Unanswered Questions
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quantifiers adjoining a verb phrase?
I am working through Heim and Kratzer textbook 'Semantics in generative grammar' and there is a question in it that keeps puzzling me (pp.220);
they give an example of a sentence which is supposed ...
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Formal, mathematically-minded introduction to generative grammar?
I'm looking for a formal, mathematically-minded introduction to contemporary generative grammar theory, where all the concepts, such as dominance, c-command, government, etc. are defined formally in ...
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Types of adjuncts - What can be adjoined to what and why?
In generative grammar, more specifically in GB and Minimalism, what are the possible types of adjuncts we can have and to which other categories can they be adjoined. E.g.: the man [next to him] many ...
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Inherently reflexive verbs
What is the status of herself in the following sentence?
Mary behaved herself during the class.
Is herself an internal argument? I'm a bit confused.
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Grammar induction from grammaticality rules
Let's have formalisation of grammaticality judgments in some deduction system. Is it possible to learn/induce grammar from rules that govern grammaticality judgments? Is there theory, that connects ...
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Specification of Dependency Grammar
My understanding is that, while natural languages aren't completely context-free, you can get a good approximation of a specification of English in Backus-Naur form, in that if you look at a given ...
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NER model training question
I have a question on NER?
Suppose I have set of documents and do manual tagging for all the names in that document. Now based on those tagged words I train my model (using CRF), i.e. add the tagged ...
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Complete grammars in the Generative framework
Could anyone provide examples of complete grammars of specific languages carried out within the generative theory? By complete I mean: covering every details from phonology to syntax.
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Syntactic analysis of why wh-island violations should be ungrammatical yet are commonly used
This is a type of sentence which I found myself often verging on uttering, then pausing when I realized it wasn't grammatical, and trying to find a simple fix to express the same idea with the same ...
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How to show the difference between the opaque reading and the transparent reading via syntax?
Is there any way using any version of Generative Grammar (EST, REST, GB, MP) to show the difference between "the transparent reading" and "the opaque reading" of the same line ...
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How can I understand "remnant movement" in English heavy-NP shift construction
Kayne 2003 mentions that there exists remnant movement in English. As background, note:
I predicted that John would marry Susan, and marry Susan/her/*Ann he will.
The argument(s) in the preposed VP ...
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Are there generative theories of grammar with privative features outside of phonology?
By "generative grammar", I take the widest interpretation and do not mean "Chomsky's theory of syntax today", thus HPSG and LFG would be instances of GG(broad). Phonology has a ...
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What limitations of generative grammar was Lakoff referring to?
In his keynote address in 2015, George Lakoff said the following (at 22:10)
The whole idea of generative grammar fell apart. There were things that you could not do with it. Even if it was ...
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Binding Puzzle in English Generative Syntax!
Consider the following sentences:
(1) Anna believes [ IP herself to be a hero] ]
(2) Anna wants [ IP him to leave] ]
(3) *Anna wants [ IP herself to leave ] ]
(1) is an example of Exceptional Case ...
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What are the limitations of CCGs?
I've read that context free grammar (CFG) has a wide variety of natural language phenomena that it can't model, such as ellipsis
I gave Tom a cake, and John an hamburger
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