UID:
almafu_9959132179402883
Format:
1 online resource (304 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9783110296877
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311029687X
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9783110296884
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3110296888
Content:
The book examines to what extent the mediating relation between constituents and their semantics can arise from combinatory knowledge of words. It traces the roots of Combinatory Categorial Grammar, and uses the theory to promote a Humean question in linguistics and cognitive science: Why do we see limited constituency and dependency in natural languages, despite their diversity and potential infinity? A potential answer is that constituents and dependencies might have arisen from a single resource: adjacency. The combinatory formulation of adjacency constrains possible grammars.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Frontmatter --
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Preface --
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Contents --
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List of Tables --
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Chapter 1. Introduction --
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Chapter 2. Order as constituent constructor --
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Chapter 3. The lexicon, argumenthood and combinators --
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Chapter 4. Syntacticizing the combinators --
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Chapter 5. Combinatory Categorial Grammar --
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Chapter 6. The LF debate --
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Chapter 7. Further constraints on possible grammars --
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Chapter 8. A BTSO system --
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Chapter 9. The semantic radar --
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Chapter 10. Monadic computation by CCG --
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Chapter 11. Conclusion --
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Appendices --
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Notes --
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Bibliography
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110251708
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3110251701
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781299719637
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1299719635
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110296877
