RT Journal Article
T1 Aspects of the relationship bewteen theories of grammar and theories of processing
A1 Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos
K1 Linguistics
K1 Psycholinguistics
K1 Language processing
K1 Empty categories
K1 Perception predicates
K1 Apposition
AB The aim of this paper is to analyze the pros and cons of the relationship between theories ofgrammar and psycholinguistic research conducted in laboratories. It is argued that currentoptimism about the benefits that psycholinguistic research may bring to those interested inthe nature of language may be hard to reconcile with the difficulties there are in synchronisingthe research agendas of linguistics and psycholinguistics. The main appeal of psycholinguisticresearch lies in its superior testability standards. Through a brief examination of the simplenotion of apposition, it is argued that linguistics is indeed irremediably circular andinconclusive, and that that is why some look to experimental research in language as a way ofcircumventing the endemic weakness of grammatical theories. However, psycholinguistscannot avoid a dependence on syntactic descriptions in order to formulate their ownpredictions. This makes for more undesired circularity. Finally, the paper seeks to show thatat least some experiments can shed light on grammatical structure. A key issue will be toponder how psycholinguistic tools can help us meet the challenge of psychological adequacy
PB Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos
SN 0210-6124
YR 2005
FD 2005
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/23097
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/23097
LA eng
NO Acuña Fariña, J. C. (2005). Aspects of the relationship between theories of grammar and theories of processing. Atlantis, 27.1, p. 11-27
NO This research was funded by the Fund for Scientific Research of the Autonomous Governmentof Galicia (grant no. PGIDT03PXIA20401PR). This grant is hereby gratefully acknowledged
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