Efficiency and Complexity in Grammars

Name: Efficiency and Complexity in Grammars
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ISBN: 9780199252688

ISBN-10: 0199252688

ISBN-13: 9780199252688

Edition: 2004

Authors: John A. Hawkins

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John Hawkins demonstrates a clear link between how languages are used and the conventions of their grammars. He sets out a theory in which performance shapes grammars and accounts for the variation patterns found in the world's languages.

Book details

List price: $91.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/13/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 324
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.96" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English




Introduction



Linguistics Forms, Properties and Efficient Signaling



Defining the Efficiency Principles and their Predictions



More on Form Minimization



Adjacency Effects Within Phrases



Minimal Forms in complements/Adjuncts and Proximity



Relative Clause and Wh-movement Universals



Symmetries, Asymmetric Dependencies and Earliness Effects



Conclusions


Abbreviations


References


Index of Authors


Index of Languages


Subject Index