Open AccessLong and short adjunct fronting in HPSG
Author(s) -
Takafumi Maekawa
Publication year - 2006
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.2006.12
Subject(s) - adjunct , head driven phrase structure grammar , sentence , computer science , position (finance) , linguistics , natural language processing , artificial intelligence , philosophy , finance , economics , generative grammar
The purpose of this paper is to consider the proper treatment of short- andlong-fronted adjuncts within HPSG. In the earlier HPSG analyses, a rigidlink between linear order and constituent structure determines the linearposition of such adjuncts in the sentence-initial position. This paper willargue that there is a body of data which suggests that adjunct fronting doesnot work as these approaches predict. I will then show thatlinearisation-based HPSG can provide a fairly straightforward account of thefacts.