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Merge :binarity in (multidominant) syntax
"An argument for a novel binarity constraint on merge, preventing syntactic movement from relating more than two distinct positions at one time"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262361262
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- 1 online resource.
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Neurolinguistics
"A short, reader-friendly introduction to the neuroscientific study of language. Written by an emerging star in the field"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262368155
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- 1 online resource.
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Changing minds :how aging affects language and how language affects aging
Why language ability remains resilient and how it shapes our lives.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262353533
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- 1 online resource (288 pages).
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Language in our brain :the origins of a uniquely human capacity
A comprehensive account of the neurobiological basis of language, arguing that species-specific brain differences may be at the root of the human capacity for language.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262342964
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- 1 online resource
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Geometry of meaning :semantics based on conceptual spaces
In The Geometry of Meaning, Peter G?ardenfors proposes a theory of semantics that bridges cognitive science and linguistics and shows how theories of cognitive processes, in particular concept formation, can be exploited in a general semantic model. He argues that our minds organize the information involved in communicative acts in a format that can be modeled in geometric or topological terms …
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- 0262319586
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- 1 online resource (xii, 343 pages) :illustrations
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Birdsong, speech, and language :exploring the evolution of mind and brain
Scholars have long been captivated by the parallels between birdsong and human speech and language. In this book, leading scholars draw on the latest research to explore what birdsong can tell us about the biology of human speech and language and the consequences for evolutionary biology. They examine the cognitive and neural similarities between birdsong learning and speech and language acquis…
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- 0262313820
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 542 pages) :illustrations
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Hypothesis A-Hypothesis B :Linguistic Explorations in Honor of David M. Perlm…
Essays reflecting the influence of the versatile linguist David M. Perlmutter, covering topics from theoretical morphology to sign language phonology. Anyone who has studied linguistics in the last half-century has been affected by the work of David Perlmutter. One of the era's most versatile linguists, he is perhaps best known as the founder (with Paul Postal) of Relational Grammar, but he has…
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- 9780262258807
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- 1 online resource (xxxvii, 491 pages) :illustrations.
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Foundational Issues in Linguistic Theory :Essays in Honor of Jean-Roger Vergn…
The essays in this volume attest to the importance of Verngaud's contribution to linguistics, particularly his influential work on foundational issues. The essays first discuss issues in syntax, documenting breakthroughs in the development of the principles and parameters framework.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262273152
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- 1 online resource (xxxii, 389 pages) :illustrations.
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The acquisition of syntactic knowledge
"This landmark work in computational linguistics is of great importance both theoretically and practically because it shows that much of English grammar can be learned by a simple program. The Acquisition of Syntactic Knowledge investigates the central questions of human and machine cognition: How do people learn language? How can we get a machine to learn language? It first presents an explici…
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- 0585368910
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- 1 online resource (xii, 368 pages) :illustrations.
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Learnability in optimality theory
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- 0585354677
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- 1 online resource (vi, 140 pages) :illustrations
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