Phrase Structure Composition and Syntactic Dependencies

by Robert Frank and Robert Frank

Book Overview

In Phrase Structure Composition and Syntactic Dependencies, Robert Frank explores an approach to syntactic theory that weds the Tree Adjoining Grammar (TAG) formalism with the minimalist framework. TAG has been extensively studied both for its mathematical properties and for its usefulness in computational linguistics applications. Frank shows that incorporating TAG's formally restrictive operations for structure building considerably simplifies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262562081
• ISBN13: 9780262562089
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher