Chapter 2
Towards micro-modularity
In this chapter, the rules of the game established in Chapter 1 are applied to the modular organization of grammar (and the mind). The result is a modular network of very simple modules.
Article outline
- 2.1Introduction
- 2.2Modular organization of generative grammar
- 2.3Conceptual Semantics architecture
- 2.4Tiers
- 2.5Micro-modularity
- 2.6Combinatorial relations and the principle of asymmetry
- Constituency
- Selection
- Dependency
- Linear order
- Allowance
- Head-complement relation
- Hierarchy
- The principle of asymmetry
- The links between representations of different modules are asymmetrical
- 2.7Summary