Prospects for top-down derivation

Prospects for top-down derivation

This article explores a model of grammar involving top-down derivations, where each step (“splitmerge”) yields an asymmetric pair of elements relevant to the expression of order, information, and grammatical features. These derivations are inevitably layered, in the sense that the output of a previo...

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Auteur principal: Jan-Wouter Zwart
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Publié: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2009
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syntax
top-down derivation
merge
dependency
opacity
A’-movement
Philology. Linguistics
P1-1091
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:e461e58371da4f62b5a6a1c23fb996c52021-11-27T10:47:35ZProspects for top-down derivation10.5565/rev/catjl.1461695-68852014-9719https://doaj.org/article/e461e58371da4f62b5a6a1c23fb996c52009-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/catJL/article/view/146https://doaj.org/toc/1695-6885https://doaj.org/toc/2014-9719This article explores a model of grammar involving top-down derivations, where each step (“splitmerge”) yields an asymmetric pair of elements relevant to the expression of order, information, and grammatical features. These derivations are inevitably layered, in the sense that the output of a previous derivation may appear as an atom in the numeration for the next derivation. It is suggested that opacity effects follow from the layering of derivations, not from conditions on movement. While the main questions surrounding the model contemplated here involve the ‘when’ and ‘what’ of merge, this article focuses on the more preliminary question of the ‘how’ of merge.Jan-Wouter ZwartUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelonaarticlesyntaxtop-down derivationmergedependencyopacityA’-movementPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091CAENCatalan Journal of Linguistics, Vol 8, Iss 1 (2009)
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topic syntax
top-down derivation
merge
dependency
opacity
A’-movement
Philology. Linguistics
P1-1091
spellingShingle syntax
top-down derivation
merge
dependency
opacity
A’-movement
Philology. Linguistics
P1-1091
Jan-Wouter Zwart
Prospects for top-down derivation
description This article explores a model of grammar involving top-down derivations, where each step (“splitmerge”) yields an asymmetric pair of elements relevant to the expression of order, information, and grammatical features. These derivations are inevitably layered, in the sense that the output of a previous derivation may appear as an atom in the numeration for the next derivation. It is suggested that opacity effects follow from the layering of derivations, not from conditions on movement. While the main questions surrounding the model contemplated here involve the ‘when’ and ‘what’ of merge, this article focuses on the more preliminary question of the ‘how’ of merge.
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