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1 online resource (ix, 349 pages) : illustrations |
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Oxford linguistics |
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Oxford linguistics.
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Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Derivations -- 2. The extension of computational theories -- 3. The main argument for bottom-up systems -- 4. How the cycle colors the orthogonality of computations -- 5. Three factors of language design -- 6. What sort of computational complexity? -- 7. Evo-devo considerations -- 8. Dynamical frustration as a third factor -- 9. The CLASH model -- 10. Ultrametricity in syntax? -- 11. The Multiple Spell-out attempt to rationalize the cycle -- 1 Linearization |
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1.1. Conceptualizing the Squeezing Problem1.2. The Finite State Limit on phrase structure -- 1.3. Context-sensitive dependencies -- 1.4. Context-sensitive asymmetries -- 1.5. Incremental parsing and information flow -- 1.6. Linearizing complex branchings -- 1.7. LCA vs. MLCA parsing of complex structures -- 1.8. Conclusions -- 2 Sub-extraction -- 2.1. A summary of the MSO proposal based on the LCT -- 2.2. Off-line information -- 2.3. Possible subject sub-extractions? -- 2.4. Genuine subject sub-extractions -- 2.5. A careful experiment |
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""2.6. Adjunct sub-extraction""""2.7. Conclusions""; ""3 C-command""; ""3.1. An architecture based on c-command""; ""3.2. C-command throughout""; ""3.3. C-command in construal""; ""3.4. C-command in morpho-phonemics""; ""3.5. Is c-command derived or eliminated?""; ""3.6. Beyond c-command""; ""3.7. Conclusions""; ""4 Cyclicity""; ""4.1. Multiple cyclicity conditions""; ""4.2. Cyclicity within compounds""; ""4.3. Is compounding recursive?""; ""4.4. Compounding as atomization and the notion �head of the compound�""; ""4.5. Parametric differences in Spell-out?"" |
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4.6. Reconstruction effects4.7. Adjunct deactivation and linearization -- 4.8. Adjunct opacity -- 4.9. Conclusions -- 5 Antecedents and Consequents -- 5.1. Antecedents -- 5.2. Phases -- 5.3. Repair -- 5.4. Is linearization represented? -- 5.5. Interfacing currents -- 5.6. Reprojections -- 5.7. Psycholinguistic consequences -- 5.8. Conclusions -- 6 The Frustrating Equation -- 6.1. Dynamical frustration -- 6.2. 3rd factor considerations -- 6.3. Systemic memory -- 6.4. A biophysics of language? -- 6.5. Parsing birdsongs? -- 6.6. A physics for birdsong? |
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6.7. Frustration in birdsong patterns?6.8. Effective recursion -- 6.9. The Transfer Hypothesis -- 6.10. Conclusions -- 7 A CLASH Model -- 7.1. Taking stock -- 7.2. The dual nature of language -- 7.3. A formal system -- 7.4. Reversing the flow of PF -- 7.5. Fibonacci patterns in grammar -- 7.6. Predicting the properties of the Merge operation -- 7.7. On the periodicity of phases -- 7.8. Bottom-up syntax at a higher dimension -- 7.9. 3rd factor redux -- 7.10. Conclusions -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I |
| Summary |
Juan Uriagereka explores important consequences of the multiple spell-out hypothesis and of the linked notion of cyclicity. He combines the latest thinking in linguistics with perspectives drawn from physics, biology, and animal behaviour |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-341) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Minimalist theory (Linguistics)
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
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Cognitive grammar.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
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Cognitive grammar
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax
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Minimalist theory (Linguistics)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191635588 |
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0191635588 |
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9780191731402 |
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0191731404 |
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