Abstract
This book has undertaken the development of a model of human linguistic performance which integrates three fundamental assumptions: (189)
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Principle-based: The HSPM uses the principles of grammar directly, and processing strategies are defined with respect to the grammar.
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Incrementality: There is a global demand for maximal, incremental comprehension which must be met by the sentence processor.
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Modularity: Partitioning of informational/representational domains into modules facilitates speed of processing via distributed, concurrent operation. This is a paradigm for process organisation to be invoked whenever possible.
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Note, this contrasts with the sort of serial modularity refuted by Crain and Steedman, where they assumed that modules operated in a sequential manner (not concurrently) and that information could only flow in units of structure such as clauses or phrases (Crain & Steedman 1985). We would similarly argue against such a version of modularity, since the serial assumption results in no performance benefit, and the units of structure they stipulate simply slow things down, inhibit incrementality and in no way contribute to the modular status.
It should perhaps be made clear that we are using the PAD perspective purely metaphorically. As Johnson also points out (Johnson 1989), we do not mean to say that people actually possess some logical representation of the principles of grammar. We are simply assuming that the knowledge is somehow represented in the innate system, either as a declarative ‘facts’ or possibly embedded within processing machinery.
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Crocker, M.W. (1996). Summary and Discussion. In: Computational Psycholinguistics. Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics, vol 20. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1600-5_7
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