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Combinatory Linguistics

Combinatory Linguistics

Hardcover

Grammar & StyleLinguistics

ISBN10: 3110251701
ISBN13: 9783110251708
Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
Published: Nov 28 2012
Pages: 298
Weight: 1.20
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

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.

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