The Grammatical Basis of Linguistic Performance: Language Use and Acquisition
(Part of the Cognitive Theory and Mental Representation Series and Current Studies in Linguistics Series)
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Written primarily from the perspective of computational theory, Grammatical Basis of Linguistic Performance presents a synthesis of some major recent developments in grammatical theory and its application to models of language performance. Its main thesis is that Chomsky's government-binding theory is a good foundation for models of both machine parsing and language learnability.Both authors are at MIT. Robert C. Berwick is Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Amy Weinberg is in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy. Their book is eleventh in the series Current Studies in Linguistics.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0262521105
ISBN13:9780262521109
Release Date:February 1986
Publisher:MIT Press
Length:343 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 9.1"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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