The Even Yearbook 6 (2004)

volume: 6 (2004)
pages: 135–148
author: Mark Newson
title: Deforestation in syntax
abstract: This paper summarises some of the underlying assumptions of Alignment Syntax, a restrictive approach to syntax which utilises only two families of constraints: alignment constraints and faithfulness constraints. The paper starts by offering a demonstration that standard arguments for the necessity of phrase structure do not hold once one assumes the possibility that syntactic organisation might be based on alignment requirements of the words contained in an expression. The theoretical mechanisms of side and edge violations and predicate based cyclical evaluation are then introduced with a brief look at wh-phenomena. Finally it is demonstrated how the system can account for basic properties of that-trace phenomena.
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  author  = {Mark Newson},
  title   = {Deforestation in syntax},
  year    = 2004,
  journal = {The Even Yearbook},
  volume  = 6,
  pages   = {135–148},
  url     = {http://seas.elte.hu/w/!even/04ne}
}
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Newson, Mark. 2004. Deforestation in syntax. The Even Yearbook 6: 135–148. http://seas.elte.hu/w/!even/04ne