Linguistic Structure and Change: An Explanation from Language Processing - Couverture rigide

Berg, Thomas

 
9780198236726: Linguistic Structure and Change: An Explanation from Language Processing
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ISBN 10 : 0198236727 ISBN 13 : 9780198236726
Editeur : Clarendon Press, 1998

Synopsis

Thomas Berg challenges context-free theories of linguistics; he is concerned with the way the term 'explanation' is typically used in the discipline. He argues that real explanations cannot emerge from a view which asserts the autonomy of language, but only from an approach which seeks to establish a connection between language and the contexts in which it is embedded.

The author examines the psychological context in detail. He uses an interactiveactivation model of language processing to derive predictions about synchronic linguistic patterns, the course of linguistic change, and the structure of poetic rhymes. The majority of these predictions are borne out, leading the author to conclude that the structure of language is shaped by the properties of the mechanism which puts it to use, and that psycholinguistics thus qualifies as one likely approach from which to derive an explanation of linguistic structure.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Thomas Berg challenges context-free theories of linguistics; he is concerned with the way the term 'explanation' is typically used in the discipline. He argues that real explanations cannot emerge from a view which asserts the autonomy of language, but only from an approach which seeks to establish a connection between language and the contexts in which it is embedded. The author examines the psychological context in detail. He uses an interactiveactivation model of language processing to derive predictions about synchronic linguistic patterns, the course of linguistic change, and the structure of poetic rhymes. The majority of these predictions are borne out, leading the author to conclude that the structure of language is shaped by the properties of the mechanism which puts it to use, and that psycholinguistics thus qualifies as one likely approach from which to derive an explanation of linguistic structure.

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Éditeur
Clarendon Press
Date d'édition
1998
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0198236727
ISBN 13 
9780198236726
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
352
Coordonnées du fabricant
Oxford University Press
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ISBN 10 :  0198299850 ISBN 13 :  9780198299851
Editeur : Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 2001
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