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This book presents the most complete exposition of the theory of
head-driven phrase structure grammar (HPSG), introduced in the
authors' "Information-Based Syntax and Semantics," HPSG provides an
integration of key ideas from the various disciplines of cognitive
science, drawing on results from diverse approaches to syntactic
theory, situation semantics, data type theory, and knowledge
representation. The result is a conception of grammar as a set of
declarative and order-independent constraints, a conception well
suited to modelling human language processing.
This self-contained volume demonstrates the applicability of the
HPSG approach to a wide range of empirical problems, including a
number which have occupied center-stage within syntactic theory for
well over twenty years: the control of "understood" subjects,
long-distance dependencies conventionally treated in terms of
"wh"-movement, and syntactic constraints on the relationship
between various kinds of pronouns and their antecedents. The
authors make clear how their approach compares with and improves
upon approaches undertaken in other frameworks, including in
particular the government-binding theory of Noam Chomsky.
This book presents the most complete exposition of the theory of
head-driven phrase structure grammar (HPSG), introduced in the
authors' "Information-Based Syntax and Semantics," HPSG provides an
integration of key ideas from the various disciplines of cognitive
science, drawing on results from diverse approaches to syntactic
theory, situation semantics, data type theory, and knowledge
representation. The result is a conception of grammar as a set of
declarative and order-independent constraints, a conception well
suited to modelling human language processing.
This self-contained volume demonstrates the applicability of the
HPSG approach to a wide range of empirical problems, including a
number which have occupied center-stage within syntactic theory for
well over twenty years: the control of "understood" subjects,
long-distance dependencies conventionally treated in terms of
"wh"-movement, and syntactic constraints on the relationship
between various kinds of pronouns and their antecedents. The
authors make clear how their approach compares with and improves
upon approaches undertaken in other frameworks, including in
particular the government-binding theory of Noam Chomsky.
This second edition of "Syntactic Theory: A Formal Introduction"
expands and improves upon a truly unique introductory syntax
textbook. Like the first edition, its focus is on the development
of precisely formulated grammars whose empirical predictions can be
directly tested. There is also considerable emphasis on the
prediction and evaluation of grammatical hypotheses, as well as on
integrating syntactic hypotheses with matters of semantic analysis.
The book covers the core areas of English syntax from the last
quarter century, including complementation, control, "raising
constructions," passives, the auxiliary system, and the analysis of
long distance dependency constructions. "Syntactic Theory's
step-by-step introduction to a consistent grammar in these core
areas is complemented by extensive problem sets drawing from a
variety of languages."
"The book's theoretical perspective is presented in the context of
current models of language processing, and the practical value of
the constraint-based, lexicalist grammatical architecture proposed
has already been demonstrated in computer language processing
applications. This thoroughly reworked second edition includes
revised and extended problem sets, updated analyses, additional
examples, and more detailed exposition throughout."
"Praise for the first edition: "
""Syntactic Theory sets a new standard for introductory syntax
volumes that all future books should be measured against."--Gert
Webelhuth, Journal of Linguistics"
Interrogative constructions are the linguistic forms by which
questions are expressed. Their analysis is of great interest to
linguists, as well as to computer scientists, human-computer
interface designers, and philosophers. Interrogative constructions
have played a central role in the development of modern syntactic
theory. Nonetheless, to date most syntactic work has taken place
quite separately from formal semantic and pragmatic work on
interrogatives. Although there has by now been a significant amount
of work on interrogatives across a variety of languages, there
exist few syntactic and semantic treatments that provide a
comprehensive account of a wide range of interrogative
constructions and uses in a single language.
This book closes the gap in research on this subject. By developing
the frameworks of Head Driven Phrase Structure Grammar and
Situation Semantics, the authors provide an account that rigorously
integrates syntactic, semantic, and contextual dimensions of
interrogatives. The challenge of providing exhaustive coverage of
the interrogative constructions of English, including various
constructions that occur solely in dialogue interaction, leads to
new insights about a variety of contentious theoretical issues.
These include matters of semantic ontology, the quantificational
status of wh-phrases, the semantic effect of wh-fronting, the
status of constructions in grammatical theory, the integration of
illocutionary information in the grammar, and the nature of
ellipsis resolution in dialogue. The account is stated with
sufficient rigor to enable fairly direct computational
implementation.
Interrogative constructions are the linguistic forms by which
questions are expressed. Their analysis is of great interest to
linguists, as well as to computer scientists, human-computer
interface designers, and philosophers. Interrogative constructions
have played a central role in the development of modern syntactic
theory. Nonetheless, to date most syntactic work has taken place
quite separately from formal semantic and pragmatic work on
interrogatives. Although there has by now been a significant amount
of work on interrogatives across a variety of languages, there
exist few syntactic and semantic treatments that provide a
comprehensive account of a wide range of interrogative
constructions and uses in a single language.
This book closes the gap in research on this subject. By developing
the frameworks of Head Driven Phrase Structure Grammar and
Situation Semantics, the authors provide an account that rigorously
integrates syntactic, semantic, and contextual dimensions of
interrogatives. The challenge of providing exhaustive coverage of
the interrogative constructions of English, including various
constructions that occur solely in dialogue interaction, leads to
new insights about a variety of contentious theoretical issues.
These include matters of semantic ontology, the quantificational
status of wh-phrases, the semantic effect of wh-fronting, the
status of constructions in grammatical theory, the integration of
illocutionary information in the grammar, and the nature of
ellipsis resolution in dialogue. The account is stated with
sufficient rigor to enable fairly direct computational
implementation.
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