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Phonology without Universal Grammar [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2015 The question of identifying the properties of language that are specific human linguistic abilities, i.e. Universal Grammar, lies at the center of linguistic research.
Diana eArchangeli +2 more
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ULTRA: Universal Grammar as a Universal Parser [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 A central concern of generative grammar is the relationship between hierarchy and word order, traditionally understood as two dimensions of a single syntactic representation. A related concern is directionality in the grammar.
David P. Medeiros
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The Universal Grammar of Evolution [PDF]
Философия и космология, 2022 The evolution (sensu lato) of the cosmos can be divided in three phases: cosmological evolution (sensu stricto), biological evolution and cultural evolution. Analogies between biological and cultural evolution date from the nineteenth century although it
Koen B. Tanghe, Sylvain Billiard
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Universal Grammar is a universal grammar [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2014 Language is the most distinctive feature of humans, but there is no consensus on what is characteristic of language. From the point of view of computing, we argue that ‘the human brain circuitry that implements language is Turing complete’. This thesis makes evolutionary sense and natural languages are expressive enough, but two issues against it ...
Casares, Ramón
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Functionally Equivalent Variants in a Non-standard Variety and Their Implications for Universal Grammar: A Spontaneous Speech Corpus [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2017 Findings from the field of experimental linguistics have shown that a native speaker may judge a variant that is part of her grammar as unacceptable, but still use it productively in spontaneous speech.
Evelina Leivada +4 more
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Commentary: "An Evaluation of Universal Grammar and the Phonological Mind"—UG is still a viable hypothesis [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2016 Everett (2016b) criticizes The Phonological Mind thesis (Berent, 2013a, 2013b) on logical, methodological and empirical grounds. Most of Everett’s concerns are directed towards the hypothesis that the phonological grammar is constrained by universal ...
Iris Berent
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Revisiting Universal Grammar [PDF]
DELTA: Documentação de Estudos em Lingüística Teórica e Aplicada, 2000 This paper sketches various specific scenarios within the Principles and Parameter Theory under which the question of whether Universal Grammar remains accessible to second language learners should be addressed.
MEISEL Jürgen M.
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Sign Systems Studies, 2001 Review: Marcello Barbieri, The organic ...
Noam Chomsky
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Pragmatic languages with universal grammars [PDF]
Games and Economic Behavior, 2012 zbMATH Open Web Interface contents unavailable due to conflicting licenses.
Penelope Hernandez +2 more
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Language Sampling for Universal Grammars [PDF]
, 2011 In this paper we present a sampling algorithm for constrained strings representing the state of parameters of a universal grammar. This sampling algorithm has been used to assess statistical significance of the parametric comparison method, a new ...
Bortolussi, Luca, Sgarro, Andrea
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