Open AccessSome empirical issues in the grammar of extraction
Author(s) -
Robert D. Levine,
Ivan A. Sag
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
proceedings of the international conference on head-driven phrase structure grammar
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1535-1793
DOI - 10.21248/hpsg.2003.14
Subject(s) - constraint (computer aided design) , phenomenon , head driven phrase structure grammar , grammar , transformation (genetics) , computer science , mathematics , econometrics , linguistics , epistemology , geometry , philosophy , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
This paper compares transformation-based and constraint-based treatments ofunbounded filler-gap dependencies, the latter specifically as articulated interms of HPSG, and argues, contrary to the commonly made allegations ofnotational variance , that there is purely empirical evidence that isconsistent with only the constraint-based account. Recent proposals to dealwith parasitic gaps in terms of null pronominals and empty operators are unableto account for the phenomenon of symbiotic gaps, the apparent case mismatchesfound in parasitic gap constructions, or (in general) for the well-knownacross-the-board effects within coordinate structures.