UID:
almahu_9949545099902882
Format:
1 online resource (XIV, 458 p.)
ISBN:
9783110724790
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9783111175782
Series Statement:
The Mouton-NINJAL Library of Linguistics [MNLL] , 3
Content:
The book demonstrates that it is possible to study the language faculty with the core scientific method, i.e., by deducing definite predictions from hypotheses and obtaining and replicating experimental results precisely in accordance with the predictions.In light of the "reproducibility crisis" as extensively addressed in recent years in a number of fields, the demonstration that rigorous replication can be obtained in the study of the language faculty in terms of correlational and categorical predictions is particularly significant. While the claim has been made over the years that Chomsky's research program is meant to be a scientific study of the language faculty, a conceptual and methodological articulation has never been made as to how we can accumulate our knowledge about the language faculty by the basic scientific method, including, most crucially, how exactly we can put our hypotheses to rigorous empirical and experimental test.The book proposes how to do that by providing a conceptual basis for the methodology for language faculty science. The book also offers empirical demonstrations of the viability of the proposed methodology. The experiments were conducted with Japanese and English speakers. Overall, the book explores new directions for the study of the mind.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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Series Preface --
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Preface --
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Contents --
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Part 1: The Past History of Our Attempts to Detect C-command --
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From Compatibility to Testability - Some Historical Background --
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On Non-individual-denoting So-words --
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Research Heuristics in Language Faculty Science --
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Part 2: The Correlational Approach --
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The Key Tenets of Language Faculty Science --
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Detection of C-command Effects --
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Replication: Predicted Correlations of Judgments in Japanese --
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Predicted Correlations of Judgments in English --
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Implementing Experiments on the Language Faculty --
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Part 3: LFS as an Exact Science --
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Language Faculty Science and Physics --
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Conclusion: Why Language Faculty Science? --
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Index
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Issued also in print.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
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In:
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110724899
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110724677
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110724790
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110724790
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110724790
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110724790
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110724790
