Complement Extraction Lexical Rules and Argument Attraction
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In (M uller, 1994), several problems with the processing of complement extraction lexical rules (CELRs) (Pollard and Sag, 1994, Ch. 9) are discussed. CELRs destroy the ordering information implicitly contained in the comps list, making it impossible to assign structural case without default mechanisms (which would be an extension of the basic HPSG formalism). Furthermore, it can be shown that the arg-s list|a static list suggested by Pollard and Sag to take over the function of the comps list in Binding Theory|cannot be used for case assignment. This paper aims to demonstrate how these problems can be solved by use of a dynamically constructed arg-s list. Together with a modi ed schema for the construction of German verb clusters, this dynamic list allows for an application of CELRs to both auxiliaries and main verbs, which explains the frontability of subjects and von-PPs in passive constructions, as well as the frontability of subjects in perfect constructions. The proposed account also solves some implementational problems caused by a variable comps list. Thanks to Andreas Kathol and Frank Keller for comments on an earlier version of this paper. Thanks to Uta Waller for proof-reading. In (M uller, 1994) habe ich viele Probleme, die sich aus der Verwendung von Komplementextraktionsregeln ergeben, diskutiert. CELR zerst oren die Information, die implizit in der Reihenfolge der Elemente der comps-Liste enthalten ist. Dadurch wird die Zuweisung strukturellen Kasus unter Bezugnahme auf die comps-Liste unm oglich. Die arg-s-Liste, die von Pollard und Sag f ur die Ubernahme der Funktionen der comps-Liste in der Bindungstheorie vorgeschlagen wurde, kann f ur die Kasungszuweisung nicht benutzt werden. Ich zeige, wie die erw ahnten Probleme mit CELR durch die Verwendung einer dynamischen arg-s-Liste gel ost werden k onnen. Zusammen mit einem modi zierten Schema f ur den Verbalkomplex gestattet eine solche dynamische Liste die Anwendung der CELR auf Hilfsund Vollverben. Damit ist sowohl die Voranstellbarkeit von Subjekten und von-PPs in Passivkonstruktionen als auch die Voranstellbarkeit von Subjekten in Perfektkonstruktionen erkl arbar. Die vorgeschlagene Analyse l ost auch einige Implementationsprobleme, die durch variable comps-Listen entstehen.
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