LING 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Principle Of Compositionality
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Language as a natural phenomenon is governed by rules (rules allow speakers to make infinite use of finite means) Some rules are innate principles, present in every language (organization into phrases, condition c). Others are innate parameters, whose settings depend on the language (null subject parameter, head parameter). Possible that some aspects of thought are determined by some (universal?) aspects of language. Frames of reference found in a particular language on thought. Number system found in a particular language on a subject"s performance on precise arithmetic (universal) linguistic property of embedding on the representation of false beliefs. Sentences that refer to themselves compositionality.
