The logic of pronominal resumption

The logic of pronominal resumption / Ash Asudeh.

This title is a cross-linguistic investigation of resumptive pronouns and related resumption phenomena. The author proposes a new theory of resumption based on the use of a resource logic for semantic composition and the observation that resumptive pronouns are ordinary pronouns in their morphologic...

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Main Author: Asudeh, Ash
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Series:Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 35.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Pronoun.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Relative clauses.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Pronoun
Grammar, Comparative and general > Relative clauses
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • General Preface
  • Preface
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • List of Symbols, Glosses, and Abbreviations
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Outline of the Book
  • Part I: Background
  • 2. Resumption
  • 2.1 Resumptive Pronouns in Unbounded Dependencies
  • 2.2 Processing-Based Resumptive Pronouns
  • 2.3 Copy Raising
  • 2.4 Conclusion
  • 3. Lexical-Functional Grammar
  • 3.1 Grammatical Architecture
  • 3.2 Constituent Structure
  • 3.3 Functional Structure
  • 3.4 Semantic Structure
  • 3.5 Templates
  • 3.6 Anaphora and Syntax
  • 3.7 Unbounded Dependencies3.8 Raising
  • 4. Glue Semantics
  • 4.1 Composition and Interpretation
  • 4.2 Anaphora
  • 4.3 Scope
  • Part II: Theory
  • 5. The Resource Sensitivity Hypothesis
  • 5.1 Substructural Logics and Linguistic Theory
  • 5.2 Logical and Linguistic Resource Sensitivity
  • 5.3 Resource Sensitivity and Linguistic Theory
  • 5.4 Conclusion
  • 6. The Resource Management Theory of Resumption
  • 6.1 The Problem of Resumptives as Resource Surplus
  • 6.2 Manager Resources
  • 6.3 Integrating Resource Management in LFG
  • 6.4 Syntactically Inactive Resumptive Pronouns6.5 Conclusion
  • Part III: Syntactically Active Resumptives
  • 7. Irish
  • 7.1 Irish Clausal Structure
  • 7.2 Unbounded Dependencies in Irish
  • 7.3 Analysis of Core Patterns
  • 7.4 Analysis of Mixed Chains
  • 7.5 Summary
  • 7.6 Discussion
  • 7.7 Conclusion
  • 8. Hebrew
  • 8.1 Resumptive Pronouns in Hebrew
  • 8.2 Licensing Resumptives Lexically
  • 8.3 Analysis
  • 8.4 Conclusion
  • Part IV: Syntactically Inactive Resumptives
  • 9. Swedish
  • 9.1 Resumptive Pronouns in Swedish
  • 9.2 Licensing and Integrating Syntactically Inactive Resumptives9.3 Analysis
  • 9.4 Discussion
  • 9.5 Conclusion
  • 10. Vata
  • 10.1 Resumptive Pronouns in Vata
  • 10.2 Analysis
  • 10.3 Conclusion
  • Part V: Other Kinds of Resumption
  • 11. Resumption and Processing
  • 11.1 The Processing Model
  • 11.2 Production
  • 11.3 Parsing and Interpretation
  • 11.4 Conclusion
  • 12. Copy Raising
  • 12.1 English Copy Raising
  • 12.2 Unifying Copy Raising and Resumption
  • 12.3 Analysis
  • 12.4 Capturing Variation Lexically
  • 12.5 Further Consequences: Copy Raising and Scope12.6 Conclusion
  • 13. Conclusion
  • 13.1 Predictions of the Resource Management Theory and the Processing Theory
  • 13.2 Alternative Approaches
  • 13.3 Apparent Challenges to Resource Sensitivity
  • 13.4 Directions for Future Work
  • Part VI: Appendices
  • A. Glue Semantics with Limited Multiplicative Intuitionistic Linear Logic
  • A.1 The Glue Logic
  • A.2 Proof Rules for MILL[sub(l)]
  • A.3 Meaning Language Term Assignments for MILL[sub(l)]
  • B.A Fragment of Irish
  • B.1 C-structure Rules
  • B.2 Templates

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