Re: storage vs computation
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, June 16, 1999, 6:21 |
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Ed Heil wrote:
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> Good point. The 'Construction Grammar' theorists such as Charles
> Fillmore have suggested that grammar is *NOTHING BUT* sets of pre-made
> constructions, which are interlinked and fitted inside the other.
I have a hard time accepting that, just as I doubt theories that state
that language is ALL rule-based. I suspect the truth is closer to the
middle, a combination of premade constructions and rules.
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