tailieunhanh - Báo cáo khoa học: "Extraposition via Complex Domain Formation*"

We propose a novel approach to extraposition in German within an alternative conception of syntax in which syntactic structure and linear order are mediated not via encodings of hierarchical relations but instead via order domains. At the heart of our proposal is a new kind of domain formation which affords analyses of extraposition constructions that are linguistically more adequate than those previously suggested in the literature. | Extraposition via Complex Domain Formation Andreas Kathol and Carl Pollard Dept of Linguistics . 1712 Neil Ave. Ohio State University Columbus OH 43210 USA kathol pollard Abstract We propose a novel approach to extraposition in German within an alternative conception of syntax in which syntactic structure and linear order are mediated not via encodings of hierarchical relations but instead via order domains. At the heart of our proposal is a new kind of domain formation which affords analyses of extraposition constructions that are linguistically more adequate than those previously suggested in the literature. 1 Linearization without phrase structure Recent years have seen proposals for the elimination of the phrase structure component in syntax in favor of levels of representation encompassing possibly nonconcatenative modes of serialization Dowty In press Reape 1993 Reape 1994 Pollard et al. 1993 . Instead of deriving the string representation from the yield of the tree encoding the syntactic structure of that sentence as for instance in GPSG LFG and as far as the relationship between S-structure and PF discounting operations at PF is concerned GB these proposals suggest deriving the sentential string via a recursive process that operates directly on encodings of the constituent order of the sub constituents of the sentence. In Reape s proposal which constitutes an extension of HPSG Pollard and Sag 1994 this information is contained in Word Order Domains . On the other hand the way that the surface representation is put together . the categories that have contributed to the ultimate string and the grammatical dependency relations head-argument head-adjunct etc. holding among them will be called the composition structure of that sentence represented below by means of unordered trees. Thanks to Bob Kasper for helpful discussions and suggestions. As an example consider how a German VI sentence . a question or conditional clause is derived