Dynamical Grammar

This text explores the consequences for language acquisition, evolution and theory of taking the underlying architecture of the language faculty to be that of a dynamical system and examines whether a complex adaptive system can identify the categories, structures and rules of a language given access only to instances of grammatical utterances.

About the author

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. His current research is concerned with the architecture of the language faculty and its role in the dynamical aspects of language.

Andrzej Nowak is Associate Professor of Psychology at Florida Atlantic University. His research interests are modeling and computer simulation of social processes.

Summary

This text explores the consequences for language acquisition, evolution and theory of taking the underlying architecture of the language faculty to be that of a dynamical system and examines whether a complex adaptive system can identify the categories, structures and rules of a language given access only to instances of grammatical utterances.

Additional text

makes an important contribution to the ongoing debate about how much innate structure must be attributed to the language learner ... a very enjoyable and worthwhile book.

Product details

• Authors: Peter W. Culicover, Peter W. (Ohio State University) Culicover, Culicover Peter W., Andrzej Nowak, Andrzej (Florida Atlantic University) Nowak, Nowak Andrzej
• Publisher: Oxford Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.09.2003
• EAN: 9780198700265
• ISBN: 978-0-19-870026-5
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 242 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 735 g
• Illustrations: numerous figures and tables
• Series: Foundations of Syntax
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Historical & comparative linguistics, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Language acquisition, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Computational Linguistics, Historical and comparative linguistics, Computational and corpus linguistics