title: Linguistic representations and memory architectures: The devil is in the details.
abstract: Attempts to explain linguistic phenomena as consequences of memory constraints require detailed specification of linguistic representations and memory architectures alike. We discuss examples of supposed locality biases in language comprehension and production, and their link to memory constraints. Findings do not generally favor Christiansen & Chater's (C&C's) approach. We discuss connections to debates that stretch back to the nineteenth century.
authors: Department of Linguistics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. dustin.alfonso@gmail.com
authors: Dustin Alfonso
authors: DA
authors: Chacón
authors: Department of Linguistics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. shotam2@gmail.com
authors: Shota
authors: S
authors: Momma
authors: Department of Linguistics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. colin@umd.edu http://ling.umd.edu/people/person/colin-phillips/
authors: Colin
authors: C
authors: Phillips
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008037:Linguistics; D008568:Memory