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Models of Adjunction in Minimalist Grammars

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Formal Grammar (FG 2014)

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Three closely related proposals for adding (cyclic) adjunction to Minimalist grammars are given model-theoretic definitions and investigated with respect to their linguistic and formal properties. While they differ with respect to their linguistic adequacy, they behave largely the same on a computational level. Weak generative capacity is not affected, and while subregular complexity varies betweeen the three proposals, it does not exceed the complexity imposed by Move. The closure of Minimalist derivation tree languages under intersection with regular tree languages, however, is lost.

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  1. Department of Linguistics, Stony Brook University, NY, USA

    Thomas Graf

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  1. Departament de Llenguatges i Sistemes,Informàtics, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Jordi Girona Salgado,1-3, 08034, Barcelona, Spain

    Glyn Morrill

  2. Department of Philosophy, Tilburg University, P.O. Box 90153, NL 5000, LE Tilburg, The Netherlands

    Reinhard Muskens

  3. Department of Linguistics and Information Science, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Universitätsstrasse 1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Rainer Osswald

  4. Institute for English and American Studies, Department of Linguistic, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Grüneburgplatz 1, 60323, Frankfurt, Germany

    Frank Richter

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Graf, T. (2014). Models of Adjunction in Minimalist Grammars. In: Morrill, G., Muskens, R., Osswald, R., Richter, F. (eds) Formal Grammar. FG 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8612. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44121-3_4

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