Combinatory linguistics / by Cem Bozşahin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bozşahin, Cem.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Generative grammar.

Linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, 2012.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

List of Tables

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Order as constituent constructor

Chapter 3. The lexicon, argumenthood and combinators

Chapter 4. Syntacticizing the combinators

Chapter 5. Combinatory Categorial Grammar

Chapter 6. The LF debate

Chapter 7. Further constraints on possible grammars

Chapter 8. A BTSO system

Chapter 9. The semantic radar

Chapter 10. Monadic computation by CCG

Chapter 11. Conclusion

Appendices

Notes

Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

CC BY-NC-ND

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ISBN:

9783110296877

311029687X

9783110296884

3110296888

OCLC:

827481798