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Grammar in Mind and Brain : Explorations in Cognitive Syntax

Explorations in Cognitive Syntax

By: Paul D. Deane

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Hardcover | 1 December 1991

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Non-Fiction Language & Linguistics Linguistics Psycholinguistics Grammar, Syntax & Morphology Language Learning & Teaching Language Teaching & Learning Material & Coursework Grammar, Vocabulary & Pronunciation

Island constraints as evidence for a cognitive theory of grammar	p. 1
The fundamental issues	p. 1
Syntactic autonomy: empirical issues	p. 4
Alternatives to autonomy: functional and cognitive accounts	p. 22
Attention and extraction	p. 34
An alternative to strict modularity	p. 45
An integrated cognitive theory	p. 55
Cognitive architecture	p. 55
Knowledge representation	p. 57
Storage and retrieval from declarative memory	p. 78
Productions, relevance, and the matching process	p. 81
Categorization and polysemy: a case study	p. 88
The Spatialization of Form Hypothesis	p. 95
The cognitive grounding of syntactic knowledge	p. 95
Grammatical projections of the link schema	p. 97
Linkage, immediate constituency, and grammatical relations	p. 102
Hierarchical structure	p. 117
Constituency and accessibility: the concepts of c-command and government	p. 128
Applications of the theory to English syntax	p. 137
Declarative memory for syntax	p. 137
Interactions among schemata	p. 142
The syntactic function of productions	p. 164
More prototype effects: 'believe'- and 'want'-class verbs	p. 179
Attention and grammar	p. 187
Topic and focus potential	p. 187
Entrenchment hierarchies	p. 194
The Silverstein Hierarchy as an entrenchment hierarchy	p. 199
Further evidence: viewpoint and reflexivization	p. 205
Further evidence: ease of acquisition	p. 224
Further evidence: directionality of metaphoric transfer	p. 231
Other entrenchment hierarchies	p. 236
Island constraints again	p. 237
Neurological implications of the theory	p. 251
Background	p. 251
Neurological implications: the Parietal Hypothesis	p. 257
Aphasia and the Parietal Hypothesis	p. 271
Further implications	p. 296
Notes	p. 301
Bibliography	p. 311
Index	p. 329
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