Grammatical Competence and Parsing Performance Bradley L. Pritchett 1992

Explore the intricate relationship between grammatical competence and parsing performance in this seminal work by Bradley L. Pritchett. Published by The University of Chicago Press, this volume delves into the complexities of human language processing, linguistic theory, and computational linguistics. It offers a detailed analysis of syntactic structures, parsing mechanisms, and the cognitive underpinnings of language comprehension, making it an essential resource for scholars and students in linguistics, computer science, and cognitive science. This academic text is rich with detailed discussions on topics such as the Garden Path Phenomenon, performance-based models of human natural language processing, a grammatical theory of processing, and the on-line locality constraint. Featuring a comprehensive table of contents, preface, abbreviations, glosses, notes, references, and indexes, it provides a thorough examination of theoretical and empirical approaches to parsing. The book is a valuable addition for anyone interested in the frontiers of natural language processing and advanced linguistic studies.