Methods in parametric linguistics and cognitive history
Methods in parametric linguistics and cognitive history
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参数语言学和认知史方法
DOI：
10.1075/livy.3.06lon
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2003
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G. Longobardi
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作者：
G. Longobardi
本文讨论了参数语言学的一些基本问题，参数语言学被理解为形式语法和认知科学的一个部分独立的新分支。乔姆斯基（1964）最初的三个充分性层次扩展到五个，然后建议参数理论，能够处理文化变异，是在第四个提出的层次上实现充分性的最佳位置，一个与历史解释有关，并提出了一些追求这一目标的方法。参数语言学的发展被认为是将伽利略形式语法风格应用于语言历史研究以及认知科学和文化人类学的其他领域的重要一步。
The present paper addresses some foundational issues on the status of parametric linguistics, understood as a partially independent new branch of formal grammar and of the cognitive sciences more generally. Chomsky’s (1964) original three levels of adequacy are extended to five and it is then suggested that the theory of parameters, being able to deal with cultural variation, is in the best position to achieve adequacy at the fourth proposed level, one connected with historical explanations, and some methods to pursue this goal are proposed. The development of parametric linguistics is viewed as a major step toward the potential application of the Galilean style of formal grammar both to the study of linguistic history and to other domains of cognitive science and cultural anthropology.