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1 online resource (472 pages) |
| Series |
Studies in Generative Grammar |
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Studies in generative grammar.
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| Contents |
Frontmatter; Table of Contents; Part I. Discussing the need for recursion on empirical grounds; 1. Pirah in need of recursive syntax?; 2. The fluidity of recursion and its implications; 3. Syntactic recursion and iteration; 4. Recursion in conversation: What speakers of Finnish and Japanese know how to do; 5. What do you think is the proper place of recursion? Conceptual and empirical issues; Part II. Formal Issues; 6. Recursion and the infinitude claim; 7. Just how big are natural languages?; 8. Recursion, infinity, and modeling; 9. How recursive is language? A Bayesian exploration |
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Part III. Evolutionary Perspectives10. Was recursion the key step in the evolution of the human language faculty?; 11. When clauses refuse to be recursive: An evolutionary perspective; 12. The use of formal language theory in studies of artificial language learning: A proposal for distinguishing the differences; 13. Over the top: Recursion as a functional option; Part IV. Recursion and the Lexicon; 14. Lack of recursio |
| Summary |
In this volume, the issue of recursion is tackled from a variety of angles. Some articles cover formal issues regarding the proper characterization or definition of recursion, while others focus on empirical issues by examining the kinds of structure in languages that suggest recursive mechanism in the grammar. Most articles discuss syntactic phenomena, but several involve morphology, the lexicon and phonology. In addition, we find discussions that involve evolutionary notions and language disorders, and the broader cognitive context of recursion |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax -- Congresses
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Phonology -- Congresses
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Phonology
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783110219258 |
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3110219255 |
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