Time and Again: Theoretical Perspectives on Formal Linguistics : in Honor of D. Terence LangendoenWilliam D. Lewis This volume is a collection of papers that highlights some recurring themes that have surfaced in the generative tradition in linguistics over the past 40 years. The volume is more than a historical take on a theoretical tradition; rather, it is also a "compass" pointing to exciting new empirical directions inspired by generative theory. In fact, the papers show a progression from core theoretical concerns to data-driven experimental investigation and can be divided roughly into two categories: those that follow a syntactic and theoretical course, and those that follow an experimental or applied path. Many of the papers revisit long-standing or recurring themes in the generative tradition, some of which seek experimental validation or refutation. The merger of theoretical and experimental concerns makes this volume stand out, but it is also forward looking in that it addresses the recent concerns of the creation and consumption of data across the discipline. |
Contents
1 Inverse reflexives | 3 |
2 On the nature of the approximative expression numodd | 37 |
Experimental pragmatics and understood elements of content | 55 |
An overview and a critique | 91 |
Part 2 Psycholinguistics | 119 |
How similar do coordinates and subordinates look to the comprehension system? | 121 |
6 The effect of case marking on subjectverb agreement errors in English | 135 |
The mudpuddle study and beyond | 151 |
Part 3 Language as a formal system | 207 |
10 Onelevel finitestate phonology | 209 |
11 Biolinguistics today and Platonism yesterday | 227 |
Part 4 Standards | 233 |
The paradox of freedom through standards | 235 |
13 Sherwin Codys school of English | 251 |
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The series Linguistik AktuellLinguistics Today | 266 |
8 Frequency effects in childrens syntactic and morphological development | 177 |
The development of determiners | 189 |
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Adult stimulus agreement errors Albanian Alexiadou analysis anaphor anteceded argued argument AS-Nominals Bock Borer c-command Cambridge Child Language Chomsky clause clitic Cody Cody’s Cognition conjunction reduction constraints construction context coordinate structures derived described determiners direct object discussion effects elements ellipsis English example experiment experimental fact frequency functional grammatical Harriet to Arthur impliciture interpretation involved Langendoen language acquisition lexical lexical categories lexicalist Linguistic Inquiry Lust Malden MA markedness minimal mixed morphemes morphological nominals notion noun NUM-odd expression pattern phonological phrasal coordinations phrasal forms phrase plural position Postal pragmatic Principle processing pronoun regular regular expressions relation relative clauses relevant representation Roeper role salvageable scalar semantic sentence sentential coordinations sentential forms singular speakers speech standards subject reflexive subject-verb agreement subordinate suffix suggest syntactic syntactic categories syntax theory tion types ungrammatical University Valian verb vowel words