Temporal dependency and the syntax of subjects

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ID10141275
AuthorsEllen Thompson (0000-0001-9340-2305, Florida International University, corresponding author)
Year2001
Volume37
Issue2
Pages287-312
Publication date2001-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Linguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-2267 • E-ISSN: 1469-7742
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022226701008854
OpenAlexW2028525518
LanguageEN
References cited9

This article explores the interface between the syntactic and semantic representation of natural language with respect to the interpretation of time. The main claim of the paper is that the semantic relationship of temporal dependency requires syntactic locality at LF. Based on this claim, I explore the syntax and semantics of gerundive relative clauses. I argue that since gerundive relatives are temporally dependent on the tense of the main clause, they need to be local with a temporal element of the main clause at LF. I show that gerundive relatives receive different temporal interpretations depending on their syntactic position at LF. This analysis sheds light on the behavior of gerundive relatives in constructions involving coordination, existential there , scope of quantificational and cardinality adverbials, extraposition, presuppositionality effects and binding-theoretic reconstruction effects

Dependency (UML · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Locality · Natural language processing · Programming language · Relative clause · Semantic interpretation · Semantic property · Semantics (computer science · Syntax · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Linguistics and Discourse Analysis · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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