Language learnability and the forms of recursion

Roeper, Thomas; Snyder, William

doi:10.1075/la.75.10roe

In:UG and External Systems: Language, brain and computation
Edited by Anna Maria Di Sciullo
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 75] 2005
► pp. 155–169

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Language learnability and the forms of recursion

Thomas Roeper

William Snyder

Published online: 26 April 2005

https://doi.org/10.1075/la.75.10roe

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2022. Linguistic extravagance in compounds and idioms – an analysis of morphological marking. In Extravagant Morphology [Studies in Language Companion Series, 223], ► pp. 131 ff.

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2022. A child’s view of Romance modification. In Points of Convergence in Romance Linguistics [Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 360], ► pp. 35 ff.

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2020. When Is Recursion Easier for Children?. In New Trends in Language Acquisition Within the Generative Perspective [Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics, 49], ► pp. 239 ff.

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2018. Eguren Luis, Olga Fernández-Soriano & Amaya Mendikoetxea (eds.).Rethinking Parameters.. Linguistic Variation 18:1 ► pp. 197 ff.

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2012. On the Absence of X-within-X Recursion in Human Grammar. Linguistic Inquiry 43:3 ► pp. 423 ff.

Pérez-Leroux, Ana Teresa, Anny P. Castilla-Earls, Susana Bejar & Diane Massam

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FUJITA, KOJI

2007. Facing the Logical Problem of Language Evolution (L. Jenkins, Variation and Universals in Biolinguistics). ENGLISH LINGUISTICS 24:1 ► pp. 78 ff.

Fujita, Koji

2014. Recursive Merge and Human Language Evolution. In Recursion: Complexity in Cognition [Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics, 43], ► pp. 243 ff.

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2014. Chapter 5. Theoretical implications. In Symmetry Breaking in Syntax and the Lexicon [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 216], ► pp. 251 ff.

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2014. Chapter 2. Nominal root compounds. In Symmetry Breaking in Syntax and the Lexicon [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 216], ► pp. 21 ff.

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2014. References. In Symmetry Breaking in Syntax and the Lexicon [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 216], ► pp. 291 ff.

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2014. References. In Symmetry Breaking in Syntax and the Lexicon [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 216], ► pp. 291 ff.

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2014. Chapter 4. Small clauses (and Verb-particle constructions). In Symmetry Breaking in Syntax and the Lexicon [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 216], ► pp. 171 ff.

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2014. Chapter 1. Introduction. In Symmetry Breaking in Syntax and the Lexicon [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 216], ► pp. 1 ff.

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2014. Symmetry Breaking in Syntax and the Lexicon [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 216],

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2014. Index. In Symmetry Breaking in Syntax and the Lexicon [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 216], ► pp. 303 ff.

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2014. Chapter 3. The nominalizing of nominalizations. In Symmetry Breaking in Syntax and the Lexicon [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 216], ► pp. 99 ff.

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2014. List of abbreviations. In Symmetry Breaking in Syntax and the Lexicon [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 216], ► pp. xi ff.

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2014. Chapter 6. Conclusion. In Symmetry Breaking in Syntax and the Lexicon [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 216], ► pp. 287 ff.

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2014. Acknowledgements. In Symmetry Breaking in Syntax and the Lexicon [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 216], ► pp. ix ff.

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