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Short remarks on the hierarchical structure recently found in all languages by Guglielmo Cinque

Thomsen, Dr. Knud (2002) Short remarks on the hierarchical structure recently found in all languages by Guglielmo Cinque. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

It is argued that structural properties shared by a large number of studied languages cannot be a mere result of coincidences but must have been acquired („learnt") and proved useful in the course of evolution. Bodily and cognitive boundary conditions and limitations as well as efficiency requirements are claimed to lie the basis of the observed regularities.

Item Type:Other
Keywords:linguistic core properties
Subjects:Linguistics > Syntax
ID Code:2482
Deposited By: Thomsen, Knud
Deposited On:10 Oct 2002
Last Modified:11 Mar 2011 08:55

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Guglielmo Cinque, Adverbs and Functional Heads, Oxford University Press, 1999

Manfred Eigen, Peter Schuster, Naturwissenschaften 64, 541-565, 1977; 65, 7-41, 1978

Knud Thomsen, Cogprints ID 857, 2000

Vittorio Gallese, Luciano Fadiga, Leonardo Fogassi, and Giacomo Rizzolatti, Brain 119, 593-609, 1996

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