LEADER 04982nam 2200577 450 001 9910812502103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-153861-2 035 $a(CKB)2550000001203511 035 $a(EBL)430555 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC430555 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL430555 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11303450 035 $a(OCoLC)654591002 035 $a(BIP)014225173 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001203511 100 $a20161129h20082008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aI-language $ean introduction to linguistics as cognitive science /$fDaniela Isac and Charles Reiss 210 1$aOxford, [England] :$cOxford University Press,$d2008. 210 4$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (333 p.) 225 1 $aOxford Linguistics 225 1 $aOxford Core Linguistics 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-953419-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Figures; PART I: The Object of Inquiry; 1 What is I-language?; 1.1 Jumping in; 1.2 Equivalence classes; 1.3 Partial reduplication in Samoan; 1.4 Mentalism; 1.5 I-language; 1.6 Some implications of mentalism; 1.7 Summing up; 1.8 Exercises; 2 I-everything: Triangles, streams, words; 2.1 A triangle built by the mind; 2.2 More visual construction; 2.3 Auditory scene analysis; 2.4 Words are built by the mind; 2.5 Summing up; 2.6 Exercises; 3 Approaches to the study of language; 3.1 Commonsense views of "language"; 3.2 I-language 327 $a3.3 The kind of stuff we look at3.4 Methodological dualism; 3.5 Biolinguistics; 3.6 And so?; 3.7 Exercises; 4 I-/E-/P-Language; 4.1 Computation in phonology; 4.2 Extensional equivalence; 4.3 Non-internalist approaches; 4.4 How is communication possible?; 4.5 Exercises; PART II: Linguistic Representation and Computation; 5 A syntactic theory that won't work; 5.1 General requirements on grammars; 5.2 Finite state languages; 5.3 Discussion; 5.4 Power of grammars; 5.5 Exercises; 6 Abstract representations; 6.1 Abstractness; 6.2 Abstractness of sentence structure; 6.3 Allophony 327 $a6.4 Turkish vowel harmony6.5 Words are not derived from words; 6.6 Think negative; 6.7 Summing up; 6.8 Exercises; 7 Some details of sentence structure; 7.1 Basic syntactic categories; 7.2 Syntactic constituents; 7.3 Labels and phrasal categories; 7.4 Predicting syntactic patterns; 7.5 Using trees to predict reaction times; 7.6 To sum up; 7.7 Exercises; 8 Binding; 8.1 Preliminaries; 8.2 Anaphors; 8.3 Pronouns and "referential expressions"; 8.4 Some implications; 8.5 Binding and wh-movement; 8.6 Non-structural factors in interpretation; 8.7 Exercises; 9 Ergativity; 9.1 Preliminaries 327 $a9.2 A nominative-accusative system9.3 An ergative-absolutive system; 9.4 A tense-split system; 9.5 A nominal-verbal mismatch; 9.6 A NP-split system; 9.7 Language, thought and culture; 9.8 Exercises; PART III: Universal Grammar; 10 Approaches to UG: Empirical evidence; 10.1 On the plausibility of innate knowledge; 10.2 More negative thoughts; 10.3 Exercises; 11 Approaches to UG: Logic; 11.1 Let's play cards; 11.2 Where does this leave us?; 11.3 Building blocks in other domains; 11.4 Exercises; PART IV: Implications and Conclusions; 12 Social implications 327 $a12.1 Prescriptive vs. descriptive grammar12.2 Negation; 12.3 Change is constant; 12.4 Exercises; 13 Some philosophy; 13.1 Rationalism and empiricism; 13.2 Competence and performance; 13.3 Reference; 13.4 Essentialism; 13.5 Mind and body; 13.6 A view from neuroscience; 13.7 Exercises; 14 Open questions and closing remarks; 14.1 You and your grammar; 14.2 Retracing the links among key -isms; 14.3 Bearing on philosophical questions; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W 330 $aThe book introduces the major branches of theoretical linguistics - phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics - in the context of cognitive science, with reference to fields such as vision, auditory perception and philosophy of mind. - ;I-Language introduces the uninitiated to linguistics as cognitive science. In an engaging, down-to-earth style Daniela Isac and Charles Reiss give a crystal-clear demonstration of the application of the scientific method in linguistic theory. Their presentation of the research programme inspired and led by Noam Chomsky shows how the focus of theory and research 410 0$aOxford linguistics. 410 0$aOxford core linguistics. 606 $aLinguistics 615 0$aLinguistics. 676 $a410 700 $aIsac$b Daniela$01110397 702 $aReiss$b Charles 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812502103321 996 $aI-language$94074391 997 $aUNINA