16.1513, Books: Cog Science/Comp Ling/Lang Acquisition:Di Sciullo

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Date: 11-May-2005
From: Paul Peranteau < paul at benjamins.com >
Subject: UG and External Systems: Di Sciullo (Ed) 

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Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 12:02:26
From: Paul Peranteau < paul at benjamins.com >
Subject: UG and External Systems: Di Sciullo (Ed) 

Title: UG and External Systems 
Subtitle: Language, brain and computation 
Series Title: Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 75  

Publication Year: 2005 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=LA%2075 

Editor: Anna Maria Maria Di Sciullo, University of Quebec at Montreal

Hardback: ISBN: 1588116239 Pages: xviii, 398 Price: U.S. $ 162.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9027227993 Pages: xviii, 398 Price: Europe EURO 135.00

Abstract:

This book explores the interaction of the grammar with the external
systems, conceptual-intentional of the description of the book and
sensori-motor. The papers in the Language section include configurational
analyses of the interface properties of depictives, clitic clusters,
imperatives, conditionals, clefts, as well as asymmetries in the structure
of syllables and feet. The Brain section discusses questions related to
human learning and comprehension of language: the acquisition of compounds,
the acquisition of the definite article, the subject/object asymmetry in
the comprehension of D-Linked vs. non D-linked questions, the evidence for
syntactic asymmetries in American Sign Language, the acquisition of
syllable types, and the role of stress shift in the determination of phrase
ending. The papers in the Computation section present different
perspectives on how the properties of UG can be implemented in a parser;
implementations of different theories including configurational selection,
incorporation, and minimalism; and the role of statistical and quantitative
approaches in natural language processing. 

Table of contents

Introduction: UG and External Systems 
Anna Maria Di Sciullo vii-xviii 

Language   

Depictives: Syntactic and interpretive asymmetries 
Daniela Isac 3-26

On two issues related to the clitic clusters in Romance languages 
Stanca Somesfalean 27-53  

On the question of (non)-agreement in the uses of Russian imperatives 
Edit Jakab 55-72 

Computational puzzles of conditional clause preposing 
Nicola Munaro 73-94  

Clefts and tense asymmetries 
Manuela Ambar 95-127 

Generating configurational asymmetries in prosodic phonology 
Evan W. Mellander 128-151  

Brain 

Language learnability and the forms of recursion 
Thomas Roeper and William Snyder 155-169  

The autonomous contribution of syntax and pragmatics to the acquisition of
the Hebrew definite article 
Sharon Armon-Lotem and Idit Avram 171-183  

D(iscourse)-Linking and question formation: Comprehension effects in
children and Broca's aphasics 
Helen Goodluck 185-192  

Evidence from ASL and ÖGS for asymmetries in UG 
Ronnie B. Wilbur 193-212  

Acquisition of phonological empty categories: A case study of early child
Dutch 
Ning Pan and William Snyder 213-222

Prosodic cues during online processing of speech: Evidence from stress
shift in American English 
Matt Bauer 223-243  

Computation  

Morpho-syntax parsing 
Anna Maria Di Sciullo and Sandiway Fong 247-268 

A Minimalist implementation of Hale-Keyser incorporation theory 
Sourabh Niyogi and Robert C. Berwick 269-288  

Minimalist languages and the correct prefix property 
Henk Harkema 289-310  

Computation with probes and goals: A parsing perspective 
Sandiway Fong 311-333  

Deep & shallow linguistically based parsing: Parameterizing ambiguity in a
hybrid parser 
Rodolfo Delmonte 335-374  

Towards a quantitative theory of variability 
Philippe Blache 375-388 

Index  389-395 

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics
                     Discourse Analysis
                     Language Acquisition
                     Linguistic Theories
                     Phonology
                     Pragmatics
                     Sociolinguistics
                     Syntax
                     Cognitive Science
                     Generative Linguistics
                     Language Variation
                     Natural Language Processing
                     Sign Language Acquisition

Subject Language(s): American Sign Language (ASE)
                     Dutch (DUT)
                     English (ENG)
                     Hebrew (HBR)
                     Russian (RUS)

Language Family(ies): Romance

Written In: English  (ENG)

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