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6. Recursion and the infinitude claim
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Geoffrey K. Pullum
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Table of Contents v
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Part I. Discussing the need for recursion on empirical grounds
- 1. Pirahã – in need of recursive syntax? 1
- 2. The fluidity of recursion and its implications 17
- 3. Syntactic recursion and iteration 43
- 4. Recursion in conversation: What speakers of Finnish and Japanese know how to do 69
- 5. What do you think is the proper place of recursion? Conceptual and empirical issues 93
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Part II. Formal Issues
- 6. Recursion and the infinitude claim 111
- 7. Just how big are natural languages? 139
- 8. Recursion, infinity, and modeling 147
- 9. How recursive is language? A Bayesian exploration 159
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Part III. Evolutionary Perspectives
- 10. Was recursion the key step in the evolution of the human language faculty? 177
- 11. When clauses refuse to be recursive: An evolutionary perspective 193
- 12. The use of formal language theory in studies of artificial language learning: A proposal for distinguishing the differences between human and nonhuman animal learners 213
- 13. Over the top: Recursion as a functional option 233
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Part IV. Recursion and the Lexicon
- 14. Lack of recursion in the lexicon: The two-argument restriction 245
- 15. Kinds of recursion in Adyghe morphology 263
- 16. Recursion and the Lexicon 285
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Part V. Recursion outside Syntax
- 17. A note on recursion in phonology 299
- 18. Cognitive grouping and recursion in prosody 343
- 19. Becoming recursive: Toward a computational neuroscience account of recursion in language and thought 371
- 20. Recursion in severe agrammatism 393
- Backmatter 407
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Table of Contents v
-
Part I. Discussing the need for recursion on empirical grounds
- 1. Pirahã – in need of recursive syntax? 1
- 2. The fluidity of recursion and its implications 17
- 3. Syntactic recursion and iteration 43
- 4. Recursion in conversation: What speakers of Finnish and Japanese know how to do 69
- 5. What do you think is the proper place of recursion? Conceptual and empirical issues 93
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Part II. Formal Issues
- 6. Recursion and the infinitude claim 111
- 7. Just how big are natural languages? 139
- 8. Recursion, infinity, and modeling 147
- 9. How recursive is language? A Bayesian exploration 159
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Part III. Evolutionary Perspectives
- 10. Was recursion the key step in the evolution of the human language faculty? 177
- 11. When clauses refuse to be recursive: An evolutionary perspective 193
- 12. The use of formal language theory in studies of artificial language learning: A proposal for distinguishing the differences between human and nonhuman animal learners 213
- 13. Over the top: Recursion as a functional option 233
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Part IV. Recursion and the Lexicon
- 14. Lack of recursion in the lexicon: The two-argument restriction 245
- 15. Kinds of recursion in Adyghe morphology 263
- 16. Recursion and the Lexicon 285
-
Part V. Recursion outside Syntax
- 17. A note on recursion in phonology 299
- 18. Cognitive grouping and recursion in prosody 343
- 19. Becoming recursive: Toward a computational neuroscience account of recursion in language and thought 371
- 20. Recursion in severe agrammatism 393
- Backmatter 407