Le programme labovien et la variation syntaxique

The variationist approach to syntax has several inadequacies that arise from both the formalisation and the definition of the variable. In particular, the notion of variation does not capture all of structural heterogeneity. The legitimacy of the concern of integrating heterogeneity into the linguistic system is underlined by a discussion of some recent evolution in syntactic work.Godard Danièle. Le programme labovien et la variation syntaxique. In: Langages, 26ᵉ année, n°108, 1992. Hétérogénéité et variation : Labov, un bilan, sous la direction de Françoise Gadet. pp. 51-65