The syntax-discourse interface : representing and interpreting dependency / Petra Burkhardt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burkhardt, Petra.

Series:

Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 80.

Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today, 0166-0829 ; v. 80

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Discourse analysis.

Realization (Linguistics).

Dependency grammar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., 2005.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This book combines theoretical and experimental aspects of the establishment of dependency. It provides an account of dependency relations by focusing on the representation and interpretation of referentially dependent elements, particularly regular reflexives, logophors, and pronouns. First, the establishment of dependency is discussed within a model of syntax-discourse correspondences that predicts an economy-based dependency hierarchy contingent on the level of representation at which the dependency is formed as well as the internal structure of the dependent element and its antecedent. Secondly, the model's predictions are substantiated by a series of experimental studies (conducted in English and Dutch) providing evidence from three sources of online sentence comprehension: reaction time studies, Broca's aphasia patient studies, and event-related brain potential studies. The findings show that dependencies are established at distinct levels of linguistic encoding (i.e. syntax or discourse) determined by the presence or absence of coargumenthood and the representation of the dependency-forming elements.

Contents:

The Syntax-Discourse Interface

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Dedication

Table of Contents

Preface

1. Introduction

2. Coreference: representational background

3. Syntax-discourse correspondences: The model1

4. Evidence from processing: CMLD interference paradigm

5. Evidence from processing: Aphasia research

6. Evidence from processing: Event-related potentials

7. The syntax-discourse interface: Representation and processing

Notes

References

Index

the series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today.

Notes:

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612156496

9781282156494

1282156497

9789027294203

9027294208

OCLC:

84860165