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Lexicalised Locality: Local Domains and Non-Local Dependencies in a Lexicalised Tree Adjoining Grammar
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In: Philosophies ; Volume 6 ; Issue 3 (2021)
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Contemporary generative grammar assumes that syntactic structure is best described in terms of sets, and that locality conditions, as well as cross-linguistic variation, is determined at the level of designated functional heads. Syntactic operations (merge, MERGE, etc.) build a structure by deriving sets from lexical atoms and recursively (and monotonically) yielding sets of sets. Additional restrictions over the format of structural descriptions limit the number of elements involved in each operation to two at each derivational step, a head and a non-head. In this paper, we will explore an alternative direction for minimalist inquiry based on previous work, e.g., Frank (2002, 2006), albeit under novel assumptions. We propose a view of syntactic structure as a specification of relations in graphs, which correspond to the extended projection of lexical heads ; these are elementary trees in Tree Adjoining Grammars. We present empirical motivation for a lexicalised approach to structure building, where the units of the grammar are elementary trees. Our proposal will be based on cross-linguistic evidence ; we will consider the structure of elementary trees in Spanish, English and German. We will also explore the consequences of assuming that nodes in elementary trees are addresses for purposes of tree composition operations, substitution and adjunction.
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Keyword:
lexicalised grammar; locality; tree adjoining grammar; tree composition
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URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/philosophies6030070
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On the position of subjects in Spanish periphrases: Subjecthood left and right
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In: Borealis: An International Journal of Hispanic Linguistics, Vol 8, Iss 1 (2019) (2019)
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On Auxiliary Chains: Lexical and Functional Auxiliaries at the syntax-semantics interface
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In: Borealis: An International Journal of Hispanic Linguistics, Vol 4, Iss 2, Pp 71-101 (2015) (2015)
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At the Interface of (Bio)linguistics, Language Processing, and Neuropsychology
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In: Biolinguistics, Vol 8, Iss 0, Pp 141-162 (2014) (2014)
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Los verbos de ascenso como expresiones modales:el caso del español
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In: Anuari de Filologia. Estudis de Lingüística, Vol 3, Iss 0, Pp 33-56 (2014) (2014)
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At the Interface of (Bio)linguistics, Language
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In: http://biolinguistics.eu/index.php/biolinguistics/article/viewFile/347/333/
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1 Revisiting the Evaluator: Derivations (and Learning) in OT
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In: http://roa.rutgers.edu/content/article/files/1204_krivochen_2.pdf
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On the Necessity of Mixed Models: Dynamical Frustrations in the Mind
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In: http://ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/001838/current.pdf?_s=IATqUlX5KUB9-ci7
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