Dynamical Grammar: Minimalism, Acquisition, and Change: 2 (Foundations of Syntax) - Hardcover

Culicover, Peter W.; Nowak, Andrzej

 
9780198700265: Dynamical Grammar: Minimalism, Acquisition, and Change: 2 (Foundations of Syntax)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0198700261 ISBN 13: 9780198700265
Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2003

Synopsis

This text explores the consequences for language acquisition, evolution and theory of taking the underlying architecture of the language faculty to be that of a dynamical system and examines whether a complex adaptive system can identify the categories, structures and rules of a language given access only to instances of grammatical utterances.

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About the Author

Peter W. Culicover is currently the Chair of the Department of Linguistics and Director of the Center for Cognitive Science at the Ohio State University. His current research is concerned with the architecture of the language faculty and its role in the dynamical aspects of language.

Andrzej Nowak is Associate Professor of Psychology at Florida Atlantic University. His research interests are modeling and computer simulation of social processes.

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Publisher
OUP Oxford
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0198700261
ISBN 13 
9780198700265
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
352

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