Long-distance dependencies, locality and discontinuous constituents
Udo Klein · 2008
Present an argument consisting of five premises and the conclusion that sentences with unbounded topicalization cannot be generated Discuss three different ways of avoiding the conclusion Sketch an analysis of long-distance topicalization in terms of discontinuous constituents Compare briefly with the HPSG 1994 analysis of unbounded dependencies Conclusion An argument 1. Grammars consist of formal rules, semantic rules and associations between formal and semantic rules. 2. Semantic entities are structured. 3. Semantic rules are strictly local. 4. Formal entities are strings of words. 5. Formal rules are strictly local