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Long-distance dependencies without filler−gaps: a cognitive-functional alternative in Fluid Construction Grammar.
- Source :
- Language & Cognition (Cambridge University Press); Jun2014, Vol. 6 Issue 2, p242-270, 29p, 17 Diagrams, 2 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Long-distance dependencies are notoriously difficult to analyze in a formally explicit way because they involve constituents that seem to have been extracted from their canonical position in an utterance. The most widespread solution is to identify a gap at an extraction site and to communicate information about that gap to its filler, as in What_FILLERdid you see_GAP? This paper rejects the filler−gap solution and proposes a cognitive-functional alternative in which long-distance dependencies spontaneously emerge as a side effect of how grammatical constructions interact with each other for expressing different conceptualizations. The proposal is supported by a computational implementation in Fluid Construction Grammar that works for both parsing and production. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CONSTRUCTION grammar
GRAMMAR
VERBS
SENTENCES (Grammar)
SEMANTICS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 18669808
- Volume :
- 6
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Language & Cognition (Cambridge University Press)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 98902565
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/langcog.2014.8