言語情報科学専攻

• 科目コード（修士）: 31M200-0411W
• 科目コード（博士）: 31D200-0411W
• 開講学期: 冬
• 曜限: 月(Mon)2
• 教室: 8号館 8-420
• 単位数: 2.0
• 担当教員: 中澤　恒子

授業の目標・概要

Simplicity measure has been a common and well-accepted notion running through syntactic argumentation for half a century: among competing grammars which cover the same range of linguistic phenomena, the simpler is the more adequate explanatorily.  However, it is more contentious how exactly the complexity (or simplicity) of a grammar is measured to start with.  In this course, various views of grammatical complexity, including formal and processing complexity, are explored for better understanding of the architecture of grammar and the theory of competence/performance.

A version of Construction Grammar (i.e. grammar as a set of constructions) is used to assess the complexity of grammar.  No prior knowledge of specific syntactic theories is required although an introductory course in syntax is recommended.

授業のキーワード

授業計画

Part 1. Theoretical background
Part 2. English constructions
Part 3. Processing complexity and grammar
Part 4. Acquisition, change, and variation

授業の方法

lectures, discussions, and student presentations

成績評価方法

attendance, class participation, and a short paper about a topic covered in class

教科書

Grammar and Complexity: Language and the Intersection of Competence and Performance by Peter Culicover. 2013, Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780199654604

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