Discontinuous DP-coordination in German

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 161-200
Author(s):  
Martin Prinzhorn ◽  
Viola Schmitt
Keyword(s):  
Linear Order ◽  
Syntactic Analysis ◽  
Coordinate Structure ◽  
German Syntax ◽  
Coordinate Structures

In this paper, we introduce what we consider to be a new problem for syntactic analysis. We show that German allows for discontinuous coordination of DPs, where material that is not part of the coordinate structure may intervene between the DP-coordinates. We further argue that discontinuous coordination of DPs differs from standard DP-coordination in one important aspect: The coordinate structure as a whole is not accessible to material c-commanded by the first coordinate in overt syntax. This difference is a non-trivial problem for any analysis of discontinuous DP-coordination. Keywords: coordinate structures; discontinuous constituents; DP-coordination; German syntax; linear order

scholarly journals When linearity prevails over hierarchy in syntax

2017 ◽  
Vol 115 (3) ◽  
pp. 495-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jana Willer Gold ◽  
Boban Arsenijević ◽  
Mia Batinić ◽  
Michael Becker ◽  
Nermina Čordalija ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hierarchical Structure ◽  
Linear Order ◽  
Experimental Methods ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Slavic Languages ◽  
Agreement Morphology ◽  
Syntactic Relation ◽  
Production Errors ◽  
Coordinate Structures ◽  
Attraction Errors

Hierarchical structure has been cherished as a grammatical universal. We use experimental methods to show where linear order is also a relevant syntactic relation. An identical methodology and design were used across six research sites on South Slavic languages. Experimental results show that in certain configurations, grammatical production can in fact favor linear order over hierarchical structure. However, these findings are limited to coordinate structures and distinct from the kind of production errors found with comparable configurations such as “attraction” errors. The results demonstrate that agreement morphology may be computed in a series of steps, one of which is partly independent from syntactic hierarchy.

Coherence relation and clause linkage

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 424-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawei Jin
Keyword(s):  
Exact Formulation ◽  
Coordinate Structure ◽  
Coherence Relations ◽  
Coherence Relation ◽  
Structure Constraint ◽  
Coordinate Structures ◽  
Coordinate Structure Constraint

Abstract This paper proposes that adjunct island effects (Ross, 1967; Cattell, 1976) receive a discourse-semantic explanation. The exact formulation of this explanation builds upon previous work (e.g. Kehler, 2002) on island effects of conjuncts (Ross, 1967), which explains asymmetrical extraction from coordinate structures in English (that is, violations of the coordinate structure constraint) in terms of certain coherence relations (Hobbs, 1979). I show that asymmetric extraction from adjuncts in Chinese (that is, violations of the adjunct island constraint) is also sensitive to coherence relations. I argue that such similarities exist because coherence relations may be expressed by either a coordinative or a subordinative structure, and the variation in the syntactic realizations of coherence relations can be characterized through an independently motivated interclausal relations hierarchy that governs the mapping between semantics and syntactic linkage (van Valin, 2005).

scholarly journals Coordenações assimétricas no português antigo

2021 ◽  
pp. 311-322
Author(s):  
Giampaolo Salvi
Keyword(s):  
Structural Level ◽  
Coordinate Structure ◽  
Infinitival Clauses ◽  
Coordinate Structures

This paper takes into account some asymmetries found in Medieval Portuguese coordinate structures containing infinitival clauses. These are cases of coordination of a non-inflected infinitive with an inflected one and cases of apparent extraction of an element from the first clause of a coordinate structure. Both asymmetries can be eliminated if we assume that the coordination takes place at a higher structural level than that of the infinitival clauses; however, this solution entails that we have to postulate a gap in the second conjunct with the ellipsis of some elements (and/or the presence of some abstract elements) recoverable on the basis of elements expressed in the first conjunct. We show that only this more abstract hypothesis can explain in a direct manner the data examined in this work.

