30.1801, Qs: Matrices in Linguistics

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LINGUIST List: Vol-30-1801. Sat Apr 27 2019. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 30.1801, Qs: Matrices in Linguistics

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Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2019 03:23:50
From: David Denison [david.denison at manchester.ac.uk]
Subject: Matrices in Linguistics

 
Randolph Quirk's 1965 paper on serial relationship (Language 41.2, 205-17)
employed matrices with an array of pluses, minuses and sometimes question
marks to display the relationship between items and properties. 

Was he the first to use this device in discussion of grammar? And if Quirk was
(one of) the first to use matrices like this, had there been earlier examples
elsewhere in linguistics, for example feature matrices in phonology? 

I'd be grateful for pointers to early uses. I can summarise to the list if of
interest to others. Thanks.

David
 

Linguistic Field(s): History of Linguistics



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