Language learnability and language development [[electronic resource] /] / Steven Pinker
| Language learnability and language development [[electronic resource] /] / Steven Pinker |
| Autore | Pinker Steven <1954-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1984 |
| Descrizione fisica | xi, 435 p |
| Disciplina |
401/.9
401/.93 |
| Collana | Cognitive science series |
| Soggetto topico |
Language acquisition
Psycholinguistics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-674-51055-0
0-674-04217-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Language Learnability and Language Development Revisited -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Acquisition Theory: Assumptions and Postulates -- 3. Phrase Structure Rules -- 4. Phrase Structure Rules: Developmental Considerations -- 5. Inflection -- 6. Complementation and Control -- 7. Auxiliaries -- 8. Lexical Entries and Lexical Rules -- 9. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index |
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Language learnability and language development [[electronic resource] /] / Steven Pinker
| Language learnability and language development [[electronic resource] /] / Steven Pinker |
| Autore | Pinker Steven <1954-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1984 |
| Descrizione fisica | xi, 435 p |
| Disciplina |
401/.9
401/.93 |
| Collana | Cognitive science series |
| Soggetto topico |
Language acquisition
Psycholinguistics |
| ISBN |
0-674-51055-0
0-674-04217-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Language Learnability and Language Development Revisited -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Acquisition Theory: Assumptions and Postulates -- 3. Phrase Structure Rules -- 4. Phrase Structure Rules: Developmental Considerations -- 5. Inflection -- 6. Complementation and Control -- 7. Auxiliaries -- 8. Lexical Entries and Lexical Rules -- 9. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index |
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Pinker Steven <1954->
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| Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1984 | ||
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Language learnability and language development / / Steven Pinker
| Language learnability and language development / / Steven Pinker |
| Autore | Pinker Steven <1954-> |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1984 |
| Descrizione fisica | xi, 435 p |
| Disciplina |
401/.9
401/.93 |
| Collana | Cognitive science series |
| Soggetto topico |
Language acquisition
Psycholinguistics |
| ISBN |
0-674-51055-0
0-674-04217-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Language Learnability and Language Development Revisited -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Acquisition Theory: Assumptions and Postulates -- 3. Phrase Structure Rules -- 4. Phrase Structure Rules: Developmental Considerations -- 5. Inflection -- 6. Complementation and Control -- 7. Auxiliaries -- 8. Lexical Entries and Lexical Rules -- 9. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index |
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Pinker Steven <1954->
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| Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1984 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Language learnability and language development / / Steven Pinker
| Language learnability and language development / / Steven Pinker |
| Autore | Pinker Steven <1954-> |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1984 |
| Descrizione fisica | xi, 435 p |
| Disciplina |
401/.9
401/.93 |
| Collana | Cognitive science series |
| Soggetto topico |
Language acquisition
Psycholinguistics |
| ISBN |
9780674510555
0674510550 9780674042179 0674042174 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Language Learnability and Language Development Revisited -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Acquisition Theory: Assumptions and Postulates -- 3. Phrase Structure Rules -- 4. Phrase Structure Rules: Developmental Considerations -- 5. Inflection -- 6. Complementation and Control -- 7. Auxiliaries -- 8. Lexical Entries and Lexical Rules -- 9. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index |
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| Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1984 | ||
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Learnability and cognition [[electronic resource] ] : the acquisition of argument structure / / Steven Pinker ; [with a new preface, "The secret life of verbs," by the author]
| Learnability and cognition [[electronic resource] ] : the acquisition of argument structure / / Steven Pinker ; [with a new preface, "The secret life of verbs," by the author] |
| Autore | Pinker Steven <1954-> |
| Edizione | [New ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (509 p.) |
| Disciplina | 401/.9 |
| Collana | Learning, development, and conceptual change |
| Soggetto topico |
Language acquisition
Grammar, Comparative and general Semantics Learning ability Child psychology |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-262-31427-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Series Foreword; The Secret Life of Verbs: A Preface to the New Edition; Acknowledgments; 1 A Learnability Paradox; 1.1 Argument Structure and the Lexicon; 1.2 The Logical Problem of Language Acquisition; 1.3 Baker's Paradox; 1.4 Attempted Solutions to Baker's Paradox; 2 Constraints on Lexical Rules; 2.1 Morphological and Phonological Constraints; 2.2 Semantic Constraints; 2.3 How Semantic and Morphological Constraints Might Resolve Baker's Paradox; 2.4 Evidence for Criteria-Governed Productivity; 2.5 Problems for the Criteria-Governed Productivity Theory
