16.341, Books: Linguistic Theories: Hawkins

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Date: 21-Jan-2005
From: Jared Wright < jared.wright at oup.com >
Subject: Efficiency and Complexity in Grammars: Hawkins

	
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Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 10:54:11
From: Jared Wright < jared.wright at oup.com >
Subject: Efficiency and Complexity in Grammars: Hawkins




Title: Efficiency and Complexity in Grammars
Publication Year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press
	   http://www.oup.com/us
	

Book URL: http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/?view=usa&ci=0199252696


Author: John A. Hawkins, University of Southern California

Hardback: ISBN: 0199252688 Pages: 328 Price: U.S. $ 115.00
Paperback: ISBN: 0199252696 Pages: 328 Price: U.S. $ 45.00


Abstract:

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. He backs this up with evidence from a wide array
of languages. He also considers the profound consequences of this
correspondence for explanations of language change and evolution, and for
models of performance and acquisition. His book is of fundamental
importance for linguistic theory.

This book will interest researchers in linguistics (including typology and
universals, syntax, grammatical theory, historical linguistics, functional
linguistics, and corpus linguistics), psycholinguistics (including parsing,
production, and acquisition), computational linguistics (including
language-evolution modelling and electronic corpus development); and
cognitive science (including the modeling of the performance-competence
relationship, pragmatics, and relevance theory).



Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     Computational Linguistics
                     Historical Linguistics
                     Linguistic Theories
                     Pragmatics
                     Psycholinguistics
                     Syntax
                     Text/Corpus Linguistics
                     Typology


Written In: English  (ENG)
	
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