Toward a Practical Dependency Grammar Theory of Discontinuities
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The paper presents the major principles and concepts of a dependency grammar theory of discontinuities for English and German (and presumably for many other languages as well). Discontinuities are identified in terms of traditional projectivity violations. These violations are then reanalyzed according to the Rising Principle. This principle sees the relevant constituent attaching to a word that is not its governor, but that dominates its governor. Perhaps the most innovative aspect of the account is the chain. By acknowledging the chain as the fundamental unit of syntax, the door opens to an efficient surface account of discontinuities and many other phenomena of syntax.
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