“Model Theoretic Syntax is not Generative Enumerative Syntax with constraints”: under what condition?
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The generative conception of grammars relies on the derivation process which, to its turn, depends on a hierarchical representation of syntax. We show in this paper how a fully constraint-based approach, avoiding such restriction, can constitute an alternative to generativity and form the basis of a framework for a model-theoretic conception of grammar.
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