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Sandra, Dominiek. 1995. Experimentation. In Verschueren, Jef, Jan-Ola Östman and Jan Blommaert, eds. Handbook of Pragmatics. Manual. John Benjamins.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

experimentation | language use | linguistics | logic | psycholinguistics

Place, Publisher

John Benjamins

Annotation

This essay describes the most essential characteristics of experimental linguistic research in contrast to other approaches to language. It also outlines the logic characterizing many forms of experimentation, using the area of psycholinguistics for purposes of illustration.