Culicover Peter W, Jackendoff Ray
Department of Linguistics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Trends Cogn Sci. 2006 Sep;10(9):413-8. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2006.07.007. Epub 2006 Aug 8.
What roles do syntax and semantics have in the grammar of a language? What are the consequences of these roles for syntactic structure, and why does it matter? We sketch the Simpler Syntax Hypothesis, which holds that much of the explanatory role attributed to syntax in contemporary linguistics is properly the responsibility of semantics. This rebalancing permits broader coverage of empirical linguistic phenomena and promises a tighter integration of linguistic theory into the cognitive scientific enterprise. We suggest that the general perspective of the Simpler Syntax Hypothesis is well suited to approaching language processing and language evolution, and to computational applications that draw upon linguistic insights.
句法和语义在一种语言的语法中扮演着什么角色？这些角色对句法结构有什么影响，以及为什么这很重要？我们概述了“更简单句法假说”，该假说认为，当代语言学中归因于句法的许多解释作用实际上应由语义承担。这种重新平衡允许更广泛地涵盖语言实证现象，并有望使语言理论更紧密地融入认知科学事业。我们认为，“更简单句法假说”的总体观点非常适合用于研究语言处理、语言进化以及借鉴语言学见解的计算应用。
