Crossing Dependencies in Persian
Languages occasionally have syntactic constructions that are difficult, if not impossible, to describe using a context-free grammar. One such construction is a crossing dependency. Crossing dependencies have been well studied for Dutch and Swiss German (Huybregts, 1976; Shieber, 1985), and recently...
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ndltd-BGMYU2-oai-scholarsarchive.byu.edu-etd-17312021-09-01T05:01:02Z Crossing Dependencies in Persian Dehdari, Jonathan M. Languages occasionally have syntactic constructions that are difficult, if not impossible, to describe using a context-free grammar. One such construction is a crossing dependency. Crossing dependencies have been well studied for Dutch and Swiss German (Huybregts, 1976; Shieber, 1985), and recently for Tagalog (Maclachlan and Rambow, 2003). In this paper I propose that Persian exhibits crossing dependencies. In this SOV language, a light verb construction in the future tense becomes interrupted by a future auxiliary verb, which agrees with its subject in person and number. The future auxiliary also splits passive constructions in a similar manner. These forms present interesting challenges for computational models of language. I will discuss implications of this phenomenon within current formal and linguistic theories. 2006-07-13T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/732 https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1731&context=etd http://lib.byu.edu/about/copyright/ Theses and Dissertations BYU ScholarsArchive Persian Farsi crossing dependencies cross-serial dependencies context-free grammar planarity split headedness syntax linguistics BYU Linguistics |
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Languages occasionally have syntactic constructions that are difficult, if not impossible, to describe using a context-free grammar. One such construction is a crossing dependency. Crossing dependencies have been well studied for Dutch and Swiss German (Huybregts, 1976; Shieber, 1985), and recently for Tagalog (Maclachlan and Rambow, 2003). In this paper I propose that Persian exhibits crossing dependencies. In this SOV language, a light verb construction in the future tense becomes interrupted by a future auxiliary verb, which agrees with its subject in person and number. The future auxiliary also splits passive constructions in a similar manner. These forms present interesting challenges for computational models of language. I will discuss implications of this phenomenon within current formal and linguistic theories. |
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