Prospects for top-down derivation

This article explores a model of grammar involving top-down derivations, where each step (“splitmerge”) yields an asymmetric pair of elements relevant to the expression of order, information, and grammatical features. These derivations are inevitably layered, in the sense that the output of a previo...

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Main Author: Jan-Wouter Zwart
Format: Article
Language:Catalan
Published: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2009-12-01
Series:Catalan Journal of Linguistics
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Online Access:https://revistes.uab.cat/catJL/article/view/146