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Combinatory Linguistics

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...

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Main Author: Bozsahin, Cem (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2012
Subjects:
linguistics
Semantics & pragmatics
Grammar, syntax & morphology
Computational linguistics
Constituents
Dependency Relations
Syntax
Grammar
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (298 p.)
ISBN:9783110296877
9783110251708
Access:Open Access

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