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The language faculty has at least two components: (i) a cognitive component and (ii) a performance component.
3. The cognitive component, that is, the syntactic componentproper, consists of a computational system, a lexicon and a phonological component (PHON). On the basis of some experiences of a particular language or primary linguistic data (PLD), this component of the language faculty, which varies across linguistic environments, can develop into a mature form, I-language, that is, _a generative procedure generating an infinite set of SDs.
4. The performance component includes those parts ofarticulatory-perceptual (A-P) system and the conceptual-intentional (C-I) system that are relevant to language use. The contents of this component are entirely inherent and not affected by the idiosyncrasy of the particular language to which an individual is exposed.
5. The cognitive component is embedded in the performancecomponent. It does not mean that the generative procedure is designed for use. The SDs generated are presumably ‘instructions’ for the A-P and C-I systems to carry out their tasks. Consequently the SDs must be interpretable by these ‘external’ (that is, non-syntactical) systems. In order that the A-P and C-I systems can ‘read’ an instruction, a SD (the expression of an I-language) must have a nature of, roughly, a sound and a meaning. There are two interface levels: Phonetic Form (PF) at the A-P interface and Logical Form (LF) at the C-I interface. The I-language generates a set of pairs (p, l), where p is a PF representation drawn from PF and l a LF representation drawn from LF. However, both p and l are formal representations of sound and meaning respectively—formal because they are determined by the syntactical or cognitive component.
And yet, that a SD must have two levels of representation is due to the design of the whole language faculty that has the A-P and C-I systems interface to the computational mechanism. (We humans must communicate in words or signs; telepathy is not applicable to us.) The interface systems impose some legibility requirements (called the Bare-Output Conditions) from ‘outside’.
6. CHL determines an infinite set of pairs (p, l), which satisfy thebare-output conditions. The generative procedure is a mapping of a certain lexical choice to a pair (p, l).
S, which explains language variation, is restricted to the property of the lexicon, rather than that of the computational system. In particular, it is concerned with the features of the functional elements of this lexicon like the N-feature and V-feature of Tense (T). In essence, parametric variation is a matter of morphology. These features are optionally either strong or weak. The word order of a particular language is due to the strength of the features of the functional categories.
3. The cognitive component, that is, the syntactic componentproper, consists of a computational system, a lexicon and a phonological component (PHON). On the basis of some experiences of a particular language or primary linguistic data (PLD), this component of the language faculty, which varies across linguistic environments, can develop into a mature form, I-language, that is, _a generative procedure generating an infinite set of SDs.
4. The performance component includes those parts ofarticulatory-perceptual (A-P) system and the conceptual-intentional (C-I) system that are relevant to language use. The contents of this component are entirely inherent and not affected by the idiosyncrasy of the particular language to which an individual is exposed.
5. The cognitive component is embedded in the performancecomponent. It does not mean that the generative procedure is designed for use. The SDs generated are presumably ‘instructions’ for the A-P and C-I systems to carry out their tasks. Consequently the SDs must be interpretable by these ‘external’ (that is, non-syntactical) systems. In order that the A-P and C-I systems can ‘read’ an instruction, a SD (the expression of an I-language) must have a nature of, roughly, a sound and a meaning. There are two interface levels: Phonetic Form (PF) at the A-P interface and Logical Form (LF) at the C-I interface. The I-language generates a set of pairs (p, l), where p is a PF representation drawn from PF and l a LF representation drawn from LF. However, both p and l are formal representations of sound and meaning respectively—formal because they are determined by the syntactical or cognitive component.
And yet, that a SD must have two levels of representation is due to the design of the whole language faculty that has the A-P and C-I systems interface to the computational mechanism. (We humans must communicate in words or signs; telepathy is not applicable to us.) The interface systems impose some legibility requirements (called the Bare-Output Conditions) from ‘outside’.
6. CHL determines an infinite set of pairs (p, l), which satisfy thebare-output conditions. The generative procedure is a mapping of a certain lexical choice to a pair (p, l).
S, which explains language variation, is restricted to the property of the lexicon, rather than that of the computational system. In particular, it is concerned with the features of the functional elements of this lexicon like the N-feature and V-feature of Tense (T). In essence, parametric variation is a matter of morphology. These features are optionally either strong or weak. The word order of a particular language is due to the strength of the features of the functional categories.
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