This paper presents a restrictive theory of the interface between the lexicon and the syntax. I assume that only a limited amount of lexical information is available at the interface, and, following Borer (1994), that semantic (aspectual) interpretation is assigned at specifiers of aspectual projections, rather than within the VP. Thus, the concept of "Mapping" from lexicon to syntax or the "Li...

Minimizers are widely acknowledged cross-linguistically to denote a minimal quantity, extent or degree. With respect minimizers in Mandarin Chinese, Shyu (Linguistics 54:1355–1395, 2016) claims that their so-called negative polarity is purely syntactically determined and facilitated by the lian…dou (‘including…all’) EVEN construction. Within framework of Dynamic Syntax (Kempson et al., syntax: ...

in this paper, we examine the treatment of persian relative clauses in role and reference grammar. rrg is a structural-functional theory which has studied the syntax-semantics-pragmatics interface in human language systems. the main objectives of this article, on the one hand, are to elucidate syntactic, semantic and pragmatic properties of farsi relative clauses, and on the other hand, to asse...

Introduction In a detailed study of Pashto clitics, Tegey (1977) argues that some interesting interactions between clitic placement and phonology in the language cannot be accommodated in a derivational model of grammar like (1), in which there is a strict separation between the syntactic and phonological components. (1) D-structure S-structure PF LF Rather, Tegey suggests that phonological rul...

In recent work a tentative suggestion has emerged: certain processes which appear to be core cases of head movement should be analysed instead as not involving the computational system at all, but rather as arising because of the way that the phonological systems interact with the structures delivered to the interface by the syntax (see, for example, Chomsky 1995, 4.7.3). In this paper, I exami...

In this paper, we explore the relationship between phonetics and phonology, in an attempt to broaden the search for possible sources of complexity that arise in sound patterns and sound systems. We propose that complexity may be better understood if one considers phonetics and phonology together in their multi-faceted interaction. Our goal here is to present an overview of the relevant issues i...

Traditional Estonian dialect classifications are based on the phonology, morphology, and lexis, and there are very few studies about syntax available. The present paper is the first quantitative syntactic study of Estonian dialects. We concentrate on constructions consisting of finite and non-finite verbs, and we apply contemporary statistical methods to explore the syntactic variation. Our res...