Event-based Types of Languages Revisited in Cognitive Constraints

• 발행기관: 한국영미어문학회
• 저자명: Eunsuk Lee
• 간행물 정보: 『영미어문학』영미어문학 제96호, 151~160쪽, 전체 10쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2010.09.30

영문 초록

This paper assesses the empirical adequacy of linguistic parameters in the context of Chomsky's Universal Grammar by presenting some examples against an event-based language typology. This paper also suggests that cognitive processing mechanisms underlying language processing, rather than linguistic characteristics, might be the source of language universality and that diversity of language might be constrained by common cognitive processing mechanisms.

목차

I. Introduction

II. Evidence against the event-based language typology proposed in Ritter and Rosen (2000)

III. Evidence of the general cognitive ability to limit the language variation

IV. Conclusion

키워드

universal grammar principles and parameters language typology language variation cognitive constraints