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Efficiency and complexity in grammars /
John Hawkins demonstrates a clear link between how languages are used and the conventions of their grammars. He sets out a theory in which performance shapes grammars and accounts for the variation patterns found in the world's languages.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2004.
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| Colección: | Oxford linguistics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Linguistic Forms, Properties, and Efficient Signaling; 3 Defining the Efficiency Principles and their Predictions; 4 More on Form Minimization; 5 Adjacency Effects Within Phrases; 6 Minimal Forms in Complements/Adjuncts and Proximity; 7 Relative Clause and Wh-movement Universals; 8 Symmetries, Asymmetric Dependencies, and Earliness Effects; 9 Conclusions; References; Author Index; Language Index; Subject Index.