Lexically based parsing with application to infinitival control constructions in English.

Title: Lexically based parsing with application to infinitival control constructions in English.
Identifier: AAI9108138
identifier: 9108138
Creator: Leacock, Claudia.
Contributor: Adviser: John Moyne
Date: 1990
Language: English
Publisher: City University of New York.
Subject: Language, Linguistics
Abstract: The thesis examines a current model of grammar within Chomsky's Move-{dollar}\alpha{dollar} framework in relation to its implications for parsing natural language. It is demonstrated that Chomsky's arguments for the movement of elements are not conclusive. However, from the computational point of view, the model can be greatly improved by eliminating movement operations entirely.;I explore how a lexicon must be structured for a lexically based parser to operate, illustrating the proposed parsing mechanisms with an analysis of infinitive constructions in English. It is shown that the grammatical properties of infinitives can be accounted for by assuming that control and complement information are encoded lexically, and that these lexical structures are available to the parser.
Type: dissertation
Source: PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
degree: Ph.D.

Media: Lexically based parsing with application to infinitival control constructions in English.