Feature geometry and predictions of locality
Feature geometry and predictions of locality
This chapter argues that grammar is a set of local constraints. The Sign‐Based Construction Grammar architecture is feature‐based and model‐theoretic, utilizing constructs (mother–daughter configurations) as the structures over which grammatical dependencies are defined in localist terms. I examine a number of non‐local dependencies (agreement, case assignment, control, and filler–gap dependencies), providing localist analyses that embody precise hypotheses about the nature of non‐locality in language.
Keywords: Sign‐Based Construction Grammar (SBCG), locality, Head‐Driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG), subcategorization, case, agreement, filler–gap dependencies, control, idioms, context‐free grammar
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