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Concepts, syntax, and their interface :the Theta System
A systematic exposition of Reinhart's Theta System, with extensive annotations and essays that capture subsequent developments. One of Tanya Reinhart's major contributions to linguistic theory is the development of the Theta System (TS), a theory of the interface between the system of concepts and the linguistic computational system. Reinhart introduced her theory in a seminal paper, “The …
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- 9780262333177
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- 1 online resource (xvi, 262 pages).
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Ethics, sexual orientation, and choices about children
Parents routinely turn to prenatal testing to screen for genetic or chromosomal disorders or to learn their child's sex. What if they could use similar prenatal interventions to learn (or change) their child's sexual orientation? Bioethicists have debated the moral implications of this still-hypothetical possibility for several decades. Some commentators fear that any scientific efforts to unde…
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- 9780262305822
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- 1 online resource (195 pages).
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Probes and their horizons
A comprehensive theory of selective opacity effects--configurations in which syntactic domains are opaque to some processes but transparent to others--within a Minimalist framework. In this book, Stefan Keine investigates in detail "selective opacity"-- configurations in which syntactic domains are opaque to some processes but transparent to others--and develops a comprehensive theory of these …
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- 9780262357319
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- 1 online resource (384 pages).
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Morphology and computation
"Richard Sproat is Member of the Technical Staff at the AT & T Bell Laboratories.""A Bradford book.""This book provides the first broad yet thorough coverage of issues in morphological theory. It includes a wide array of techniques and systems in computational morphology (including discussion of their limitations), and describes some unusual applications. Sproat motivates the study of computati…
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- 0585038341
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- 1 online resource (xv, 295 pages) :illustrations.
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NETL, a system for representing and using real-world knowledge
"Consider for a moment the layers of structure and meaning that are attached to concepts like lawsuit, birthday party, fire, mother, walrus, cabbage, or king.... If I tell you that a house burned down, and that the fire started at a child's birthday party, you will think immediately of the candles on the cake and perhaps of the many paper decorations. You will not, In all probability, find your…
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- 9780262256100
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- 1 online resource (278 pages) :illustrations.
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Edge-based clausal syntax: A study of (mostly) English object structure
An argument that there are three kinds of English grammatical objects, each with different syntactic properties. In Edge-Based Clausal Syntax, Paul Postal rejects the notion that an English phrase of the form [V + DP] invariably involves a grammatical relation properly characterized as a direct object. He argues instead that at least three distinct relations occur in such a structure. The di…
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- 9780262295482
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- 1 online resource (xvi, 465 pages) :illustrations
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Biological foundations and origin of syntax
Syntax is arguably the most human-specific aspect of language. Despite the proto-linguistic capacities of some animals, syntax appears to be the last major evolutionary transition in humans that has some genetic basis. Yet what are the elements to a scenario that can explain such a transition? In this book, experts from linguistics, neurology and neurobiology, cognitive psychology, ecology and …
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- 1 online resource (xviii, 471 pages) :illustrations (some color).
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Type-logical syntax
"In this book, Yusuke Kubota and Robert Levine propose a type-logical version of categorial grammar as a viable alternative model of natural language syntax and semantics. They show that this novel logic-based framework is applicable to a range of phenomena--especially in the domains of coordination and ellipsis--that have proven problematic for traditional approaches."--OCLC-licensed vendor bi…
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- 0262360802
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Localism versus globalism in morphology and phonology
David Embick offers a detailed examination of morphology and phonology from a phase-cyclic point of view and the only recent detailed treatment of allomorphy, a phenomenon that is central to understanding how the grammar of human language works.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262289344
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- 1 online resource (xii, 218 pages) :illustrations.
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Neural network design and the complexity of learning
"A Bradford book.""Using the tools of complexity theory, Stephen Judd develops a formal description of associative learning in connectionist networks. He rigorously exposes the computational difficulties in training neural networks and explores how certain design principles will or will not make the problems easier. Judd looks beyond the scope of any one particular learning rule, at a level abo…
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- 1 online resource (150 pages) :illustrations.
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