Data Representativity and Granularity in Spanish Syntax Subjecthood across Dialects and Methodologies in Spanish

"This book enhances a dialogue between variationist studies, experimental linguistics and formal theorizing. The corresponding approaches or developments, unfortunately, have traditionally faced a relationship of mutual exclusion, rather than collaboration. It is high time for such a collaboration to take place, and Professor Ortega-Santos' book is certainly at the forefront of it!"

Sandro Sessarego, Associate Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, The University of Texas at Austin, USA.

"This book explores the insurmountable breach between theoretical linguistics and other linguistic areas where data are crucial, namely, experimental linguistics and variation, by showing that the different methods of collecting data used in the different subdisciplines are reconcilable. Thought-provoking, challenging and novel, Ortega-Santos's work succeeds to fill up a gap in the field by arguing for a crosspollination of data gathering (corpora, acceptability judgements, statistical analysis, etc.), applied to a specific theoretical issue such as subjecthood in Spanish. A must for linguists of a theoretical, experimental or variationist background alongside students of linguistics."

Ángel L. Jiménez-Fernández, Professor of English Linguistics, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain.