Syntax and Parsing (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521024099)

In this examination of the role of syntax in theories of sentence comprehension, Paul Gorrell argues for a distinct processing component that is devoted to the recovery of syntactic structure and that utilizes the contrasting types of information found within a GovernmentSHBinding grammar. He contrasts the primary and secondary relations in a phrase-structure tree, and shows how this distinction is reflected in the internal structure of the parser, a model that can also predict garden-path phenomena in the processing of verb-final clauses.

Author: Paul Gorrell
ISBN-10: 0521024099
ISBN-13: 9780521024099
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/13/2006
Pages: 196
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d