The structural design of language / Thomas S. Stroik, Michael T. Putnam.

"One of the most important principles which underlies biolinguistics is that Turing's thesis must be satisfied: the structural design of biological systems obey physical and mathematical laws. Whilst much work has been done to identify the components of language, surprisingly little attent...

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Main Author: Stroik, Thomas S.
Other Authors: Putnam, Michael T.
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Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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245 1 4 |a The structural design of language /  |c Thomas S. Stroik, Michael T. Putnam. 
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520 |a "One of the most important principles which underlies biolinguistics is that Turing's thesis must be satisfied: the structural design of biological systems obey physical and mathematical laws. Whilst much work has been done to identify the components of language, surprisingly little attention has been paid to examining and understanding the structural design of language itself, and how it satisfies Turing's thesis. The components of language must be somehow inter-structured to meet thresholds of simplicity, generality, naturalness and beauty, as well as of biological and conceptual necessity; but exactly how they do so has thus far been under-articulated. In this book, Stroik and Putnam investigate what this structure looks like, and argue that minimalist syntax has central importance. In so doing, radical new insights emerge into what the language faculty is, how language emerged in the species and how language is acquired by children"--  |c Provided by publisher 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references. 
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505 0 |a Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 The biolinguistic turn; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Theory-shaping; 1.3 Minimalism and the design of the Faculty of Language; 1.4 Re-shaping theory; 1.5 A new direction for Minimalism; 1.6 Final remarks; 2 The structure of the Lexicon; 2.1 Introduction: compositional and relational problems; 2.2 A biolinguistic interlude on lexical composition; 2.3 The compositional problem: Just how much featural composition do lexical items need?; 2.4 Feature hierarchies; 2.5 Consequences; 3 Constructing the Numeration. 
505 8 |a 3.1 Introduction: Addressing the relational problem3.2 Dealing with crashes; 3.3 Crashes and the Numeration; 3.4 The Numeration in Survive-minimalism; 3.5 So where's the Lexicon?; 3.6 The necessity of a WorkBench; 3.7 Final thoughts; 4 Copy and the computational system; 4.1 A biolinguistic reprise; 4.2 Preliminary remarks on syntax; 4.3 "Phrase structure rules": from Merge to Copy; 4.4 Syntactic derivation, Survive-style; 4.5 Consequences of our analysis of structure-building operations; 5 Some structural consequences for derivations; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 A thematic prelude. 
505 8 |a 5.3 Understanding adjuncts5.4 Coordinate structures; 5.5 Conclusion; Appendix: features, crashes, and derivations; 6 Observations on performance system interpretations; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Interpreting syntactic representations; 6.3 Binding-theoretic considerations; 6.4 Scope, Survive-style; 6.5 Syntax-semantic mapping issues; 6.6 Conclusion; 7 Conclusions and challenges; 7.1 General conclusions; 7.2 Specific challenges; Notes; Chapter 1 The biolinguistic turn; Chapter 2 The structure of the lexicon; Chapter 3 Constructing the numeration; Chapter 4 Copy and the computational system. 
505 8 |a Chapter 5 Some structural consequences for derivationsChapter 6 Observations of performance system interpretations; References; Index. 
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