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Comparative Introduction to Lexicalist Syntactic Theories

(Haupt-)seminar, Winter Semester 2005/06
Zweiter Studienabschnitt, B.Sc. and M.Sc. Programmes
Lecturer: PD Dr. Valia Kordoni (kordoni@coli.uni-sb.de)
Time and Place (Zeit und Ort): Monday (Mo) 16-18, Bau C 72, Konferenzraum 2.11
Begin: 24.10.2005
Office hours (Sprechstunde): Wednesday (Mittwoch) 16-17

Course description

Kaplan and Bresnan's LFG (Lexical Functional Grammar) and Pollard and Sag's HPSG (Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar) are widely perceived as closely related paradigms, but both have changed much since their inception, and there is significant evidence that they may now differ more than they agree. The course will discuss both paradigms from ontological presuppositions through formal mechanisms to linguistic analyses, and emphasise their similarities, their differences, and the consequences for pursuing various linguistic aims.

Bibliography

Joan Bresnan. 2001. Lexical-Functional Syntax. Oxford: Blackwell.

Mary Dalrymple, Ronald M. Kaplan, John T. Maxwell III, and Annie Zaenen. 1995. Formal Issues in Lexical-Functional Grammar. CSLI/University of Chicago Press.

Mary Dalrymple. 2001. Lexical Functional Grammar. Volume 34, Syntax and Semantics. Academic Press.

Kordoni, Valia (ed.). 1999. Tübingen Studies in Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar. Sonderforschungsbereich 340, Arbeitspapiere des SFB 340, Bericht Nr. 132 (ISSN 0947-6954/99, in 2 volumes, 527pp.), Seminar für Sprachwissenschaft, Universität Tübingen.

Carl Pollard and Ivan A. Sag. 1994. Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar. CSLI/University of Chicago Press.

Ivan A. Sag, Thomas Wasow and Emily M. Bender. 2003. Syntactic Theory. 2nd Edition. CSLI Publications.

Teaching Material

  • Schedule and Aims of the seminar. Programme.

  • Lectures of 31.10/7.11.2005: Handouts (2) in the "Syntactic Theory" folder in the library (folder WS04-05).

  • Meeting of 14.11.2005: Peter Backes on Paul John King: "Towards Truth in Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar''. In Valia Kordoni (ed.), Tübingen Studies in Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar, Sonderforschungsbereich 340, Arbeitspapiere des SFB 340, Bericht Nr. 132 (ISSN 0947-6954/99), Vol. II, 301-352, Seminar für Sprachwissenschaft, Universität Tübingen. Peter Backes' presentation.

  • Meeting of 21.11.2005: Peter Backes on Pollard, C. J. (1999). "Strong Generative Capacity in HPSG." In G. Webelhuth, J.-P. Koenig, and A. Kathol (Eds.), Lexical and Constructional Aspects of Linguistic Explanation, pp. 281-297. CSLI Publications. Peter Backes' presentation.

  • Meeting of 28.11.2005: The paper of Frank Richter. (1999). "RSRL for HPSG''. In Valia Kordoni (ed.), Tübingen Studies in Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar, Sonderforschungsbereich 340, Arbeitspapiere des SFB 340, Bericht Nr. 132 (ISSN 0947-6954/99), Vol. I, 74-115, Seminar für Sprachwissenschaft, Universität Tübingen. Slides (1) and Slides (2).

  • Meeting of 05.12.2005: Adam Przepiórkowski's dissertation on Case Assignment and the Complement-Adjunct Dichotomy: A Non-Configurational Constraint-Based Approach, Chapter 3. Slides (Part I).

  • Meeting of 12.12.2005: Adam Przepiórkowski's dissertation on Case Assignment and the Complement-Adjunct Dichotomy: A Non-Configurational Constraint-Based Approach, Chapter 4. Slides (Part II).

  • Meeting of 19.12.2005: Lascarides, A. and A. Copestake. (1999). Default Representation in Constraint-based Frameworks, Computational Linguistics, 25.1, pp56-105, MIT Press. Emilia Ellsiepen's presentation.

  • Meeting of 09.01.2006: Flickinger, Dan. (2000). On Building a More Efficient Grammar by Exploiting Types. Natural Language Engineering 6:1, pp. 15-28. Emilia Ellsiepen's presentation.

  • No meeting on 16.01.2006.

  • Meeting of 23.01.2006: Moshier, M. A. (1997a). Featureless HPSG. In P.Blackburn and M. de Rijke (eds). Specifying Syntactic Structures, pp. 115-155. CSLI Publications. Antske Fokkens' presentation.

  • No meeting on 30.01.2006.

  • Meeting of 08.02.2006 (17:00 s.t. in the Konferenzraum 2.11): Moshier, M. A. (1997b). Is HPSG Featureless or Unprincipled? Linguistics and Philosophy 20, 669-695. Antske Fokkens' presentation.

  • Meeting of 13.02.2006: Closing - Comparison of HPSG and LFG.

  • Final Papers are due on Friday the 21st of April 2006.

    Stellung im Studienplan

    Wahlpflicht für Diplom, B.Sc. und M.Sc.

    Language(s) of the course

    English and German

    Leistungspunkte

    Diplom: 2 LP (Referat), 4 LP (Referat + Hausarbeit); B.Sc. und M.Sc. 9 LP (R+HA)
    Valia Kordoni
    Last modified: Mon Oct 30 14:03:56 CET 2006