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15 produkter
Efficiency and Complexity in Grammars
E-bok, 2004
638 kr
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This book addresses a question fundamental to any discussion of grammatical theory and grammatical variation: to what extent can principles of grammar be explained through language use? John A. Hawkins argues that there is a profound correspondence between performance data and the fixed conventions …
Language and Music as Cognitive Systems
Av Ian Cross, John A. Hawkins m. fl.
E-bok, 2011
737 kr
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The past 15 years have witnessed an increasing interest in the comparative study of language and music as cognitive systems. Language and music are uniquely human traits, so it is not surprising that this interest spans practically all branches of cognitive science, including psychology, computer …
Language and Music as Cognitive Systems
Av Ian Cross, John A. Hawkins m. fl.
E-bok, 2011
737 kr
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The past 15 years have witnessed an increasing interest in the comparative study of language and music as cognitive systems. Language and music are uniquely human traits, so it is not surprising that this interest spans practically all branches of cognitive science, including psychology, computer …
Cross-Linguistic Variation and Efficiency
E-bok, 2014
504 kr
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In this book John A. Hawkins argues that major patterns of variation across languages are structured by general principles of efficiency in language use and communication. Evidence for these comes from languages permitting structural options from which selections are made in performance, e.g. …
Efficiency and Complexity in Grammars
Inbunden, 2004
1488 kr
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This book addresses a question fundamental to any discussion of grammatical theory and grammatical variation: to what extent can principles of grammar be explained through language use? John A. Hawkins argues that there is a profound correspondence between performance data and the fixed conventions …
Efficiency and Complexity in Grammars
Häftad, 2004
1280 kr
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This book addresses a question fundamental to any discussion of grammatical theory and grammatical variation: to what extent can principles of grammar be explained through language use? John A. Hawkins argues that there is a profound correspondence between performance data and the fixed conventions …
Language and Music as Cognitive Systems
Av Patrick Rebuschat, Martin Rohrmeier m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
1199 kr
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The past 15 years have witnessed an increasing interest in the comparative study of language and music as cognitive systems. Language and music are uniquely human traits, so it is not surprising that this interest spans practically all branches of cognitive science, including psychology, computer …
Cross-Linguistic Variation and Efficiency
Inbunden, 2014
2096 kr
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This is an open access title. It is available to read and download as a free PDF version on Oxford Academic and is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license.In this book John A. Hawkins argues that major patterns of variation across …
Cross-Linguistic Variation and Efficiency
Häftad, 2014
786 kr
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This is an open access title. It is available to read and download as a free PDF version on Oxford Academic and is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license.L In this book John A. Hawkins argues that major patterns of variation across …
Criterial Features in L2 English
Specifying the Reference Levels of the Common European Framework
Av John A. Hawkins, Luna Filipović m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
1104 kr
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This volume introduces a new concept, 'criterial features', for the learning, teaching and testing of English as a second language. The work is based on research conducted within the English Profile Programme at Cambridge University, using the Cambridge Learner Corpus. The authors address the …
A Performance Theory of Order and Constituency
Av John A. Hawkins, S. R. Anderson m. fl.
Häftad, 1995
787 kr
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In this major new book John A. Hawkins presents a new theory of linear ordering in syntax. He argues that processing can provide a simple, functional explanation for syntactic rules of ordering, as well as for the selection among ordering variants in languages and structures in which variation is …
Explaining Language Universals
Häftad, 1990
567 kr
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This book addresses one of the most fundamental questions that can be asked about language: how can we explain language universals? There are currently many different views of this question. Some argue for the innateness of general linguistic principles within the human species. Others see a more …
The English Language on Trial
Witnessing Disputed Meanings in American Courts
Inbunden, 2026
1588 kr
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Many lawsuits arise over disagreements about language and about the meanings of everyday words, phrases, and sentences. This book draws on over fifty cases involving disputed meanings in the American legal system where the author served as an expert witness or consultant, to explore the interaction …
The English Language on Trial
Witnessing Disputed Meanings in American Courts
Häftad, 2026
456 kr
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Many lawsuits arise over disagreements about language and about the meanings of everyday words, phrases, and sentences. This book draws on over fifty cases involving disputed meanings in the American legal system where the author served as an expert witness or consultant, to explore the interaction …
