A dual pathway analysis of information structure

Brattico, Pauli

doi:10.1016/j.lingua.2021.103156

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“…We can think of overt morphological case forms as guiding the parser towards plausible solutions, increasing its 'error tolerance'. This mechanism then feeds an independent pragmatic pathway that links noncanonical word orders with information structural interpretations (such as topic, focus) (Brattico 2021a). We are interested in whether the resulting model is able to separate grammatical case configurations from the ungrammatical ones and provide the former with plausible syntactic and semantic interpretations.…”

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STRUCTURAL CASE ASSIGNMENT, THEMATIC ROLES AND INFORMATION STRUCTURE^*

Brattico

2022

Studia Linguistica

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A formal model is presented which deduces the structural case assignment profile of Finnish by relying on graph‐theoretical paths and intervention. More complex and controversial features such as nonlocal dependencies, adverbial case marking, case competition, DP‐internal case patterns and interaction of case with agreement, aspect and polarity are also calculated from the model. Abstract Case and case concord were eliminated. The model links case assignment with word order, thematic roles and information structure. The results suggest that case might play a role in language comprehension.

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“…Because the grammatical subject occurs further to the right, it is interpreted as the marked focus. For the details concerning how the algorithm generates topic and focus interpretations, see (Brattico 2021a).…”

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STRUCTURAL CASE ASSIGNMENT, THEMATIC ROLES AND INFORMATION STRUCTURE^*

Brattico

2022

Studia Linguistica

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Complexity trade-off in morphosyntactic module: suggestions from Japanese dialects

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Liu

2024

Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics

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Using the GiNZA v4 natural language processing library, this study examines the case marking richness and word order flexibility in Japanese dialects across 47 regions to investigate the dynamic self-adaptation within the language subsystem, specifically morphology and syntax. Case marking richness is evaluated using the moving-average mean size of paradigm, while word order flexibility is assessed through entropy. The findings reveal a positive correlation between case marking richness and word order flexibility, providing empirical support for the “complexity trade-off hypothesis”. Leveraging the distinct morphosyntactic features inherent in dialects, this study proposes a hypothesis for categorizing Japanese dialects.

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A dual pathway analysis of information structure

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