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The Acceptability Cline in VP Ellipsis.
- Source :
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Syntax . Dec2011, Vol. 14 Issue 4, p318-354. 37p. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- . This paper lays the foundations for a processing model of relative acceptability levels in verb phrase ellipsis (VPE). In the proposed model, mismatching VPE examples are grammatical but less acceptable because they violate heuristic parsing strategies. This analysis is presented in a Minimalist Grammar formalism that is compatible with standard parsing techniques. The overall proposal integrates computational assumptions about parsing with a psycholinguistic linking hypothesis. These parts work together with the syntactic analysis to derive novel predictions that are confirmed in a controlled experiment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13680005
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Syntax
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 66607667
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9612.2011.00160.x