English causative alternation: A sign-based constructional approach
2
조회
0
다운로드
0
인용
0
참고문헌
키워드
초록
English causative alternation is largely consideredto be controlled by the semantic content of a lexical entry. However, clarifying the extentof this belief has been challenging. This paper proposes an SBCG analysis utilizing thefeature structures and inheritance hierarchies of HPSG to address these challenges,bypassing the need for inferential conceptual structure or arity operations. Unliketraditional theories where lexical entries directly function as lexemes in syntax, thisapproach suggests that terminal lexemes inherit constraints from both supertype lexemesand lexical entries. This method avoids issues arising from treating one alternant asthe base of derivation and pursues grammatical rigor by model-theoretically definingalternation elements. The possibility of alternation is determined by the unificationpotential of feature types within a type hierarchy, thereby reconciling the productiveaspects of causative alternation with lexical idiosyncrasies.
Abstract
English causative alternation is largely consideredto be controlled by the semantic content of a lexical entry. However, clarifying the extentof this belief has been challenging. This paper proposes an SBCG analysis utilizing thefeature structures and inheritance hierarchies of HPSG to address these challenges,bypassing the need for inferential conceptual structure or arity operations. Unliketraditional theories where lexical entries directly function as lexemes in syntax, thisapproach suggests that terminal lexemes inherit constraints from both supertype lexemesand lexical entries. This method avoids issues arising from treating one alternant asthe base of derivation and pursues grammatical rigor by model-theoretically definingalternation elements. The possibility of alternation is determined by the unificationpotential of feature types within a type hierarchy, thereby reconciling the productiveaspects of causative alternation with lexical idiosyncrasies.
참고문헌 (21)
- Chierchia, Gennaro, "The unaccusativity puzzle: Explorations of the syntax–lexicon interface", pp.22~59 (2004), Oxford University Press
- Choi, Incheol, "Case and argument structure in Korean and English", PhD, pp.2003
- Copestake, Ann, "An algebra for semantic construction in constraint-based grammars", Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistic, pp.140~147 (2001)
- Davis, Anthony. R., "Linking as constraints on word classes in a hierarchical lexicon", Language, 76(1), pp.56~91 (2000)
- Davis, Anthony R., "Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar: The handbook", pp.125~176 (2021), Language Science
- Dowty, David, "Properties, types and meaning, Studies in linguistics and philosophy 39", pp.69~129 (1989), Kluwer Academic Publishers
- Dowty, David, "Thematic proto-roles and argument selection", Language, 67(3), pp.547~619 (1991)
- Goldberg, Adele, "Constructions at work : The nature of generalization in language" (2006), Oxford University Press
- Grimshaw, Jane, "The mental representation of grammatical relations", pp.87~148 (1982), The MIT Press
- Hale, Ken, "The view from building 20: Essays in linguistics in honor of Sylvain Bromberger", pp.53~109 (1993), The MIT Press
- Härtl, Holden, "Conceptual and grammatical characteristics of argument alternations : The case of decausative verbs", Linguistics, 41(5), pp.883~916 (2003)
- Koenig, Jean-Pierre, "The key to lexical semantic representations", Journal of Linguistics, 42(1), pp.71~108 (2006)
- Lakoff, George, "Mathematical linguistics and automatic translation, Report NSF-17" (1966), Harvard University
- Levin, Beth, "A preliminary analysis of causative verbs in English", Lingua, 92, pp.35~77 (1994)
- Levin, Beth, "Unaccusativity : At the syntax–lexical semantics interface" (1995), The MIT Press
- Pollard, Carl, "Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar" (1994), Chicago Press
- Rappaport Hovav, Malka, "Lexical content and context : The English causative alternation revisited", Lingua, 141, pp.8~29 (2014)
- Rappaport Hovav, Malka, "The theta system: Argument structure at the interface", pp.150~176 (2012), Oxford University Press
- Reinhart, Tanya, "The theta system – an overview", Theoretical Linguistics, 28(3), pp.229~290 (2002)
- Sag, A. Ivan, "Sign-Based Construction Grammar, CSLI Lecture Notes", pp.1~30 (2012), CSLI Publications
- Smith, Carlota, "Linguistic and literary studies in honor of Archibald A. Hill", pp.101~109 (1970), Mouton de Gruyter