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Conversational corpora : when “big is beautiful” by Newmeyer, Frederick J

“…The goal of this paper is to examine the relationship between corpus size and conclusions drawn from corpora regarding questions of grammatical theory. Many…”
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A rejoinder to Maarten Lemmens’s paper ‘In defence of frequency generalisations and usage-based linguistics. An answer to Frederick Newmeyer’s “Conversational corpora : when big is beautiful” by Newmeyer, Frederick J

“…1. Some introductory remarks First, I must express my heart-felt gratitude to Maarten Lemmens for writing a collegial, thought-provoking, and informative reply…”
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Form and Function in the Evolution of Grammar by Newmeyer, Frederick J.

“…This article focuses on claims about the origin and evolution of language from the point of view of the formalist–functionalist debate in linguistics. In…”
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Complexity and Relative Complexity in Generative Grammar by Newmeyer, Frederick J.

“…The notions of “complexity” and its antonym “simplicity” have played an important role in the history of generative grammar. However, these terms have been…”
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Grammar Is Grammar and Usage Is Usage by Newmeyer, Frederick J.

“…A number of disparate approaches to language, ranging from cognitive linguistics to stochastic implementations of optimality theory, have challenged the…”
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The origins of language: A slim guide by James R. Hurford (review) by Newmeyer, Frederick J

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Getting the word out: The early generativists' multipronged efforts to diffuse their ideas by Newmeyer, Frederick J.

“…This discussion note revolves around the early days of generative grammar, that is to say the late 1950s and the 1960s. A number of commentators have claimed…”
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Nonsyntactic Explanations of Island Constraints by Newmeyer, Frederick J

“…The explanation of island phenomena has been a central feature of formal grammatical theory practically since its inception. However, a growing number of…”
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On comparative concepts and descriptive categories: A reply to Haspelmath by Newmeyer, Frederick J.

“…In his discussion note (Haspelmath 2010), Martin Haspelmath proposes a radical disconnect between the grammatical analyses of individual languages and…”
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Formalism and functionalism in linguistics by Newmeyer, Frederick J.

“…Formalism and functionalism in linguistics are often taken to be diametrically opposed approaches. However, close examination of the relevant phenomena reveals…”
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On Gahl and Garnsey on Grammar and Usage by Newmeyer, Frederick J.

“…Newmeyer argues that Knowledge of grammar, knowledge of usage: Syntactic probabilities affect pronunciation variation (2004) by Gahl and Garnesy is not…”
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The Reception of Early Transformational Grammar in Europe by Newmeyer, Frederick J.

“…The early success in the United States of Chomsky’s book Syntactic Structures and the theory of transformational-generative grammar that it introduced raises…”
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La réanalyse syntaxique et le conflit formaliste-fonctionnaliste en linguistique by Newmeyer, Frederick J

“…Deux positions sur la réanalyse se sont largement répandues dans la littérature. La première correspond à la position classique du courant syntaxique dominant…”
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A Reply to the Critiques of 'Grammar Is Grammar and Usage Is Usage' by Newmeyer, Frederick J.

“…In response to commentary on Newmeyer's "Grammar Is Grammar and Usage Is Usage" (Language, 2003, 79, 682-707), it is argued that stochastic grammar is not…”
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Letters to Language by Newmeyer, Frederick J., Phillips, Colin

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Commentary on Denis Bouchard, ‘exaption and linguistic explanation’ by Newmeyer, Frederick J.

“…In a response to Denis Bouchard's "Exaption and Linguistic Explanation" (Lingua, 2005, 115, 12, 1685-1696), Bouchard's critique of the minimalist program of…”
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Iconicity and Generative Grammar by Newmeyer, Frederick J.

“…A theme running through much of the functionalist literature in linguistics is that grammatical structure, to a considerable degree, has an 'iconic'…”
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Optimality and Functionality: A Critique of Functionally-Based Optimality-Theoretic Syntax by Newmeyer, Frederick J.

“…This paper examines 'functionally-based optimality theory' (FOT), the version of optimality theory that requires that each constraint be paired with an…”
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A Rejoinder to Bresnan and Aissen by Newmeyer, Frederick J.

“…Consider the implications. Since constraints are stated in terms of phrase structure configurations, syntactic categories and features, and so on, it follows…”
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HOW THE BRAIN EVOLVED LANGUAGE. Donald Loritz . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. Pp. 227. $45.00 cloth by Newmeyer, Frederick J.

“…Loritz discusses the nature and evolution of language in the context of a connectionist approach to neural architecture, namely, Adaptive Resonance Theory…”
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