Empty categories in sentence processing - Featherston, Sam 1953- (J. Benjamins, 2001)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-274) and index
Empty Categories in Sentence Processing; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Table of contents; Foreword; Abbreviations; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Empty categories in PPT and HPSG; Chapter 3. Parsers and gap processing; Chapter 4. Antecedent Reactivation and Trace; Chapter 5. NP-trace and PRO: Local ECs; Chapter 6. Evidence from sentence matching on wh -trace dependencies; Chapter 7. Conclusions; Appendix 1. Materials for CMLP Experiments 1 -3; Appendix 2. Materials for probe recognition Experiment 4; Appendix 3. Materials for ERP Experiment 5
This book reports a research program into one of the most controversial questions in the syntax -- processing interface: The behavior of the parser at gap positions. While the work done is largely experimental, the results are analyzed both for their relevance to sentence processing and for their implications for competing syntactic frameworks. In particular the differing predictions of PPT and HPSG for structures with dislocated constituents are tested for their empirical adequacy. The author addresses a broad range of questions about gap processing and uses a broad range of methodologies to c
Keywords: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax; Grammar, Comparative and general / Sentences; Grammar, Comparative and general / Syntax; Head-driven phrase structure grammar; Principles and parameters (Linguistics); Zinsverwerkingsproces; Lege categorieën; Principles and parameters (taalkunde); Grammatik; Linguistik; Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax; Grammar, Comparative and general -- Sentences; Sprachverstehen; Leere Kategorie; Satz