Parsing and Linguistic Explanation

This article summarizes and extends recent results linking deterministic parsing to observed "locality principles" in syntax. It also argues that grammatical theories based on explicit phrase structure rules are unlikely to provide comparable explanations of why natural languages are...

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Main Authors: Berwick, Robert C., Weinberg, Amy S.
Language:en_US
Published: 2004
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/5617