Linear Syntax
by
Kathol
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
019823872X
ISBN-13
9780198238720
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 29th, 2004
Print length
328 Pages
Weight
502 grams
Dimensions
23.40 x 15.60 x 1.80 cms
Product Classification:
Grammar, syntax & morphologyCognition & cognitive psychology
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Makes a case for a critical reassessment of the view that syntax can be reduced to tree structures. Arguing that a crucial part of the description of German clausal syntax should be based on concepts that are defined in terms of linear order, this book connects the tools of modern phrase-structure grammar with traditional descriptive scholarship.
While much of contemporary syntax equates grammatical structure with hierarchical organization, i.e. tree structures, this book argues for a critical reassessment of that premise. It argues that a crucial part of the description of German clausal syntax should be based on linear, rather than hierarchical concepts. This is done here by adopting ''topological fields''–a concept from traditional descriptive theory. Such fields are defined as syntactic position classes, that is, clusterings of continuous syntactic material, and are defined orthogonally to constituency. This idea is implemented in an extension of Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar that employs a separate level of flat linear organization called ''order domain''.
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