ERIC Number: EJ730964
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Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 29
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Restricting Grammatical Complexity
Frank, Robert
Cognitive Science, v28 n5 p669-697 Sep-Oct 2004
Theories of natural language syntax often characterize grammatical knowledge as a form of abstract computation. This paper argues that such a characterization is correct, and that fundamental properties of grammar can and should be understood in terms of restrictions on the complexity of possible grammatical computation, when defined in terms of generative capacity. More specifically, the paper demonstrates that the computational restrictiveness imposed by Tree Adjoining Grammar provides important insights into the nature of human grammatical knowledge.
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