. pp. 535–553.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

acceptability | culture | selection restriction

Annotation

V. and V. address the issue as to how much of acceptability falls within the scope of grammar and how much is to be accounted for in terms of 'social acceptability' defined by the embedding of utterances in 'cultural spaces'.