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  • Gosse Bouma
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Crossroads Semantics
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Abstract

In this paper, we present the results of searching for long-distance dependencies in an automatically annotated treebank for Dutch. We concentrate on phenomena that have recently been subject to debate, and where conflicting claims have been made regarding the question whether these constructions actually occur with some frequency in spontaneous language use. Long-distance dependencies involving a tensed or infinitival subordinate clause are quite rare and show collocational effects. Resumptive prolepsis and R-pronominal parasitic gaps are outside the scope of the computational grammar. We show that access to syntactic annotation even in such cases helps to find positive examples relatively quickly.

Abstract

In this paper, we present the results of searching for long-distance dependencies in an automatically annotated treebank for Dutch. We concentrate on phenomena that have recently been subject to debate, and where conflicting claims have been made regarding the question whether these constructions actually occur with some frequency in spontaneous language use. Long-distance dependencies involving a tensed or infinitival subordinate clause are quite rare and show collocational effects. Resumptive prolepsis and R-pronominal parasitic gaps are outside the scope of the computational grammar. We show that access to syntactic annotation even in such cases helps to find positive examples relatively quickly.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Dedication v
  3. Table of contents vii
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Chapter 1. Bridging theoretical and experimental linguistic research 9
  6. Data and its use
  7. Chapter 2. Experimental research 23
  8. Chapter 3. Finding long-distance dependencies in the Lassy Corpus 39
  9. Chapter 4. How to compare speed and accuracy of syntactic parsers 57
  10. Chapter 5. Adposition clusters in Dutch 77
  11. Chapter 6. Polarity licensing and intervention by conjunction 93
  12. Chapter 7. Frequential test of (S)OV as unmarked word order in Dutch and German clauses 107
  13. Chapter 8. Kratzer’s effect in the nominal domain 125
  14. Chapter 9. Is bilingual speech production language-specific or non-specific? 139
  15. Chapter 10. Prosody of restrictive and appositive relative clauses in Dutch and German 155
  16. Chapter 11. Licensing distributivity 177
  17. Implementation and theory building
  18. Chapter 12. Extending categorial grammar to phonology 193
  19. Chapter 13. Stacking up for the long way down 207
  20. Chapter 14. Meaning between algebra and culture 227
  21. Chapter 15. Whether you like it or not, this is a paper about or not 249
  22. Chapter 16. Between desire and necessity 263
  23. Chapter 17. Inner aspect and the comparative quantifiers 281
  24. Chapter 18. The expressive en maar -construction 305
  25. Index 327
https://doi.org/10.1075/z.210.03bou

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Dedication v
  3. Table of contents vii
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Chapter 1. Bridging theoretical and experimental linguistic research 9
  6. Data and its use
  7. Chapter 2. Experimental research 23
  8. Chapter 3. Finding long-distance dependencies in the Lassy Corpus 39
  9. Chapter 4. How to compare speed and accuracy of syntactic parsers 57
  10. Chapter 5. Adposition clusters in Dutch 77
  11. Chapter 6. Polarity licensing and intervention by conjunction 93
  12. Chapter 7. Frequential test of (S)OV as unmarked word order in Dutch and German clauses 107
  13. Chapter 8. Kratzer’s effect in the nominal domain 125
  14. Chapter 9. Is bilingual speech production language-specific or non-specific? 139
  15. Chapter 10. Prosody of restrictive and appositive relative clauses in Dutch and German 155
  16. Chapter 11. Licensing distributivity 177
  17. Implementation and theory building
  18. Chapter 12. Extending categorial grammar to phonology 193
  19. Chapter 13. Stacking up for the long way down 207
  20. Chapter 14. Meaning between algebra and culture 227
  21. Chapter 15. Whether you like it or not, this is a paper about or not 249
  22. Chapter 16. Between desire and necessity 263
  23. Chapter 17. Inner aspect and the comparative quantifiers 281
  24. Chapter 18. The expressive en maar -construction 305
  25. Index 327
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