The Oxford Handbook of Experimental Syntax
This volume showcases the contributions that formal experimental methods can make to syntactic research in the 21st century. Syntactic theory is both a domain of study in its own right, and one component of an integrated theory of the cognitive neuroscience of language. It provides a theory of the mediation between sound and meaning, a theory of the representations constructed during sentence processing, and a theory of the end-state for language acquisition. Given the highly interactive nature of the theory of syntax, this volume defines "experimental syntax" in the broadest possible terms, exploring both formal experimental methods that have been part of the domain of syntax since its inception (i.e., acceptability judgment methods) and formal experimental methods that have arisen through the interaction of syntactic theory with the domains of acquisition, psycholinguistics, and neurolinguistics. The Oxford Handbook of Experimental Syntax brings these methods together into a single experimental syntax volume for the first time, providing high-level reviews of major experimental work, offering guidance for researchers looking to incorporate these diverse methods into their own work, and inspiring new research that will push the boundaries of the theory of syntax. It will appeal to students and scholars from the advanced undergraduate level upwards in a range of fields including syntax, acquisition, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, and computational linguistics.
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The Oxford Handbook of Experimental Syntax
This volume showcases the contributions that formal experimental methods can make to syntactic research in the 21st century. Syntactic theory is both a domain of study in its own right, and one component of an integrated theory of the cognitive neuroscience of language. It provides a theory of the mediation between sound and meaning, a theory of the representations constructed during sentence processing, and a theory of the end-state for language acquisition. Given the highly interactive nature of the theory of syntax, this volume defines "experimental syntax" in the broadest possible terms, exploring both formal experimental methods that have been part of the domain of syntax since its inception (i.e., acceptability judgment methods) and formal experimental methods that have arisen through the interaction of syntactic theory with the domains of acquisition, psycholinguistics, and neurolinguistics. The Oxford Handbook of Experimental Syntax brings these methods together into a single experimental syntax volume for the first time, providing high-level reviews of major experimental work, offering guidance for researchers looking to incorporate these diverse methods into their own work, and inspiring new research that will push the boundaries of the theory of syntax. It will appeal to students and scholars from the advanced undergraduate level upwards in a range of fields including syntax, acquisition, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, and computational linguistics.
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The Oxford Handbook of Experimental Syntax

The Oxford Handbook of Experimental Syntax

The Oxford Handbook of Experimental Syntax

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This volume showcases the contributions that formal experimental methods can make to syntactic research in the 21st century. Syntactic theory is both a domain of study in its own right, and one component of an integrated theory of the cognitive neuroscience of language. It provides a theory of the mediation between sound and meaning, a theory of the representations constructed during sentence processing, and a theory of the end-state for language acquisition. Given the highly interactive nature of the theory of syntax, this volume defines "experimental syntax" in the broadest possible terms, exploring both formal experimental methods that have been part of the domain of syntax since its inception (i.e., acceptability judgment methods) and formal experimental methods that have arisen through the interaction of syntactic theory with the domains of acquisition, psycholinguistics, and neurolinguistics. The Oxford Handbook of Experimental Syntax brings these methods together into a single experimental syntax volume for the first time, providing high-level reviews of major experimental work, offering guidance for researchers looking to incorporate these diverse methods into their own work, and inspiring new research that will push the boundaries of the theory of syntax. It will appeal to students and scholars from the advanced undergraduate level upwards in a range of fields including syntax, acquisition, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, and computational linguistics.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780192518576
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Publication date: 05/23/2023
Series: Oxford Handbooks
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 720
File size: 6 MB

About the Author

Jon Sprouse is a Professor of Psychology at New York University Abu Dhabi. His research focuses on the use of experimental syntax techniques, including acceptability judgments, EEG, and computational modeling, to explore fundamental questions in syntax. He has authored over forty journal articles and book chapters on experimental syntax, and his work has been recognized by the Best Paper in Language award, the Early Career award, and the C. L. Baker mid-career award from the Linguistic Society of America.

Table of Contents

Part I. Judgment methods in syntactic theory1. Acceptability judgments, Jon Sprouse2. Acceptability judgments of binding and coreference: Methodological considerations, Elsi Kaiser and Jeffrey Runner3. (Quantifier) scope judgments, Kriszta Eszter Szendrői4. Experimental syntax and linguistic fieldwork, Maria PolinskyAnnotated bibliography for Part IPart II. Acquisition methods in syntactic theory5. Behavioral acquisition methods with infants, Laurel Perkins and Jeffrey Lidz6. Behavioral acquisition methods with preschool-age children, Kristen Syrett7. Modeling syntactic acquisition, Lisa S. Pearl8. Artificial language learning, Jennifer CulbertsonAnnotated bibliography for Part IIPart III. Psycholinguistic methods in syntactic theory9. Self-paced reading, Masaya Yoshida10. Eye-tracking and experimental syntax, Dave Kush and Brian Dillon11. Speed-accuracy tradeoff modeling and its interface with experimental syntax, Stephani Foraker, Ian Cunnings, and Andrea E. Martin12. Formal methods in experimental syntax, Tim Hunter13. Investigating syntactic structure and processing in the auditory modality, Mara Breen and Katy Carlson14. Language processing experiments in the field, Matthew Wagers and Sandra ChungAnnotated bibliography for Part IIIPart IV. Neurolinguistic methods in syntactic theory15. Electrophysiological methods, Jon Sprouse and Diogo Almeida16. Hemodynamic methods, Jonathan R. Brennan17. Aphasia and syntax, William Matchin and Corianne RogalskyAnnotated bibliography for Part IV18. The future of experimental syntax, The contributors
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