The Grammatical Basis of Linguistic Performance: Language Use and Acquisition

by Robert C. Berwick and Amy S. Weinberg

Book Overview

Written primarily from the perspective of computational theory, Grammatical Basis of Linguistic Performance presents a synthesis of some major recent developments in grammatical theory and its application to models of language performance. Its main thesis is that Chomsky's government-binding theory is a good foundation for models of both machine parsing and language learnability.Both authors are at MIT. Robert C. Berwick is Assistant Professor in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262521105
• ISBN13: 9780262521109
• Release Date: February 1986
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 343 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher