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Computing the sentence : a relevance-theoretical model of syntactic development / Anat Ninio.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ninio, Anat, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.
- Grammar, Comparative and general.
- Language acquisition--Methodology.
- Language acquisition.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- This book approaches syntactic development from a novel point of view, within the framework of Relevance Theory, using computer programming algorithms as heuristic models for the cognitive combinatory processes of syntax. It provides a novel perspective on our "predictive brain", on language structure, and on cross-linguistic variation.
- Contents:
- Computing the sentence
- Procedural syntax from scratch
- Syntax as code
- The development of procedural syntax
- Syntactic development by trial and error.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Online resource; title from home page (Oxford Academic, viewed March 4, 2026).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Ninio, Anat. Computing the sentence
- ISBN:
- 9780198907565
- 0198907567
- 9780198907527
- 0198907524
- 9780198907534
- 0198907532
- OCLC:
- 1543540945
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000301178
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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