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Cognition and Sentence Production : a Cross-Linguistic Study /

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This book presents the findings of a major cross-linguistic experiment in sentence production, involving 10 languages from around the world. It demonstrates that many aspects of language (including word- and clause- order, topicalization, spatial deixis, referential elaboration, among others) are go...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sridhar, S. N.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 1988.
Series:Springer series in language and communication ; 22.
Subjects:
Philosophy (General)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction and Overview
  • Models of Sentence Production
  • Perceptual Principles
  • Salience Principles
  • Pragmatic Principles
  • Design of a Cross-Linguistic Experiment
  • Results and Discussion
  • Summary and Conclusions
  • References
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index.