C-Command Dependencies as TSL String Constraints
Thomas Graf, Nazila Shafiei · ScholarWorks@UMassAmherst (University of Massachusetts Amherst) · 2019
We provide a general framework for analyzing c-command based dependencies in syntax, e.g. binding and NPI licensing, from a subregular perspective. C-command relations are represented as strings computed from Minimalist derivation trees, and syntactic dependencies are shown to be input-output tier-based strictly local over such strings. The complexity of many syntactic phenomena thus is comparable to dependencies in phonology and morphology.