Nikolaus Himmelmann 4 : One grammar or two?

Quatrième et dernier séminaire du Professeur Nikolaus Himmelmann (Université de Cologne) dans le cadre de la Chaire Internationale 2024 du Labex EFL.
Le 24 avril 2024 au Campus CNRS de Villejuif.
Abstract : Asks to what extent it is necessary and useful for grammatical description to distinguish between spoken and written variants of the same language. Does such a distinction exist in the case of unwritten languages (i.e. where do transcripts fit in this dichotomy)? Does the spoken vs. written divide play a role in typological sampling?
Examples come primarily from the presenter’s field corpora, which include Austronesian and Papuan languages, with the occasional example from conversational English and German.