Mathematical Structure of Syntactic Merge
An Algebraic Model for Generative Linguistics
Published on 5. August 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
412 pages
978-0-262-55252-3 (ISBN)
Description
"A mathematical explication of Chomsky's Merge theory of syntax"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge (Massachusetts)
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Illustrations
43 BLACK AND WHITE ILLUS.
Dimensions
Height: 225 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
510 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-55252-3 (9780262552523)
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An Algebraic Model for Generative Linguistics
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Persons
Matilde Marcolli is Professor of Mathematics and Computing and Mathematical Sciences at the California Institute of Technology. She is the author of six monographs and over 150 research papers in mathematics, theoretical physics, information theory, and linguistics.
Noam Chomsky pioneered the creation of the modern field of generative grammar and its connections to questions about human cognition and the mind/brain. He has been Professor at MIT and is currently Professor at the University of Arizona.
Robert C. Berwick has been Professor at MIT since 1982. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Award and the author of ten books and over 130 publications in the areas of computation and language, natural language processing, and cognitive science.
Noam Chomsky pioneered the creation of the modern field of generative grammar and its connections to questions about human cognition and the mind/brain. He has been Professor at MIT and is currently Professor at the University of Arizona.
Robert C. Berwick has been Professor at MIT since 1982. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Award and the author of ten books and over 130 publications in the areas of computation and language, natural language processing, and cognitive science.
Content
Contents
List of Figures xiii
List of Tables xv
0 Minimalism and Merge: Introduction
1 The Mathematical Structure of Syntactic Merge
2 Minimalism Old and New: a Hopf Algebra Comparison
3 The Syntax-Semantics Interface: an Algebraic Model
4 Summary of Mathematical Concepts
Bibliography
Index
List of Figures xiii
List of Tables xv
0 Minimalism and Merge: Introduction
1 The Mathematical Structure of Syntactic Merge
2 Minimalism Old and New: a Hopf Algebra Comparison
3 The Syntax-Semantics Interface: an Algebraic Model
4 Summary of Mathematical Concepts
Bibliography
Index