Sentence comprehension : the integration of rules and habits / David J. Townsend and Thomas G. Bever.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Townsend, David J., author.

Bever, Thomas G., author.

Series:

Language, speech, and communication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comprehension.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Sentences.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Psycholinguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 445 pages)

Other Title:

MIT Press CogNet.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2001]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Offers an integration of two major approaches, the symbolic-computational and the associative-connectionist.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Sentence as a Case Study in Cognitive Science 1

1.1 The Sentence Is a Natural Level of Linguistic Representation 2

1.2 The Integration of Habits and Symbols 5

Chapter 2 Classical Evidence for the Sentence 11

2.1 Early Ideas about the Sentence 11

2.2 Banishment of the Sentence 13

2.3 Revival of the Sentence 20

2.4 Unlinking Knowledge and Behavior 20

2.5 The Search for a Behaviorally Relevant Grammar 37

2.6 The Reemergence of Associationism 41

2.7 Conclusion: The Mystery of Structure 43

Chapter 3 What Every Psychologist Should Know about Grammar 45

3.1 The Architecture of Syntax 46

3.2 Constant Features of Syntactic Structures 47

3.3 Arguments, Movement, and Derivations 52

3.4 The Architectures Relating Meaning and Syntax 62

3.5 Conclusion and Implications 81

Chapter 4 Contemporary Models of Sentence Comprehension 83

4.1 The Problem of Comprehension 83

4.2 Structural Models 86

4.3 Statistical Models 120

4.4 Grains of Truth 146

4.5 Conclusion: Implications for an Integrated Model 150

Chapter 5 Embedding the Grammar in a Comprehension Model 157

5.1 Syntactic Derivations and Probabilistic Information in Comprehension 157

5.2 Analysis by Synthesis 160

5.3 A Case Study: The Passive 167

5.4 Pseudosyntax, Real Syntax, and the Grain Problem 172

5.5 Some Basic Facts Consistent with the Model 180

5.6 Conclusion: The Heightened Clarity of Grammatical Speech 184

Chapter 6 Basic Evidence for the Model 187

6.1 Pseudosyntax 187

6.2 Meaning 203

6.3 Real Syntax 209

6.4 Introspection and Sentence Processing 226

Chapter 7 Canonical Sentence Templates 247

7.1 Reduced Relative Clauses out of Context 248

7.2 Reduced Relative Clauses in Context 273

7.3 Full Relative Clauses 286

7.4 Direct-Object/Sentential Complement 293

7.5 Sentential Complement/Relative Clause 300

7.6 Direct Object/Subject 305

7.7 Conjoined Noun Phrase/Coordinate Clause 312

7.8 Interactions of Complex Subcategorizations 313

Chapter 8 Conceptual Knowledge, Modularity, and Discourse 317

8.1 Parallel Syntactic and Semantic Analyses 317

8.2 Intersentential Contexts 324

8.3 Sentence-Internal Contexts and Connectives 335

8.4 Conclusion: Representations, Discourses, and Modules 359

Chapter 9 Relation to Other Systems of Language Use 361

9.1 Acquisition and Comprehension 361

9.2 Neurological Evidence for the Model 377

Chapter 10 Implications 399

10.2 Cognitive Architecture, the Grain Problem, and Consciousness 403.

Notes:

"A Bradford book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-432) and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Townsend, David J. Sentence comprehension.

ISBN:

9780262316156

0262316153

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