UG and External Systems
Language, brain and computation
1st Edition
Published on 26. April 2005
XVIII, 398 pages
978-90-272-9452-4 (ISBN)
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This book explores the interaction of the grammar with the external systems, conceptual-intentional and sensori-motor. The papers in the Language section include configurational analyses of the interface properties of depictives, clitic clusters, imperatives, conditionals, clefts, as well as asymmetries in the structure of syllables and feet. The Brain section discusses questions related to human learning and comprehension of language: the acquisition of compounds, the acquisition of the definite article, the subject/object asymmetry in the comprehension of D-Linked vs. non D-linked questions, the evidence for syntactic asymmetries in American Sign Language, the acquisition of syllable types, and the role of stress shift in the determination of phrase ending. The papers in the Computation section present different perspectives on how the properties of UG can be implemented in a parser; implementations of different theories including configurational selection, incorporation, and minimalism; and the role of statistical and quantitative approaches in natural language processing.
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Content
- UG and External Systems
- Editorial page
- Title page
- LCC data
- Table of contents
- UG and external systems
- Introduction
- Language
- Brain
- Computation
- References
- I. Language
- Depictives
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Two classes of depictives
- 3. Previous analyses
- 4. Our proposal
- 5. Direct and indirect secondary predication
- 6. Conclusions
- Notes
- References
- On two issues related to the clitic clusters in Romance languages
- 1. Goal
- 2. Clitic clusters
- 3. Issues and ways to deal with them
- 4. Language variation
- 5. Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Prosodic cues during online processing of speech
- Introduction
- 1. Overview
- 2. Experiment 1
- 3. Experiment 2
- 4. Discussion
- Materials
- Notes
- References
- On the question of (non)-agreement in the uses of Russian imperatives
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Imperatives as "Defective" vs. full conditionals
- 3. Differences in the features of Russian imperatives
- 4. Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Computational puzzles of conditional clause preposing
- 1. Ordering restrictions on conditionals with respect to the main clause
- 2. The landing site of conditionals
- 3. On the trigger of conditional clause preposing
- 4. Summary
- Notes
- References
- Clefts and tense asymmetries
- Introduction
- 1. The different types of clefts
- 2. Different accounts of clefts
- 3. Tense restrictions
- 4. Agreement restrictions
- 5. More on clefts and focus
- 6. Towards an analysis
- 7. Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Generating configurational asymmetries in prosodic phonology
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Previous analyses of configurational asymmetries
- 3. Analysis: Rhythmic constraints in prosodic constituents
- 4. Summary
- Notes
- References
- II. Brain
- Language learnability and the forms of recursion
- Introduction
- 1. The Abstract Clitic Hypothesis
- 2. Cross-linguistic variation: Swedish
- 3. Cross-linguistic variation: French
- 4. Learnability and recursion
- Notes
- References
- The autonomous contribution of syntax and pragmatics to the acquisition of the Hebrew definite article
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The definite system
- 3. The acquisition of definiteness
- 4. The concept of non-shared knowledge and the Theory of Mind
- 5. Methodology
- 6. Discussion
- 7. Conclusion
- References
- D(iscourse)-linking and question formation
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Accounts of the subject-object asymmetry
- 3. New experiments
- 4. Discussion
- 5. Summary and conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- References
- Evidence from ASL and ÖGS for asymmetries in UG
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Evidence for argument asymmetries
- 3. Evidence for structural asymmetries
- 4. Structural asymmetries: Mixed headedness
- 5. Structural asymmetry: Spreading domains
- 6. Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- References
- Acquisition of phonological empty categories
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Earlier studies
- 3. Our findings
- 4. Seeking a solution
- 5. A modified proposal
- 6. Conclusions
- Notes
- References
- III. Computation
- Morpho-syntax parsing
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Asymmetry
- 3. Three parsing models
- 4. Consequences and conclusions
- Notes
- References
- A Minimalist implementation of Hale-Keyser incorporation theory
- 1. The problem of verb subcategorization
- Incorporation theory
- Minimalist operations
- Incorporation
- Implementation Analysis
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Appendix A
- Minimalist languages and the correct prefix property
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Minimalist Grammars
- 3. Context-Free Derivations
- 4. Top-down recognition
- 5. Correct prefix property
- 6. Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Computation with probes and goals
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The lexicon
- 3. Elementary trees
- 4. The Move Box
- 5. Limitations of theMove Box
- 6. Probes and goals
- 7. A preliminary comparison
- 8. Conclusions
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- References
- Deep & shallow linguistically based parsing
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Linguistically-based parsing and linguistic strategies
- 3. Treebank derived structurals relations
- 4. Parser evaluation
- References
- Towards a quantitative theory of variability
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Some examples
- 3. Basic constraints
- 4. Variability
- 5. Equilibrium principle
- 6. Conclusion
- References
- Index
- The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today
