Slack, Jon M. (2004) A bound on synchronically interpretable structure. Mind and Language, 19 (3). pp. 305-333. ISSN 1468-0017
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Multiple explanatory frameworks may be required to provide an adequate account of human cognition. This paper embeds the classical account within a neural network framework, exploring the encoding of syntactically-structured objects over the synchronic-diachronic characteristics of networks. Synchronic structure is defined in terms of temporal binding and the superposition of states. To accommodate asymmetric relations, synchronic structure is subject to the type uniqueness constraint (TUC). The nature of synchronic structure is shown to underlie X-bar theory that characterizes the phrasal structure of human languages. The derivation differentiates core X-bar properties from language-specific properties.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Multiple explanatory frameworks may be required to provide an adequate account of human cognition. This paper embeds the classical account within a neural network framework, exploring the encoding of syntactically-structured objects over the synchronic-diachronic characteristics of networks. Synchronic structure is defined in terms of temporal binding and the superposition of states. To accommodate asymmetric relations, synchronic structure is subject to the type uniqueness constraint (TUC). The nature of synchronic structure is shown to underlie X-bar theory that characterizes the phrasal structure of human languages. The derivation differentiates core X-bar properties from language-specific properties. |
| Keywords: | Cognition, Neural network, Synchronic structure, Type uniqueness constraint, X-bar theory |
| Subjects: | Q Linguistics, Classics and related subjects > Q100 Linguistics C Biological Sciences > C800 Psychology |
| Divisions: | College of Social Sciences > Faculty of Health & Social Sciences > School of Psychology |
| Depositing User: | Jill Partridge |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jun 2007 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Jul 2011 16:13 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/id/eprint/737 |
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