Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar

by Carl Pollard and Ivan A. Sag

This book presents the most complete exposition of the theory of head-driven phrase structure grammar (HPSG), introduced in the authors' Information-Based Syntax and Semantics. HPSG provides an integration of key ideas from the various disciplines of cognitive science, drawing on results from diverse approaches to syntactic theory, situation semantics, data type theory, and knowledge representation. The result is a conception of grammar as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226674479
• ISBN13: 9780226674476
• Release Date: August 1994
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 454 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 9.0"