3 Constraints and the Nature of Argument Structure3.1 Overview: Why Lexical Rules Carry Semantic Constraints; 3.2 Constraints on Lexical Rules as Manifestations of More General Phenomena; 3.3 A Theory of Argument Structure; 3.4 On Universality; 4 Possible and Actual Forms; 4.1 The Problem of Negative Exceptions; 4.2 Transitive Action Verbs as Evidence for Narrow Subclasses; 4.3 The Nature of Narrow Conflation Classes; 4.4 Defining and Motivating Subclasses of Verbs Licensing the Four Alternations; 4.5 The Relation between Narrow-Range and Broad-Range Rules; 5 Representation 5.1 The Need for a Theory of Lexicosemantic Representation5.2 Is a Theory of Lexical Semantics Feasible?; 5.3 Evidence for a Semantic Subsystem Underlying Verb Meanings; 5.4 A Cross-linguistic Inventory of Components of Verb Meaning; 5.5 A Theory of the Representation of Grammatically Relevant Semantic Structures; 5.6 Explicit Representations of Lexical Rules and Lexicosemantic Structures; 5.7 Summary; 6 Learning; 6.1 Linking Rules; 6.2 Lexical Semantic Structures; 6.3 Broad Conflation Classes (Thematic Cores) and Broad-Range Lexical Rules 6.4 Narrow Conflation Classes and Narrow-Range Lexical Rules6.5 Summary of Learning Mechanisms; 7 Development; 7.1 Developmental Sequence for Argument Structure Alternations; 7.2 The Unlearning Problem; 7.3 Children's Argument Structure Changing Rules Are Always Semantically Conditioned; 7.4 Do Children's Errors Have the Same Cause as Adults'?; 7.5 Acquisition of Verb Meaning and Errors in Argument Structure; 7.6 Some Predictions about the Acquisition of Narrow-Range Rules; 7.7 Summary of Development; 8 Conclusions; 8.1 A Brief Summary of the Resolution of the Paradox 8.2 Argument Structure as a Pointer Between Syntactic Structure and Propositions: A Brief Comparison with a "Connectionist" Alternative8.3 The Autonomy of Semantic Representation; 8.4 Implications for the Semantic Bootstrapping Hypothesis; 8.5 Conservatism, Listedness, and the Lexicon; 8.6 Spatial Schemas and Abstract Thought; Notes; References; Index |
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Pinker Steven <1954->
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| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, 2013 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Learnability and cognition : the acquisition of argument structure / / Steven Pinker
| Learnability and cognition : the acquisition of argument structure / / Steven Pinker |
| Autore | Pinker Steven <1954-> |
| Edizione | [New ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA, : The MIT Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (509 p.) |
| Disciplina | 401/.9 |
| Collana | Learning, development, and conceptual change |
| Soggetto topico |
Language acquisition
Grammar, Comparative and general Semantics Learning ability Child psychology |
| Soggetto non controllato |
COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General
COGNITIVE SCIENCES/Psychology/Cognitive Psychology LINGUISTICS & LANGUAGE/General |
| ISBN |
0-262-31428-2
0-262-31427-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Series Foreword; The Secret Life of Verbs: A Preface to the New Edition; Acknowledgments; 1 A Learnability Paradox; 1.1 Argument Structure and the Lexicon; 1.2 The Logical Problem of Language Acquisition; 1.3 Baker's Paradox; 1.4 Attempted Solutions to Baker's Paradox; 2 Constraints on Lexical Rules; 2.1 Morphological and Phonological Constraints; 2.2 Semantic Constraints; 2.3 How Semantic and Morphological Constraints Might Resolve Baker's Paradox; 2.4 Evidence for Criteria-Governed Productivity; 2.5 Problems for the Criteria-Governed Productivity Theory
3 Constraints and the Nature of Argument Structure3.1 Overview: Why Lexical Rules Carry Semantic Constraints; 3.2 Constraints on Lexical Rules as Manifestations of More General Phenomena; 3.3 A Theory of Argument Structure; 3.4 On Universality; 4 Possible and Actual Forms; 4.1 The Problem of Negative Exceptions; 4.2 Transitive Action Verbs as Evidence for Narrow Subclasses; 4.3 The Nature of Narrow Conflation Classes; 4.4 Defining and Motivating Subclasses of Verbs Licensing the Four Alternations; 4.5 The Relation between Narrow-Range and Broad-Range Rules; 5 Representation 5.1 The Need for a Theory of Lexicosemantic Representation5.2 Is a Theory of Lexical Semantics Feasible?; 5.3 Evidence for a Semantic Subsystem Underlying Verb Meanings; 5.4 A Cross-linguistic Inventory of Components of Verb Meaning; 5.5 A Theory of the Representation of Grammatically Relevant Semantic Structures; 5.6 Explicit Representations of Lexical Rules and Lexicosemantic Structures; 5.7 Summary; 6 Learning; 6.1 Linking Rules; 6.2 Lexical Semantic Structures; 6.3 Broad Conflation Classes (Thematic Cores) and Broad-Range Lexical Rules 6.4 Narrow Conflation Classes and Narrow-Range Lexical Rules6.5 Summary of Learning Mechanisms; 7 Development; 7.1 Developmental Sequence for Argument Structure Alternations; 7.2 The Unlearning Problem; 7.3 Children's Argument Structure Changing Rules Are Always Semantically Conditioned; 7.4 Do Children's Errors Have the Same Cause as Adults'?; 7.5 Acquisition of Verb Meaning and Errors in Argument Structure; 7.6 Some Predictions about the Acquisition of Narrow-Range Rules; 7.7 Summary of Development; 8 Conclusions; 8.1 A Brief Summary of the Resolution of the Paradox 8.2 Argument Structure as a Pointer Between Syntactic Structure and Propositions: A Brief Comparison with a "Connectionist" Alternative8.3 The Autonomy of Semantic Representation; 8.4 Implications for the Semantic Bootstrapping Hypothesis; 8.5 Conservatism, Listedness, and the Lexicon; 8.6 Spatial Schemas and Abstract Thought; Notes; References; Index |
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Pinker Steven <1954->
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| Cambridge, MA, : The MIT Press, 2013 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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