Afterthoughts in Greek

Gender mismatches under a dynamic framework

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10141226
AutoresStergios Chatzikyriakidi (0000-0001-8016-9743, University of Gothenburg, autor de correspondencia), Stergios Chatzikyriakidis
Año2016
Volumen53
Número2
Páginas279-325
Fecha de publicación2016-06-21
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Linguistics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-2267 • E-ISSN: 1469-7742
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022226716000165
OpenAlexW2466878363
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas27

This paper deals with the syntax of afterthoughts in Greek under a parsing-oriented perspective. The main claim is that afterthoughts can receive a straightforward explanation once we make the assumption that afterthoughts can be seen as answers to implicit questions. A formal syntactic account based on this assumption is put forth, and its ability to deal with gender mismatches exhibited in Greek afterthoughts is shown. Afterthoughts are further discussed in a more general perspective, arguing that once we turn into a dynamic model where context re-use and update are taken to be core components of syntax, a number of issues regarding afterthoughts like connectivity effects, locality constraints, freedom of positioning and reconstruction effects can receive a straightforward explanation

Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Linguistics · Locality · Parsing · Perspective (graphical · Syntax · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation