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Recursion: A Computational Investigation into the Representation and Processing of Language (Oxford Studies in Biolinguistics)
David J. Lobina
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Description for Recursion: A Computational Investigation into the Representation and Processing of Language (Oxford Studies in Biolinguistics)
Hardcover. The book examines one of the most contested topics in linguistics and cognitive science: the role of recursion in language. It offers a precise account of what recursion is, what role it should play in cognitive theories of human knowledge, and how it manifests itself in the mental representations of language and other cognitive domains. Series: Oxford Studies in Biolinguistics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; CFD; CFK; CFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
This book provides a comprehensive account of the role of recursion in language in two distinct but interconnected ways. First, David J. Lobina examines how recursion applies at different levels within a full description of natural language. Specifically, he identifies and evaluates recursion as: a) a central property of the computational system underlying the faculty of language; b) a possible feature of the derivations yielded by this computational system; c) a global characteristic of the structures generated by the language faculty; and d) a probable factor in the parsing operations employed during the processing of recursive structures. Second, the ... Read more
This book provides a comprehensive account of the role of recursion in language in two distinct but interconnected ways. First, David J. Lobina examines how recursion applies at different levels within a full description of natural language. Specifically, he identifies and evaluates recursion as: a) a central property of the computational system underlying the faculty of language; b) a possible feature of the derivations yielded by this computational system; c) a global characteristic of the structures generated by the language faculty; and d) a probable factor in the parsing operations employed during the processing of recursive structures. Second, the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Oxford Studies in Biolinguistics
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
246
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198785156
SKU
V9780198785156
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About David J. Lobina
David J. Lobina is a Juan de la Cierva fellow in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Barcelona. He holds a PhD in cognitive science and language from the University of Barcelona and the University of Rovira i Virgili, and is a former Marie Curie fellow in the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford. He specializes in the ... Read more
Reviews for Recursion: A Computational Investigation into the Representation and Processing of Language (Oxford Studies in Biolinguistics)
it provides a novel way to probe the link between linguistic competence and performance, and the relation between recursion and Merge ... the book keeps the central principles of current biolinguistics by sticking to a bottom-up approach to syntactic building, and focusing on dynamic syntactic derivations. This may bring about dramatic and interesting changes in the thoughts of constructing syntactic ... Read more