Title: Language down the garden path : the cognitive and biological basis for linguistic structures /
Authors: Sanz, Montserrat.; Laka, Itziar; Tanenhaus, Michael K.
Year: 2013
Subjects: Grammar, Comparative and general Word order.; Grammar, Comparative and general Sentences.; Grammar, Comparative and general Syntax.; Psycholinguistics.
Abstract: This text traces the lines of research that grew out of Thomas Bever's 'The Cognitive Basis of Linguistic Structures'. Leading scientists review over 40 years of debates on the factors at play in language comprehension, production, and acquisition; the current status of universals; and virtually every topic relevant in psycholinguistics since 1970.
Contents: Machine generated contents note: Reprint of "The cognitive basis for linguistic structures" / Thomas G. Bever -- 1.Sentence comprehension before and after 1970: Topics, debates, and techniques / Michael K. Tanenhaus -- 1.1.Introduction -- 1.2.CBLS: A serendipitous beginning -- 1.3.Setting the path for language-processing research -- 1.4.Factors at play in processing -- 1.5.More on the role of prediction and different sources of knowledge -- 1.6.Prosodic and working memory constraints in sentence parsing -- 1.7.Why is the agent-initial pattern preferred? -- 1.8.Universals, the syntax/semantics interface, and narrow syntax -- 1.9.The role of grammar in language processing -- 1.10.Uniquely linguistic? The neurocognitive perspective -- 1.11.Language acquisition and abstractness -- 1.12.Recapitulation -- 1.13.Using this book for a course -- 2.Anticipating the garden path: The horse raced past the barn ate the cake / Gerry T. M. Altmann -- 2.1.Introduction -- 2.2.Background --^