Chapter 13. Stacking up for the long way down
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Marcel den Dikken
Abstract
In Categorial Grammar, “[t]he combinatorics of long-distance dependencies are steered … by conditions on the state of argument stacks” (Cremers 2004: 99). In this paper I argue that in mainstream Chomskyan syntax, modelling filler-gap dependencies in these terms also works well, and is superior to the standard bottom-up movement-based approach. The discussion focuses primarily on the familiar locality restrictions on the establishment of long-distance filler-gap dependencies, and recasts “Subjacency” and “ECP” effects from the perspective of the top-down approach.
Abstract
In Categorial Grammar, “[t]he combinatorics of long-distance dependencies are steered … by conditions on the state of argument stacks” (Cremers 2004: 99). In this paper I argue that in mainstream Chomskyan syntax, modelling filler-gap dependencies in these terms also works well, and is superior to the standard bottom-up movement-based approach. The discussion focuses primarily on the familiar locality restrictions on the establishment of long-distance filler-gap dependencies, and recasts “Subjacency” and “ECP” effects from the perspective of the top-down approach.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Dedication v
- Table of contents vii
- Introduction 1
- Chapter 1. Bridging theoretical and experimental linguistic research 9
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Data and its use
- Chapter 2. Experimental research 23
- Chapter 3. Finding long-distance dependencies in the Lassy Corpus 39
- Chapter 4. How to compare speed and accuracy of syntactic parsers 57
- Chapter 5. Adposition clusters in Dutch 77
- Chapter 6. Polarity licensing and intervention by conjunction 93
- Chapter 7. Frequential test of (S)OV as unmarked word order in Dutch and German clauses 107
- Chapter 8. Kratzer’s effect in the nominal domain 125
- Chapter 9. Is bilingual speech production language-specific or non-specific? 139
- Chapter 10. Prosody of restrictive and appositive relative clauses in Dutch and German 155
- Chapter 11. Licensing distributivity 177
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Implementation and theory building
- Chapter 12. Extending categorial grammar to phonology 193
- Chapter 13. Stacking up for the long way down 207
- Chapter 14. Meaning between algebra and culture 227
- Chapter 15. Whether you like it or not, this is a paper about or not 249
- Chapter 16. Between desire and necessity 263
- Chapter 17. Inner aspect and the comparative quantifiers 281
- Chapter 18. The expressive en maar -construction 305
- Index 327
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Dedication v
- Table of contents vii
- Introduction 1
- Chapter 1. Bridging theoretical and experimental linguistic research 9
-
Data and its use
- Chapter 2. Experimental research 23
- Chapter 3. Finding long-distance dependencies in the Lassy Corpus 39
- Chapter 4. How to compare speed and accuracy of syntactic parsers 57
- Chapter 5. Adposition clusters in Dutch 77
- Chapter 6. Polarity licensing and intervention by conjunction 93
- Chapter 7. Frequential test of (S)OV as unmarked word order in Dutch and German clauses 107
- Chapter 8. Kratzer’s effect in the nominal domain 125
- Chapter 9. Is bilingual speech production language-specific or non-specific? 139
- Chapter 10. Prosody of restrictive and appositive relative clauses in Dutch and German 155
- Chapter 11. Licensing distributivity 177
-
Implementation and theory building
- Chapter 12. Extending categorial grammar to phonology 193
- Chapter 13. Stacking up for the long way down 207
- Chapter 14. Meaning between algebra and culture 227
- Chapter 15. Whether you like it or not, this is a paper about or not 249
- Chapter 16. Between desire and necessity 263
- Chapter 17. Inner aspect and the comparative quantifiers 281
- Chapter 18. The expressive en maar -construction 305
- Index 327