On the Nonexistence of Asymmetric DOM in Spanish

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Andrés Saab ◽  
Pablo Zdrojewski
Keyword(s):  
Coordinate Structure ◽  
Differential Object Marking ◽  
Association With Focus ◽  
Fragment Answers ◽  
Object Marking ◽  
Coordinate Structures

Kalin and Weisser (2019) observe that Spanish, among other differential-object-marking (DOM) languages, allows for what they call asymmetric DOM in coordination, that is, a DP coordinate structure in which an unmarked DP and a marked DP are conjoined. Given that coordinate structures are islands, asymmetric DOM challenges movement analyses for DOM. Yet we show that alleged cases of asymmetric DOM in Spanish do not involve DP-coordination; rather, they involve coordination of a larger structure plus TP-ellipsis. Evidence involves binding, extraction, fragment answers, and association with focus. We conclude that asymmetric DOM does not exist in Spanish, a fact consonant with movement analyses.

Syntactic restructuring in heritage grammars

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 180-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holger Hopp ◽  
Michael T. Putnam
Keyword(s):  
Word Order ◽  
Heritage Language ◽  
English Word ◽  
Judgment Task ◽  
Syntactic Analysis ◽  
Verb Second ◽  
South Central ◽  
Heritage Language Acquisition ◽  
Current State ◽  
German Syntax

In order to elucidate the structure of heritage grammars, this paper presents an analysis of word order variation in Moundridge Schweitzer German (MSG), a moribund heritage variety of German spoken in South Central Kansas. Based on elicited production data and an acceptability judgment task, we show that the current state of the MSG grammar maintains the asymmetric German verb-second (V2) and verb-final (V-final) word-ordering closely tied to specific pragmatic information associated with clause-types and complementizers. Extensive contact with English does not lead to adoption of English word order; rather, it occasions restructuring of German word order within the constraints of German syntax. We model these findings in a syntactic analysis following recent proposals by Putnam & Sánchez (2013) and Polinsky (2011) that challenge the notion of ‘incomplete acquisition’ as a way to conceptualize heritage language acquisition.

A Medical Text Analysis System for German - Syntax Analysis

1991 ◽  
Vol 30 (04) ◽  
pp. 275-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. M. Pietrzyk
Keyword(s):  
Text Analysis ◽  
Free Text ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Syntax Analysis ◽  
Medical Text ◽  
Medical Language ◽  
Computerized Processing ◽  
Language Data ◽  
Analysis System ◽  
German Syntax

Abstract:Much information about patients is stored in free text. Hence, the computerized processing of medical language data has been a well-known goal of medical informatics resulting in different paradigms. In Gottingen, a Medical Text Analysis System for German (abbr. MediTAS) has been under development for some time, trying to combine and to extend these paradigms. This article concentrates on the automated syntax analysis of German medical utterances. The investigated text material consists of 8,790 distinct utterances extracted from the summary sections of about 18,400 cytopathological findings reports. The parsing is based upon a new approach called Left-Associative Grammar (LAG) developed by Hausser. By extending considerably the LAG approach, most of the grammatical constructions occurring in the text material could be covered.

PRINCIPAL PROBLEMS OF NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS

2018 ◽  
pp. 35-38
Author(s):  
O. Hyryn
Keyword(s):  
Natural Language Processing ◽  
Natural Language ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Syntactic Analysis ◽  
Syntactic Ambiguity ◽  
Grammatical Structure ◽  
English Sentence ◽  
Analysis Methods ◽  
The Way

The article deals with natural language processing, namely that of an English sentence. The article describes the problems, which might arise during the process and which are connected with graphic, semantic, and syntactic ambiguity. The article provides the description of how the problems had been solved before the automatic syntactic analysis was applied and the way, such analysis methods could be helpful in developing new analysis algorithms. The analysis focuses on the issues, blocking the basis for the natural language processing — parsing — the process of sentence analysis according to their structure, content and meaning, which aims to analyze the grammatical structure of the sentence, the division of sentences into constituent components and defining links between them.

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