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Grosu, Alexander – Language, 1973
The right roof constraint'' is the assumption that rightward-movement rules are always upward-bounded; see J.R. Ross' dissertation, Constraints on Variables in Syntax'' (MIT, 1967). (RS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Deep Structure, Diagrams, Language Universals
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Bracken, Harry M. – Language Sciences, 1972
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Deep Structure, Language Universals, Linguistic Competence
Hebb, D. O.; And Others – Psychology Today, 1973
Discusses the controversy concerning language learning theories as epitomized by Chomsky and Skinner, and concludes that heredity and experience are equally important in language acquisition. (DD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Conditioning, Deep Structure
MCNEILL, DAVID – 1967
THE ACQUISITION OF LANGUAGE IS CONSIDERED AS A QUESTION OF SPECIFYING HOW CHILDREN'S CAPACITY FOR LANGUAGE INTERACTS WITH THEIR LINGUISTIC EXPERIENCE--THE INTERACTION TAKING THE FORM OF RELATING THE UNIVERSAL ASPECTS OF THE DEEP STRUCTURE TO THE IDIOSYNCRATIC ASPECTS OF THE SURFACE STRUCTURE OF LANGUAGE. THIS INTERACTION OCCURS IN THE ACQUISITION…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Deep Structure, Form Classes (Languages)
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Haviland, Susan E.; Clark, Eve V. – Journal of Child Language, 1972
This study of the acquisition of kinship terms in English is a test of the hypothesis that lexical items are learned in their order of complexity and of the validity of relational analysis in predicting the order of the acquisition of kinship terms. Earlier studies of kinship terms, Piaget's in particular, are first discussed, as well as the…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Componential Analysis
Miro Quesada, Francisco – Lenguaje y Ciencias, 1972
This paper discusses the validity and role of linguistic theory in terms of philosophy and logic and considers the relationship among these fields of human knowledge. The main objective of linguistic science is to discover the composition laws actually used by speech communities at any given moment in history. Linguistics is therefore not…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, Generative Grammar
Jackendoff, Ray S. – 1972
The author finds Katz and Postal's 1964 generative semantic theories concerning the organization of grammar incorrect and proposes an interpretive approach to semantics in which syntactic structures are given interpretations by an autonomous semantic component. The research reported leads the author to describe a generative grammar consisting of…
Descriptors: Adverbs, Cognitive Processes, Deep Structure, Grammar
Gleitman, Lila R.; Gleitman, Henry – 1970
Within the realm of psycholinguistics there is a need to investigate linguistic performance based on the generative transformational concept of linguistic competence, i.e., based on the speaker-listener's knowledge of his language. Psycholinguistics must determine how underlying knowledge is related to overt performance. The nominalization and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Deep Structure, Grammar, Language Patterns
Lamendella, John T. – 1973
While agreeing with psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic theories that suggest that innate language-related cognitive structures are the basis of language development, the author seeks to establish what it is that is innate and what is meant by innateness in the first place. The author considers the claims of psychological relevance made on behalf…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Deep Structure