Open AccessA functional typology of copular "be": Towards an HPSG formalisation
Author(s) -
Tania Avgustinova
Publication year - 2005
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.2006.2
Subject(s) - typology , computer science , head driven phrase structure grammar , linguistics , copula (linguistics) , natural language processing , artificial intelligence , sociology , philosophy , anthropology , generative grammar
Abstract: A functional typology of copular be in Russian allows us tosystematically relate variants of predication with and without copula. Theanalysis sketched in this article does not need empty categories; neither doesit have to stipulate categories, category changes or constituents that are notmorphologically signalled. With regard to HPSG formalization, the presentedapproach independently motivates the use of features and mechanisms thatare already available in this framework.