Grammar in mind and brain : explorations in cognitive syntax /

Grammar in mind and brain : explorations in cognitive syntax /

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Author / Creator:Deane, Paul Douglas.
Imprint:Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1992.
Description:1 online resource (x, 355 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Cognitive linguistics research ; 2
Cognitive linguistics research ; 2.
Subject:
Cognitive grammar.
Grammar, Comparative and general.
Cognitive grammar.
Grammar, Comparative and general.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11165528
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ISBN:9783110886535
3110886537
3110131838
9783110131833
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-327) and index.
Other form:Print version: Deane, Paul Douglas. Grammar in mind and brain. Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1992
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Island constraints as evidence for a cognitive theory of grammar
  • 1.1. The fundamental issues
  • 1.2. Syntactic autonomy: empirical issues
  • 1.3. Alternatives to autonomy: functional and cognitive accounts
  • 1.4. Attention and extraction
  • 1.5. An alternative to strict modularity
  • 2. An integrated cognitive theory
  • 2.1. Cognitive architecture
  • 2.2. Knowledge representation
  • 2.3. Storage and retrieval from declarative memory
  • 2.4. Productions, relevance, and the matching process
  • 2.5. Categorization and polysemy: a case study
  • 3. The Spatialization of Form Hypothesis3.1. The cognitive grounding of syntactic knowledge
  • 3.2. Grammatical projections of the link schema
  • 3.3. Linkage, immediate constituency, and grammatical relations
  • 3.4. Hierarchical structure
  • 3.5. Constituency and accessibility: the concepts of c-command and government
  • 4. Applications of the theory to English syntax
  • 4.1. Declarative memory for syntax
  • 4.2. Interactions among schemata
  • 4.3. The syntactic function of productions
  • 4.4. More prototype effects: â€?believeâ€?- and â€?wantâ€?-class verbs
  • 5. Attention and grammar5.1. Topic and focus potential
  • 5.2. Entrenchment hierarchies
  • 5.3. The Silverstein Hierarchy as an entrenchment hierarchy
  • 5.4. Further evidence: viewpoint and reflexivization
  • 5.5. Further evidence: ease of acquisition
  • 5.6. Further evidence: directionality of metaphoric transfer
  • 5.7. Other entrenchment hierarchies
  • 5.8. Island constraints again
  • 6. Neurological implications of the theory
  • 6.1. Background
  • 6.2. Neurological implications: the Parietal Hypothesis
  • 6.3. Aphasia and the Parietal Hypothesis
  • 6.4. Further implicationsNotes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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