Anti-Ikonizität an der Syntax-Semantik-Schnittstelle

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ID19415482
AuthorsMarkus Egg (0000-0002-7351-9175, Centre for Language and Cognition Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Germany, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume25
Issue1
Pages1-38
Publication date2006-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueZeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0721-9067 • E-ISSN: 1613-3706
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/zfs.2006.001
OpenAlexW2519060412
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited13

The syntax-semantics interface is iconic in that it maps syntactic asymmetries (in particular, unilateral c-command) onto semantic asymmetries (scope relations). But many modification structures seem to violate this iconicity: here the modifier has (optionally or obligatorily) semantic scope over only a part of the expression that it modifies syntactically. First I will show that some well-known cases of syntax-semantics mismatch are instances of this phenomenon. Then I will specify an extremely flexible syntax-semantics interface to handle the apparent anti-iconicity. This interface crucially relies on the expressive power of a suitable underspecification formalism. With the interface one can derive the semantic representations of the problematic examples from surface-oriented syntactic structures without giving up the iconicity between syntax and semantics.Apparent anti-iconicity eventually emerges as scope underspecification between a modifier and part of the expression that it modifies. The analysis is applied to German and Turkish data

Abstract syntax · Iconicity · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Principle of compositionality · Programming language · Syntax · Underspecification · Computer Science · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · Linguistic research and analysis · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Artificial Intelligence

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