This book explores the interaction of the grammar with the external systems, conceptual intentional and sensori-motor. The papers in the Language section include configurational analyses of the interface properties of depictives, clitic clusters, imperatives, conditionals, clefts, as well as asymmetries in the structure of syllables and feet. The Brain section discusses questions related to human learning and comprehension of language: the acquisition of compounds, the acquisition of the definite article, the subject/object asymmetry in the comprehension of D-Linked vs. non D-linked questions, the evidence for syntactic asymmetries in American Sign Language, the acquisition of syllable types, and the role of stress shift in the determination of phrase ending. The papers in the Computation section present different perspectives on how the properties of UG can be implemented in a parser; implementations of different theories including configurational selection, incorporation, and minimalism; and the role of statistical and quantitative approaches in natural language processing.
Author(s): Anna Maria Di Sciullo
Series: Linguistics Today
Publisher: John Benjamins Pub Co
Year: 2005
Language: English
Commentary: 49973
Pages: 417
UG and External Systems......Page 2
Editorial page......Page 3
Title page......Page 4
LCC data......Page 5
Table of contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 8
Language......Page 11
Brain......Page 13
Computation......Page 15
References......Page 17
I. Language......Page 20
1. Introduction......Page 22
2. Two classes of depictives......Page 24
3. Previous analyses......Page 26
4. Our proposal......Page 29
5. Direct and indirect secondary predication......Page 40
6. Conclusions......Page 42
References......Page 43
1. Goal......Page 46
2. Clitic clusters......Page 47
3. Issues and ways to deal with them......Page 52
4. Language variation......Page 59
Notes......Page 67
References......Page 70
Introduction......Page 242
1. Overview......Page 243
2. Experiment 1......Page 248
3. Experiment 2......Page 255
4. Discussion......Page 257
Materials......Page 258
Notes......Page 260
References......Page 261
1. Introduction......Page 74
2. Imperatives as “Defective” vs. full conditionals......Page 78
3. Differences in the features of Russian imperatives......Page 83
Notes......Page 89
References......Page 90
1. Ordering restrictions on conditionals with respect to the main clause......Page 92
2. The landing site of conditionals......Page 95
3. On the trigger of conditional clause preposing......Page 100
Notes......Page 106
References......Page 112
Introduction......Page 114
1. The different types of clefts......Page 115
2. Different accounts of clefts......Page 117
3. Tense restrictions......Page 121
4. Agreement restrictions......Page 130
5. More on clefts and focus......Page 131
6. Towards an analysis......Page 132
Notes......Page 142
References......Page 144
1. Introduction......Page 148
2. Previous analyses of configurational asymmetries......Page 155
3. Analysis: Rhythmic constraints in prosodic constituents......Page 158
4. Summary......Page 166
Notes......Page 167
References......Page 168
II. Brain......Page 172
Introduction......Page 174
1. The Abstract Clitic Hypothesis......Page 175
2. Cross-linguistic variation: Swedish......Page 177
3. Cross-linguistic variation: French......Page 180
4. Learnability and recursion......Page 181
Notes......Page 184
References......Page 187
1. Introduction......Page 190
2. The definite system......Page 191
3. The acquisition of definiteness......Page 194
5. Methodology......Page 196
6. Discussion......Page 199
References......Page 201
1. Introduction......Page 204
2. Accounts of the subject-object asymmetry......Page 205
3. New experiments......Page 206
4. Discussion......Page 207
5. Summary and conclusion......Page 209
References......Page 210
1. Introduction......Page 212
2. Evidence for argument asymmetries......Page 213
3. Evidence for structural asymmetries......Page 218
4. Structural asymmetries: Mixed headedness......Page 220
5. Structural asymmetry: Spreading domains......Page 224
6. Conclusion......Page 225
Notes......Page 226
References......Page 228
1. Introduction......Page 232
3. Our findings......Page 233
4. Seeking a solution......Page 234
5. A modified proposal......Page 238
Notes......Page 239
References......Page 240
III. Computation......Page 264
1. Introduction......Page 266
2. Asymmetry......Page 267
3. Three parsing models......Page 276
Notes......Page 284
References......Page 286
1. The problem of verb subcategorization......Page 288
Incorporation theory......Page 290
Minimalist operations......Page 292
Incorporation......Page 297
Implementation Analysis......Page 302
References......Page 305
Appendix A......Page 306
1. Introduction......Page 308
2. Minimalist Grammars......Page 309
3. Context-Free Derivations......Page 314
4. Top-down recognition......Page 317
5. Correct prefix property......Page 321
6. Conclusion......Page 326
Notes......Page 327
References......Page 329
1. Introduction......Page 330
2. The lexicon......Page 332
3. Elementary trees......Page 335
4. The Move Box......Page 339
5. Limitations of theMove Box......Page 342
6. Probes and goals......Page 344
7. A preliminary comparison......Page 348
8. Conclusions......Page 349
References......Page 351
1. Introduction......Page 354
2. Linguistically-based parsing and linguistic strategies......Page 363
3. Treebank derived structurals relations......Page 377
References......Page 391
1. Introduction......Page 394
2. Some examples......Page 396
3. Basic constraints......Page 399
4. Variability......Page 402
5. Equilibrium principle......Page 404
References......Page 406
Index......Page 408
The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today......Page 416
