Deriving Narrow Syntax through constraints on information structure: A parallel between linguistic models of displacement and database theory
This paper presents a research program for normalization-driven syntax. It takes the Minimalist research agenda as a starting point and explores the question of how the CI interface determines syntactic operations. The proposal provides specific content to the notion of bare output conditions and th...
| Publicado en: | Lingua Vol. 118; no. 12; pp. 1864 - 1900 |
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Elsevier B.V.
Dec2008
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=35124130&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 35124130 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00243841 3OB jtl: Lingua issn: 00243841 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2008 vid: 118 iid: 12 pid: 1004 pub: Elsevier B.V. artinfo: ui: 35124130 10.1016/j.lingua.2008.05.002 ppf: 1864 ppct: 36 formats: tig: atl: Deriving Narrow Syntax through constraints on information structure: A parallel between linguistic models of displacement and database theory aug: au: de Vos, Mark affil: Department of English Language and Linguistics, Rhodes University, PO Box 94, 6140 Grahamstown, South Africa su: Syntax (Grammar) Linguistic models Language research Databases Lexicon Optimality theory (Linguistics) sug: subj: Syntax (Grammar) Linguistic models Language research Databases Lexicon Optimality theory (Linguistics) keyword: Database normalization Functional Dependency Minimalism move Normal Forms Relational Theory Syntactic relations ab: This paper presents a research program for normalization-driven syntax. It takes the Minimalist research agenda as a starting point and explores the question of how the CI interface determines syntactic operations. The proposal provides specific content to the notion of bare output conditions and the nature of the CI interface. It does so by drawing on the tools provided by Relational Theory, a branch of set-theoretic mathematics, and Database Theory, a branch of computer science. It is demonstrated that core components of Narrow Syntax (phrase structure, selection and AGREE) are all definable in terms of Relational Theory. Then, it is shown that the process of relation optimization, or normalization, can derive chain formation. The article concludes with two speculations on the implementation of phases within a normalization-driven grammar and the implications of such a system for the learnability of the lexicon. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y dt: @attributes: year: 2008 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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