Syntactic Nuts - Hard Cases, Syntactic Theory, and Language Acquisition

Zusatztext Along the way, Culicover provides an entertaining tour through many of the uncharted byways of the peripheral syntax of English and other languages. He grounds his approach in a careful analysis of language learnability, and in so doing urges both syntacticians and neuroscientists toward a more responsible rapprochement in dealing with the complexities of human language. Informationen zum Autor Peter W. Culicover is currently the Chair of the Department of Linguistics and Director of the Center for Cognitive Science at the Ohio State University. Klappentext How are native speakers of a language instinctively able to make precise linguistic judgements about marginal syntactic matters? What does this tell us about both the structure of language and our innate language ability as humans? These questions form the focus of Professor Culicover's in-depth study which will appeal to both graduate students and professionals within the fields of linguistic theory and cognitive science. Zusammenfassung How are native speakers of a language instinctively able to make precise linguistic judgements about marginal syntactic matters? What does this tell us about both the structure of language and our innate language ability as humans? These questions form the focus of this in-depth study. Inhaltsverzeichnis On the nature of linguistic explanation Between learning and predetermination Architecture of the learner The theory of syntactic categories either, etc. for Determiners and quantifiers Odd prepositions the the Uniformity Syntactic idiosyncrasies and the learner Reductions Movements Inflections Other potential nuts Brief mention Generality and idiosyncrasy in grammar Syntactic complexity Consequences Summary References Index

Produktdetails

• Autoren: P. W. Culicover, Peter W. Culicover, Peter W. (Professor and Chair Culicover, Culicover Peter W.
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.09.1999
• EAN: 9780198700234
• ISBN: 978-0-19-870023-4
• Seiten: 256
• Serien: Foundations of Syntax; Foundations of Grammar; Foundations of Grammar
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft; Schule und Lernen > Erwachsenenbildung/Volkshochschule > VHS-/Kursmaterialien Sprache; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Grammar, syntax and morphology