| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 277 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today ;
v. 43
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Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 43.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-274) and index. |
| Contents |
Empty Categories in Sentence Processing; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Table of contents; Foreword; Abbreviations; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Empty categories in PPT and HPSG; Chapter 3. Parsers and gap processing; Chapter 4. Antecedent Reactivation and Trace; Chapter 5. NP-trace and PRO: Local ECs; Chapter 6. Evidence from sentence matching on wh -trace dependencies; Chapter 7. Conclusions; Appendix 1. Materials for CMLP Experiments 1 -3; Appendix 2. Materials for probe recognition Experiment 4; Appendix 3. Materials for ERP Experiment 5. |
| Summary |
This book reports a research program into one of the most controversial questions in the syntax -- processing interface: The behavior of the parser at gap positions. While the work done is largely experimental, the results are analyzed both for their relevance to sentence processing and for their implications for competing syntactic frameworks. In particular the differing predictions of PPT and HPSG for structures with dislocated constituents are tested for their empirical adequacy. The author addresses a broad range of questions about gap processing and uses a broad range of methodologies to c. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Sentences.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Sentences. |
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Principles and parameters (Linguistics)
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Principles and parameters (Linguistics) |
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Head-driven phrase structure grammar.
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Head-driven phrase structure grammar. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Featherston, Sam. Empty categories in sentence processing. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©2001 (DLC) 2001035023 |
| ISBN |
9789027298249 (electronic book) |
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9027298246 (electronic book) |
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1588110699 (alkaline paper) |
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9027227640 (Eur.) |
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