Combinatory linguistics / by Cem Bozşahin.

The book examines to what extent the mediating relation between constituents and their semantics can arise from combinatory knowledge of words. It traces the roots of Combinatory Categorial Grammar, and uses the theory to promote a Humean question in linguistics and cognitive science: Why do we see...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Bozşahin, Cem
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, 2012.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • List of Tables
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Order as constituent constructor
  • Chapter 3. The lexicon, argumenthood and combinators
  • Chapter 4. Syntacticizing the combinators
  • Chapter 5. Combinatory Categorial Grammar
  • Chapter 6. The LF debate
  • Chapter 7. Further constraints on possible grammars
  • Chapter 8. A BTSO system
  • Chapter 9. The semantic radar
  • Chapter 10. Monadic computation by CCG
  • Chapter 11. Conclusion
  • Appendices
  • Notes
  • Bibliography.