Efficiency and complexity in grammars:

John Hawkins demonstrates a clear link between how languages are used and the conventions of their grammars. He sets out a theory in which performance shapes grammars and accounts for the variation patterns found in the world's languages.

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Main Author: Hawkins, John A. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford [u.a.] Oxford Univ. Press 2004
Edition:1. publ.
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Summary:John Hawkins demonstrates a clear link between how languages are used and the conventions of their grammars. He sets out a theory in which performance shapes grammars and accounts for the variation patterns found in the world's languages.
Physical Description:XVII, 303 S.
ISBN:0199252696
0199252688

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