- Tytuł:
- Sets, heads, and spreading in LFG
- Autorzy:
- Andrews, A. D.
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/103913.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2018
- Wydawca:
- Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Podstaw Informatyki PAN
- Tematy:
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hybryd objects
complex predicates
glue semantics
attribute spreading - Opis:
- Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG) uses abstract syntactic representations (f-structures) that tend to provide less hierarchical structure for certain constructions than those employed in other formal frameworks. This produces some good results, such as a very straightforward account of feature-sharing between phrases and their heads, but also certain difficulties, especially in cases where the semantic interpretation seems to be determined by the hierarchical c-structure Rather than the flatter f-structure. These are unproblematic for all other major generative frameworks, but have been troublesome for standard versions of LFG. Here I will consider two such cases: scoping adjectival modification in noun phrases; and Romance ‘complex’ (or ‘restructuring’) predicates. Problems with the semantic interpretation of these construction were first discussed by Andrews (1983) and Alsina (1997), respectively, and by others subsequently. Both constructions exhibit the problem of apparent concentricity, and a fully satisfactory and accepted LFG solution has not yet been found. My proposal is to use the hybrid objects and distribution convention of Dalrymple and Kaplan (2000), but with singleton rather than multi-member sets, along with a facility to stipulatively suppress distribution in individual constructions. This provides an analysis which explains scope-determination and helps with certain other problems, with far less change to the theory than in previous attempts such as Andrews and Manning (1993, 1999).
- Źródło:
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Journal of Language Modelling; 2018, 6, 1; 131-174
2299-856X
2299-8470 - Pojawia się w:
- Journal of Language Modelling
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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