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The structural design of language /
"One of the most important principles which underlies biolinguistics is that Turing's thesis must be satisfied: the structural design of biological systems obey physical and mathematical laws. Whilst much work has been done to identify the components of language, surprisingly little attent...
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 The biolinguistic turn; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Theory-shaping; 1.3 Minimalism and the design of the Faculty of Language; 1.4 Re-shaping theory; 1.5 A new direction for Minimalism; 1.6 Final remarks; 2 The structure of the Lexicon; 2.1 Introduction: compositional and relational problems; 2.2 A biolinguistic interlude on lexical composition; 2.3 The compositional problem: Just how much featural composition do lexical items need?; 2.4 Feature hierarchies; 2.5 Consequences; 3 Constructing the Numeration.
- 3.1 Introduction: Addressing the relational problem3.2 Dealing with crashes; 3.3 Crashes and the Numeration; 3.4 The Numeration in Survive-minimalism; 3.5 So where's the Lexicon?; 3.6 The necessity of a WorkBench; 3.7 Final thoughts; 4 Copy and the computational system; 4.1 A biolinguistic reprise; 4.2 Preliminary remarks on syntax; 4.3 "Phrase structure rules": from Merge to Copy; 4.4 Syntactic derivation, Survive-style; 4.5 Consequences of our analysis of structure-building operations; 5 Some structural consequences for derivations; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 A thematic prelude.
- 5.3 Understanding adjuncts5.4 Coordinate structures; 5.5 Conclusion; Appendix: features, crashes, and derivations; 6 Observations on performance system interpretations; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Interpreting syntactic representations; 6.3 Binding-theoretic considerations; 6.4 Scope, Survive-style; 6.5 Syntax-semantic mapping issues; 6.6 Conclusion; 7 Conclusions and challenges; 7.1 General conclusions; 7.2 Specific challenges; Notes; Chapter 1 The biolinguistic turn; Chapter 2 The structure of the lexicon; Chapter 3 Constructing the numeration; Chapter 4 Copy and the computational system.
- Chapter 5 Some structural consequences for derivationsChapter 6 Observations of performance system interpretations; References; Index.