Recursion: A Computational Investigation into the Representation and Processing of Language

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David J. Lobina (Juan de la Cierva Fellow in the LOGOS Research Group, Juan de la Cierva Fellow in the LOGOS Research Group, Dept of Philosophy, University of Barcelona)

Recursion

A Computational Investigation into the Representation and Processing of Language

David J. Lobina (Juan de la Cierva Fellow in the LOGOS Research Group, Juan de la Cierva Fellow in the LOGOS Research Group, Dept of Philosophy, University of Barcelona)

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English

Oxford University Press
29 June 2017

Philosophy of language; Psycholinguistics; Grammar, syntax; Computational linguistics

Series: Oxford Studies in Biolinguistics

This book provides a comprehensive account of the role of recursion in language in two distinct but interconnected ways. First, David J. Lobina examines how recursion applies at different levels within a full description of natural language. Specifically, he identifies and evaluates recursion as: a) a central property of the computational system underlying the faculty of language; b) a possible feature of the derivations yielded by this computational system; c) a global characteristic of the structures generated by the language faculty; and d) a probable factor in the parsing operations employed during the processing of recursive structures. Second, the volume orders these different levels into a tripartite explanatory framework. According to this framework, the investigation of any particular cognitive domain must begin by first outlining what sort of mechanical procedure underlies the relevant capacity (including what sort of structures it generates). Only then, the author argues, can we properly investigate its implementation, both at the level of abstract computations typical of competence-level analyses, and at the level of the real-time processing of behaviour.

By: David J. Lobina (Juan de la Cierva Fellow in the LOGOS Research Group Juan de la Cierva Fellow in the LOGOS Research Group Dept of Philosophy University of Barcelona)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 6
Dimensions: Height: 241mm, Width: 173mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9780198785156
ISBN 10: 0198785151
Series: Oxford Studies in Biolinguistics
Pages: 246
Publication Date: 29 June 2017
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

David J. Lobina is a Juan de la Cierva fellow in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Barcelona. He holds a PhD in cognitive science and language from the University of Barcelona and the University of Rovira i Virgili, and is a former Marie Curie fellow in the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford. He specializes in the philosophies of cognitive science and psychology, in psycholinguistics, and in theoretical linguistics.

Reviews for Recursion: A Computational Investigation into the Representation and Processing of Language

it provides a novel way to probe the link between linguistic competence and performance, and the relation between recursion and Merge ... the book keeps the central principles of current biolinguistics by sticking to a bottom-up approach to syntactic building, and focusing on dynamic syntactic derivations. This may bring about dramatic and interesting changes in the thoughts of constructing syntactic theory ... the book offers very thought-provoking insights into the research of recursion. * Juan Luo, Journal of Linguistics *