书目

DynamicSyntax:TheFlowofLanguageUnderstanding

内容简介

Thisground-breakingvolumesetsoutanoriginalmodelofthedynamicsoflanguageprocessing,whichcanbeusedtoexplainthestructuralpropertiesoflanguageinasimpleandelegantway.Themodelisintroducedbothinformallyandformally,andisappliedtoarangeoflanguages.Alongsideformaldefinitions,theauthorsusestep-by-stepderivationsanddetailedlexicaldefinitionstoillustratethisnewformofsyntacticanalysisandtoshowhowthemodelcanbeappliedtoabroadrangeoflanguages.Inthisway,thereadergetsasenseoftherichpotentialtheframeworkprovidesforgeneralapplicationtolinguisticanalysis.Inbringingtogetherexplanationsofknowledgeoflanguage,andthewaylanguageisusedinparsing,thebookchallengesbasicassumptionsoflinguistictheory,andisanessentialreadforanyoneinterestedinwhatitmeanstoknowalanguage.

作者简介

RuthKempsonisLeverhulmeResearchProfessorofLinguisticsattheDepartmentofPhilosophy,King'sCollegeLondon.SheiseditorofMentalRepresentations(1988)andDeductionandLanguage(1995).WilfriedMeyer-ViolisLecturerintheDepartmentofPhilosophyatKing'sCollegeLondon.Heisalogicianwithabackgroundinpsychologywhohaspublishedoncognitivepsychologyandonclassical,intuitionisticandmodallogic.DovGabbayisProfessorofComputerScienceatKing'sCollegeLondon.Heisoneoftheworld'sforemostauthoritiesonnon-classicallogicsandtheirapplicationsincomputing.Hehaspublishedover170papersandbooksonthissubject,andinitiatedseveralcurrentlyactiveresearchareasinlogicandcomputation.

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