Lexical and Constructional Aspects of Linguistic Explanation

by Webelhuth, Gert; Koenig, Jean-Pierre; Kathol, Andreas

• ISBN13: 9781575861524
• ISBN10: 1575861526
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

Summary

This anthology draws together leading linguists, logicians, and computer scientists working on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar and Construction Grammar. Covering a wide array of linguistic topics and languages, the papers in this book document the singular ability of lexicalist theories of grammar to provide analyses which combine the advantages of explanatoriness, analytic precision, and thorough empirical data coverage. Topics that are discussed include: argument structure, idiomatic constructions, case and agreement, anaphora and ellipsis, syntactic locality and nonlocality, quantification, word structure, issues in processing and formalization, and unbounded dependencies.

Table of Contents

Contributors	viii
Introduction	1	(12)
Gert Webelhuth
Jean-Pierre Koenig
Andreas Kathol
Part I Lexical Argument Structure	13	(66)
Kinds of Objecthood in Chamorro Grammar	15	(16)
Michael Dukes
A Composition Approach to Modern Greek `Weak Form' Possessives	31	(16)
Dimitra Kolliakou
West Greenlandic Noun Incorporation in a Monohierarchical Theory of Grammar	47	(16)
Robert Malouf
Dissociations Between ARG-ST and Grammatical Relations	63	(16)
Christopher D. Manning
Ivan A. Sag
Part II Lexical and Syntactic Constructions	79	(82)
A Lexical Approach to Quantifier Floating in French	81	(16)
Anne Abeille
Daniele Godard
German Pied-Piped Infinitives	97	(16)
Kordula De Kuthy
Inversion and Constructional Inheritance	113	(16)
Charles J. Fillmore
German Partial-VP Topicalization Revisited	129	(16)
Walt Detmar Meurers
English Number Names in HPSG	145	(16)
Jeffrey D. Smith
Part III Binding Theory	161	(36)
Long-Distance Reflexives and the Binding Square of Opposition	163	(16)
Antonio Branco
Palmira Marrafa
HPSG, GB, and the Balinese Bind	179	(18)
Stephen Wechsler
Part IV Case and Agreement	197	(50)
Peripheral Constructions and Core Phenomena	199	(16)
Emily Bender
Dan Flickinger
Locus Agreement in American Sign Language	215	(16)
Kearsy Cormier
Stephen Wechsler
Richard P. Meier
On Case Assignment and ``Adjuncts as Complements''	231	(16)
Adam Przepiorkowski
Part V Formal and Computational Issues	247	(68)
The Importance of Being Lazy	249	(16)
Thilo Gotz
Walt Detmar Meurers
Inside-Out Constraints and Description Languages for HPSG	265	(16)
Jean-Pierre Koenig
Strong Generative Capacity in HPSG	281	(18)
Carl J. Pollard
Off-line Constraint Propagation for Efficient HPSG Processing	299	(16)
Walt Detmar Meurers
Guido Minnen
Part VI Semantics and Pragmatics	315	(74)
Conjunctive Semantics for Semantically Transparent Adverbials	317	(14)
David P. Baxter
Antecedent Contained Ellipsis in HPSG	331	(26)
Howard Gregory
Shalom Lappin
The Scope-Marking Construction in German	357	(16)
Andreas Kathol
Lexicalization of Context	373	(16)
Graham Wilcock
Name Index	389	(4)
Subject Index	393