Discussion Details
| Title: | Re: Deep Structure/Initial PP |
| Submitter: | Philip Carr |
| Description: | For previous messages in this discussion, see
Linguist 15.3231 (http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-3231.html) Linguist 15.3262 (http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-3262.html) Linguist 15.3263 (http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-3263.html) Linguist 15.3272 (http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-3272.html) Linguist 15.3277 (http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-3277.html) Linguist 15.3303 (http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-3303.html) Linguist 15.3309 (http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-3309.html) Ahmad Lofti's points (Linguist 15.3303) are interesting. We see here an attempt to sustain a process-based interpretation of 'psychological realism', but defined in terms of parallelism, rather than sequential mental operations. But it's still a process-based approach, and I find it hard to see how that can fit with the idea that one is attempting to characterise (Chomskyan) mental *states* ('knowledge'), as opposed to *processes* ('use of knowledge'). One might think that declarative frameworks would be better suited to characterising static mental states, rather than mental activities, but even with declarative approaches, one sees appeal (implicit or otherwise) to the idea of processes (such as structure-building). Philip Carr |
| Date Posted: | 27-Nov-2004 |
| Linguistic Field(s): |
Linguistic Theories
Syntax |
| LL Issue: | 15.3318 |
| Posted: | 27-Nov-2004 |
