Combinatory Linguistics

Combinatory Linguistics

by Bozşahin, Cem

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Main description: 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 …

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  • Full title :Combinatory Linguistics / Cem Bozsahin

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Main description: 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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  • Publication Date:2013

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  • Description:Online-Ressource

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  • ISBN:9783110296877, 311029687X, 9783110251708, 3110251701
  • oclc:ocn840437932
  • LC Classification:P158
  • Dewey Decimal:415.018

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(Produktform)Electronic book text (VLB-WN)9561 (Zielgruppe)Fachpublikum/ Wissenschaft Constituents; Dependency Relations; Syn… EBK: eBook Generative grammar Grammaire générative Kategorialgrammatik Kombinatorische Logik linguistics Linguistique

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Bozşahin, Cem

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