Formalization of RRG Syntax
Laura Kallmeyer, Rainer Osswald · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 2023
The goal of this chapter is to present RRG as a formalized grammatical theory which puts emphasis on mathematical and logical rigour. It is shown how the syntactic dimension of RRG can be formally expressed as a tree rewriting grammar consisting of elementary tree templates that can be combined with larger syntactic units by three modes of composition: substitution, adjunction and wrapping. Special attention is given to the structure and derivation of extraction constructions and complex sentences.