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- Jonathan David Bobaljik
- Department of Linguistics, University of Connecticut, 337 Mansfield Rd., U 1145, Storrs, CT 06269-1145
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- Susi Wurmbrand
- Department of Linguistics, University of Connecticut, 337 Mansfield Rd., U 1145, Storrs, CT 06269-1145
書誌事項
- 公開日
- 2012-07
- DOI
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- 10.1162/ling_a_00094
- 公開者
- MIT Press - Journals
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説明
<jats:p> A recurring pattern of partial correlations between word order variation and scope possibilities (the ¾ signature) supports a particular view of economy constraints in syntax, with these properties: (1) There are economy conditions (soft constraints) that value a particular type of correspondence between LF and PF representations. (2) These constraints are unidirectional: LF (broadly construed) is calculated first and determines PF (surface word order). (3) Scope rigidity is a property not of languages but of specific configurations, and the distribution of rigidity effects is (largely) predictable from independent variation in the syntactic resources of various languages. </jats:p><jats:p> We focus here on the interaction of these three assumptions and on the role of (2) in predicting the ¾ signature effect. We contrast our proposal with Reinhart’s (2005) Interface Economy model, in which economy conditions regulate a mapping that takes overt structure as its input and yields permissible interpretations. </jats:p>
収録刊行物
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- Linguistic Inquiry
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Linguistic Inquiry 43 (3), 371-421, 2012-07
MIT Press - Journals
