Dependency structures derived from minimalist grammars

  • Authors:
  • Marisa Ferrara Boston;John T. Hale;Marco Kuhlmann

  • Affiliations:
  • Cornell University;Cornell University;Uppsala University

  • Venue:
  • MOL'07/09 Proceedings of the 10th and 11th Biennial conference on The mathematics of language
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

This paper provides an interpretation of Minimalist Grammars [16,17] in terms of dependency structures. Under this interpretation, merge operations derive projective dependency structures, and movement operations introduce both non-projectivity and illnestedness. This new characterization of the generative capacity of Minimalist Grammar makes it possible to discuss the linguistic relevance of non-projectivity and illnestedness. This in turn provides insight into grammars that derive structures with these properties.