Language, Syntax, and the Natural Sciences

Presents an exploration of human language from the perspective of the natural sciences

List of contents

Introduction Ángel J. Gallego and Roger Martin; Part I. The Computational Component: 1. Deriving multiple 'object' constructions Tonia Bleam and Norbert Hornstein; 2. Verbal complex formation and overt subjects in infinitival complexes in Romance Francisco Ordóñez; 3. Two families of questions Howard Lasnik; 4. Context sensitive aspects of constituent negation Ricardo Etxepare and Myriam Uribe-Etxebarria; 5. Phasehood and Romance adverbial because-clauses Esther Torrego; 6. No-choice parameters, phi-features and the structure of DP Ian Roberts; Part II. Interfaces: 7. Linearizing chains at LF Jairo Nunes; 8. On the rationality of grammar Wolfram Hinzen; 9. The warped forge Pablo Bustos and Juan Romero; 10. Limiting semantic types Paul Pietroski; 11. Why is phonology different? No recursion William Idsardi; 12. Nothing in linguistics makes sense except in the light of change David Lightfoot; 13. Neurology and experience: the language organ and externalization Carlos P. Otero; Part III. Linguistics and Other Sciences: 14. My head's in knots: on Uriagereka's generalization and the knot-sentence connection Sergio Balari, Antonio Benítez-Burraco, Marta Camps, Víctor M. Longa and Guillermo Lorenzo; 15. (Neural) syntax Cedric Boeckx and Constantina Theofanopoulou; 16. Syntax and uncertainty Douglas Saddy; 17. The Golden phrase: steps to the physics of language Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini and David Medeiros; 18. Science, mind, and limits of understanding Noam Chomsky.

About the author

Ángel J. Gallego is Professor Agregat at the Departament de Filologia Espanyola of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.Roger Martin is Associate Professor in the Department of Information Media and Environment Sciences at Yokohama National University, Japan.

Summary

An exploration of human language from the perspective of the natural sciences, this outstanding book brings together leading specialists to discuss the scientific connection of language to disciplines such as mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology.

Product details

• Authors: ¿ngel J. Gallego, Ángel J Gallego, Angel J. Gallego, Angel J. (Universitat Aut-Noma De Barcelo Gallego, Angel J. (Universitat Autonoma De Barcelo Gallego, Roger Martin, Roger (Yokohama National University Martin
• Assisted by: Angel J. Gallego (Editor), Ángel J. Gallego (Editor), Angel J. (Universitat Aut-noma de Barcelona) Gallego (Editor), Angel J. (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona) Gallego (Editor), Roger Martin (Editor), Roger (Yokohama National University Martin (Editor), Martin Roger (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781107152946
• ISBN: 978-1-107-15294-6
• No. of pages: 378
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Phonetics, phonology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Computational Linguistics, Computational and corpus linguistics