Constituent coordination in LFG
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Ahs t r ac t : This paper outl ines a theory of const i tuent coordination For l ,exicaI-Funetional Grammar. On this theory LFG's flat, unstructured nets are used as the functional representat ion of coordinate constructions, l"unction application is extended to sets by t rea t ing a set tbrmally am the general izat ion of its Functional clmnents. This causes properties a t t r ibuted external ly to a coordinate s t ructure to be uniformly dis t r ibuted across i ts elements, without requi r ing additional g rammat ica l specifications.
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