MiniJudge: Software for Small-Scale Experimental Syntax

MiniJudge is free online open-source software to help theoretical syntacticians collect and analyze native-speaker acceptability judgments in a way that combines the speed and ease of traditional introspective methods with the power and statistical validity afforded by rigorous experimental protocols. This paper shows why MiniJudge is useful, what it feels like to use it, and how it works.

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