Open AccessSecond-position clitics and the syntax-phonology interface: The case of Ancient Greek
Author(s) -
David Goldstein,
Dag Haug
Publication year - 2016
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.2016.16
Subject(s) - phonology , string (physics) , linguistics , syntax , context (archaeology) , grammar , ancient greek , position (finance) , interface (matter) , computer science , history , philosophy , mathematics , archaeology , bubble , finance , maximum bubble pressure method , parallel computing , economics , mathematical physics
In this paper we discuss second position clitics in AncientGreek, which show a remarkable ability to break up syntacticconstituents. We argue against attempts to capture such data in termsof a mismatch between c-structure yield and surface string and insteadpropose to enrich c-structure by using a multiple context free grammarwith explicit yield functions rather than an ordinary CFG.