Experimental Linguistics
Integration of theories and applications
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 1980
VI, 321 pages
978-90-272-7086-3 (ISBN)
Description
Linguistics has suffered from the lack of interaction between theoretical and experimental activities. In order to carry out experimental studies in language it is, of course, necessary to have a descriptive system for the stimuli, and formal linguistics has provided a plethora of alternative possibilities. In addition, the theory can perhaps suggest some hints as to the direction experimental studies might take, at least to the extent that it suggest various kinds of relation among syntactic or phonological structures. But the theory alone cannot determine the nature of such relations in the cognitive or processing system of the language user. The first section of this volume addresses several of the key theoretical controversies in linguistics and attempts to specify the kinds of experimental evidence which might contribute to their ultimate resolution. The papers in the second section concern the collection of that evidence and its interpretation.
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- EXPERIMENTAL LINGUISTICS
- Editorial page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Table of contents
- INTRODUCTION: EXPERIMENTAL LINGUISTICS IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
- Part one. Theoretical Bases for Experimental Linguistics
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. ON PARAPHRASE
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Background
- The meaning of paraphrase
- Semantics and syntax
- Paraphrase: an empirical approach
- NOTES
- 2. WHAT IS STRUCTURAL AMBIGUITY?
- Abstract
- Introduction
- The notion of structural ambiguity in TGG
- Structural ambiguity and deep syntactic structure
- Nature of structural ambiguity
- Operational criteria for structural ambiguity
- Summary and conclusions
- 3. ON THEORIES OF FOCUS
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Recent theories of focus
- Some empirical questions
- Conclusion
- 4. PRELIMINARIES TO THE EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF STYLE IN LANGUAGE
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Evidence for the existence of style
- Elements of style
- Stylistic sub-populations of language
- The role of style
- 5. ENGLISH PLURALIZATION: A TESTING GROUND FOR RULE EVALUATION
- Abstract
- Introduction
- 1. The non-uniqueness problem
- 2. The interpretation problem
- 3. The evaluation problem
- 4. Conclusions
- NOTES
- Part two. Experimental Results
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. GRAMMATICAL PROPERTIES OF SENTENCES AS A BASIS FOR CONCEPT FORMATION
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Method
- Results
- Discussion
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- NOTES
- 2. GRAMMATICAL VOICE AND ILLOCUTIONARY MEANING IN AN AURAL CONCEPT FORMATION TASK
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Method
- Results
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- NOTE
- 3. GRAMMATICAL SIMPLICITY OR PERFORMATIVE EFFICIENCY?
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Procedure
- Results
- Discussion
- NOTES
- 4. A PERFORMATIVE DEFINITION OF SENTENCE RELATEDNESS
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Method
- Results and discussion
- 5. PARAPHRASE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG CLEFTED SENTENCES
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Method
- Discussion
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- NOTES
- 6. THE RECOGNITION OF AMBIGUITY
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Method
- Results
- Discussion
- NOTES
- 7. AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF FOCUS
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Method
- Results
- Discussion
- NOTE
- 8. A DISCRIMINANT FUNCTION ANALYSIS OF CO-VARIATION OF A NUMBER OF SYNTACTIC DEVICES IN FIVE PROSE GENRES
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Procedure
- Results
- Conclusion
- 9. RULE LEARNING AND THE ENGLISH INFLECTIONS(WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE PLURAL)
- Abstract
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Brief Description of the Experiment
- 3. Summary of Results
- 4. Which Rules are Learned? The Example of the English Plural.
- NOTES
- APPENDIX A
- APPENDIX ?
- APPENDIX C
- APPENDIX D
- 10. PERCEPTUAL DIMENSIONS OF PHONEMIC RECOGNITION
- Abstract
- Method
- Results
- Summary and Conclusions
- NOTES
- EPILOGUE: AN "INFORMATION STRUCTURE" VIEW OF LANGUAGE
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
