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Ug And External Systems: Language, Brain And Computation

By Anna Maria Di Sciullo

Book information

Publisher
John Benjamins Pub Co
Year
2005
ISBN
9027227993, 9789027227997, 9789027294524
Open Library ID
OL22627848M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1989197 bytes)
Series
Linguistics Today
Pages
417\417
Library
avaxhome.ws
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46

Description

This book explores the interaction of the grammar with the external systems, conceptual intentional and sensori-motor. The papers in the Language section include configurational analyses of the interface properties of depictives, clitic clusters, imperatives, conditionals, clefts, as well as asymmetries in the structure of syllables and feet. The Brain section discusses questions related to human learning and comprehension of language: the acquisition of compounds, the acquisition of the definite article, the subject/object asymmetry in the comprehension of D-Linked vs. non D-linked questions, the evidence for syntactic asymmetries in American Sign Language, the acquisition of syllable types, and the role of stress shift in the determination of phrase ending. The papers in the Computation section present different perspectives on how the properties of UG can be implemented in a parser; implementations of different theories including configurational selection, incorporation, and minimalism; and the role of statistical and quantitative approaches in natural language processing.

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