Answer fragments

Bibliographic Data

ID20344203
AuthorsTimothy Osborne (0000-0001-5685-357X, Zhejiang International Studies University, corresponding author), Thomas Gross (0000-0002-9351-6000, Aichi University)
Year2018
Volume35
Issue1
Pages161-186
Publication date2018-01-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Linguistic Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0167-6318 • E-ISSN: 1613-3676
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/tlr-2017-0020
OpenAlexW4255276749
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited9

This manuscript presents a dependency grammar (DG) theory of answer fragments. The ellipsis mechanism implicated in answer fragments is called fragment ellipsis . The potential of a DG account based on the catena unit is probed, but found to be insufficient because it fails to account for certain cases involving in-situ focusing, e.g. Institutional what is hindering progress? – Authority . Therefore, an alternative account is produced, one that identifies four constraints on answer fragments, two that pertain to the elided material and two that pertain to the remnants that survive ellipsis. These four constraints then predict the shape of answer fragments to a large extent

Grammar · Linguistics · Programming language · Computer Science · Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Artificial Intelligence