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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 199 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 23x15x1 mm, kaal: 284 g
  • Sari: Lecture Notes
  • Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jul-2002
  • Kirjastus: Centre for the Study of Language & Information
  • ISBN-10: 1575864029
  • ISBN-13: 9781575864020
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 199 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 23x15x1 mm, kaal: 284 g
  • Sari: Lecture Notes
  • Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jul-2002
  • Kirjastus: Centre for the Study of Language & Information
  • ISBN-10: 1575864029
  • ISBN-13: 9781575864020
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Compared to many languages, English has relatively fixed word order, but the ordering among phrases following the verb exhibits a good deal of variation. This monograph explores factors that influence the choice among possible orders of postverbal elements, testing hypotheses using a combination of corpus studies and psycholinguistic experiments. Wasow's final chapters explore how studies of language use bear on issues in linguistic theory, with attention to the roles of quantitative data and Chomsky's arguments against the use of statistics and probability in linguistics.


Compared to many languages, English has relatively fixed word order, but the ordering among phrases following the verb exhibits a good deal of variation. This monograph explores factors that influence the choice among possible orders of postverbal elements, testing hypotheses using a combination of corpus studies and psycholinguistic experiments. Wasow's final chapters explore how studies of language use bear on issues in linguistic theory, with attention to the roles of quantitative data and Chomsky's arguments against the use of statistics and probability in linguistics.

Acknowledgments vii
Preface xi
Introduction
1(14)
An Example
1(2)
Objectives
3(1)
Some phenomena Illustrating Order Variation
4(8)
Questions to be Addressed
12(2)
Why Only English Data?
14(1)
Grammatical Weight
15(46)
Introduction
15(1)
Proposed Definitions of Weight
16(7)
Evaluating Characterizations of Weight
23(9)
Length and Complexity
32(10)
Explaining Weight Effects
42(15)
Conclusion
57(4)
Appendix A: Stimuli used in the questionnaire study
58(2)
Appendix B: Verb-Particle Frequency vs. HNPS Rates
60(1)
Information Structure and Weight
61(22)
Introduction
61(1)
Characterizing the Role of Information Structure in Ordering
62(5)
Information Structure vs. Grammatical Structure
67(14)
Conclusion
81(2)
Additional Factors
83(32)
Introduction
83(1)
Semantic Connectedness
83(4)
Lexical Bias
87(1)
Ambiguity Avoidance
88(21)
Conclusion
109(6)
Appendix A: Stimuli from the questionnaire study
110(3)
Appendix B: Stimuli from the ambiguity experiment
113(2)
Theoretical and Metatheoretical Implications
115(34)
Introduction
115(1)
Generative Analyses
116(15)
Goals of Syntactic Research
131(16)
Conclusion
147(2)
Methodological Issues
149(18)
Introduction
149(1)
Simplicity
150(3)
Generality
153(3)
Coverage
156(8)
Conclusion
164(3)
References 167(10)
Name Index 177(4)
Subject Index 181


Thomas Wasow is professor of linguistics and philosophy and director of the Symbolic Systems Program at Stanford University.