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Chater, Nick and Christiansen, M. H. (2022) Grammar through spontaneous order. In: Lappin, S. and Bernardy , J -P., (eds.) Algebraic Structures in Natural Language. Abingdon, UK: CRC Press, pp. 65-79. ISBN 9781003205388 (In Press)
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Abstract
How do the algebraic regularities in natural language, described by generative grammar, emerge? One traditional viewpoint has been that these are encoded of a species-specific and innately specified universal grammar, which has somehow come to be part of the human biological endowment. From this point of view, the strange mix of regularities, subregularities and downright exceptions observed across languages and levels in linguistic analysis are somewhat puzzling. An alternative perspective is that language begins through attempts to solve immediate communicative problems between specific people on specific occasions; but each new communicative exchange draws on precedents from past exchanges, and sets precedents for future exchanges. Over time, specific linguistic patterns will become entrenched, and layered upon each other, to create a complex spontaneously ordered system, analogous to case law. From this point of view, the algebraic patterns in language are always various, partial and subject to exceptions.
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| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Behavioural Science Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Generative grammar, Language acquisition, Psycholinguistics | ||||||
| Publisher: | CRC Press | ||||||
| Place of Publication: | Abingdon, UK | ||||||
| ISBN: | 9781003205388 | ||||||
| Book Title: | Algebraic Structures in Natural Language | ||||||
| Editor: | Lappin, S. and Bernardy , J -P. | ||||||
| Official Date: | 31 December 2022 | ||||||
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| Number of Pages: | 528 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 65-79 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | In Press | ||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in Algebraic Structures in Natural Language on 31/122022 available online: https://www.routledge.com/Algebraic-Structures-in-Natural-Language/Lappin-Bernardy/p/book/9781032066547 | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 6 June 2022 | ||||||
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