Categorial Grammars

by Wood, Mary McGee

• ISBN13: 9780415049559
• ISBN10: 0415049555
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-05-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Table of Contents

Series editor's preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction	p. 1
Underlying principles	p. 3
Practical basics	p. 7
Notational variants	p. 11
A brief history	p. 15
The evolution of linguistic theory	p. 15
Origins of the formalist enterprise	p. 16
Origins of categorial grammar	p. 18
Mathematics	p. 18
Natural language syntax	p. 21
Formal semantics	p. 25
Synthesis and renaissance	p. 29
Classical categorial grammar: the Lambek calculus	p. 34
Application	p. 35
Associativity	p. 37
Composition	p. 38
Raising	p. 42
Division	p. 46
Generalized categorial grammars	p. 51
Extending the set of 'atomic' categories	p. 51
Extending the set of connectives	p. 57
Extending the set of rules	p. 60
Recursion	p. 61
Permutation	p. 64
Contraction and expansion	p. 66
Combinatory categorial grammar	p. 68
Unification categorial grammars	p. 70
Current practice	p. 77
Phonology	p. 78
Morphology	p. 81
Syntax	p. 88
Passives	p. 89
'Raising' and 'control'	p. 97
Curious dependencies: unbounded, discontinuous, multiple and crossing	p. 104
Co-ordination	p. 114
Gapping	p. 121
Current issues	p. 129
Semantics	p. 130
Word order	p. 132
Language universals and psychological plausibility	p. 134
Logic	p. 137
Complexity	p. 140
Parsing	p. 143
Overview and prospect	p. 148
References	p. 151
Name index	p. 165
Categories index	p. 167
Subject index	p. 170
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