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Author:   Reiko Mazuka ,  Noriko Nagai
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Psychology Press Ltd
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138973695

ISBN 10:   1138973696
Pages:   370
Publication Date:   13 May 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: Preface. R. Mazuka, N. Nagai, Japanese Sentence Processing: An Interdisciplinary Approach. A. Inoue, J.D. Fodor, Information-Paced Parsing of Japanese. B.L. Pritchett, J.B. Whitman, Syntactic Representation and Interpretive Preference. N. Nagai, Constraints on Topics: From a Parsing Perspective. T. Gunji, An Overview of JPSG: A Constraint-Based Grammar for Japanese. K. Hasida, A Constraint-Based View of Language: A Unified Theory of Competence and Performance. M. Kameyama, The Syntax and Semantics of the Japanese Language Engine. R.C. Berwick, S. Fong, Madame Butterfly Redux: Parsing English and Japanese with a Principles and Parameters Approach. S. Kuno, Null Elements in Parallel Structures in Japanese. A. Weinberg, Licensing Constraints and the Theory of Language Processing. M. Nakayama, Scrambling and Probe Recognition. T. Sakamoto, Transparency Between Parser and Grammar: On the Processing of Empty Subjects in Japanese. R. Mazuka, K. Itoh, Can Japanese Speakers Be Led Down the Garden-Path? P. Gorrell, Japanese Trees and the Garden-Path.

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...contains some interesting psycholinguistic theory and intriguing psycholinguistic experiments, as well as showcasing some artificial intelligence (AI) and linguistic approaches to the distinctive problems of Japanese....opens up the experimental study of filler-gap constructions in Japanese. -American Journal of Psychology ...makes an important contribution, not only to the field of Japanese processing but also to human language processing in general, addressing the issue of whether the parsing mechanism is universal and what parameters are to be incorporated, if any....the book has succeeded in laying an important cornerstone in Japanese sentence-processing research. -Studies in Second Language Acquisition

"""...contains some interesting psycholinguistic theory and intriguing psycholinguistic experiments, as well as showcasing some artificial intelligence (AI) and linguistic approaches to the distinctive problems of Japanese....opens up the experimental study of filler-gap constructions in Japanese."" —American Journal of Psychology ""...makes an important contribution, not only to the field of Japanese processing but also to human language processing in general, addressing the issue of whether the parsing mechanism is universal and what parameters are to be incorporated, if any....the book has succeeded in laying an important cornerstone in Japanese sentence-processing research."" —Studies in Second Language Acquisition"

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