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The Syntactic Process
A Bradford book.""In this book Mark Steedman argues that the surface syntax of natural languages maps spoken and written forms directly to a compositional semantic representation that includes predicate-argument structure, quantification, and information structure without forming any intervening structural representation. His purpose is to develop a principled theory of natural grammar that is …
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- 9780262284219
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 330 pages).
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The Syntax of (In)dependence
One of the most important discoveries of modern linguistic theory is that abstract structural properties of utterances place subtle restrictions on how we can use a given form or description. For the past thirty years, these restrictions have been explored for possible clues to the exact nature of the structural properties in question. In The Syntax of (In)dependence Ken Safir explores these st…
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- 9780262282819
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 194 pages).
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The Syntax of Time
Updated versions of talks first presented at the International Round Table on the Syntax of Tense and Aspect in November 2000 at the Universit?e Paris 7"--Preface.Any analysis of the syntax of time is based on a paradox: it must include a syntax-based theory of both tense construal and event construal. Yet while time is undimensional, events have a complex spatiotemporal structure that reflects…
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- 9780262274494
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- 1 online resource (x, 662 pages) :illustrations.
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Computational Philosophy of Science
"A Bradford book."By applying research in artificial intelligence to problems in the philosophy of science, Paul Thagard develops an exciting new approach to the study of scientific reasoning. This approach uses computational ideas to shed light on how scientific theories are discovered, evaluated, and used in explanations. Thagard describes a detailed computational model of problem solving and…
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- 9780262284837
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 240 pages) :illustrations
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On the syntactic composition of manner and motion
Unlike many books and articles that discuss the relation between constructional meaning and the lexicon, 'On the Syntactice Composition of Manner and Motion' examines one phenomenon in detail: the articulation of manner and motion, in three distinct language families - Germanic, Korean, and Romance.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262286657
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- 1 online resource (viii, 228 pages) :illustrations.
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Complex Demonstratives: A Quantificational Account
"A Bradford book."Since the late 1970s, the orthodox view of complex 'that' phrases (e.g., 'that woman eating a granola bar') has been that they are contextually sensitive devices of direct reference. In Complex Demonstratives, Jeffrey King challenges that orthodoxy, showing that quantificational accounts not only are as effective as direct reference accounts but also handle a wider range of da…
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- 9780262277174
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 207 pages).
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Computation and Cognition: Toward a Foundation for Cognitive Science
The question, "What is Cognitive Science?" is often asked but seldom answered to anyone's satisfaction. Until now, most of the answers have come from the new breed of philosophers of mind. This book, however, is written by a distinguished psychologist and computer scientist who is well-known for his work on the conceptual foundations of cognitive science, and especially for his research on ment…
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- 9780262281997
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- 1 online resource (xxiii, 292 pages) :illustrations
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Optimality-theoretic syntax
Recent work in theoretical syntax has revealed the strong explanatory power of the notions of economy, competition, and optimization. Building grammars entirely upon these elements, Optimality Theory syntax provides a theory of universal grammar with a formally precise and strongly restricted theory of universal typology: cross-linguistic variation arises exclusively from the conflict among uni…
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- 9780262316149
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Origination of organismal form :beyond the gene in developmental and evolutio…
"A Bradford book."The field of evolutionary biology arose from the desire to understand the origin and diversity of biological forms. In recent years, however, evolutionary genetics, with its focus on the modification and inheritance of presumed genetic programs, has all but overwhelmed other aspects of evolutionary biology. This has led to the neglect of the study of the generative origins of …
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- 9780262280327
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- 1 online resource (vi, 332 pages) :illustrations.
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The origins of grammar :evidence from early language comprehension
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- 0585331480
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- 1 online resource (x, 230 pages) :illustrations.
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