Phrasal Spellout and Partial Overwrite
On an alternative to backtracking
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22130507 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hagen Blix (0000-0002-8838-9393, New York University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2021-05-07 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Glossa a journal of general linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2397-1835 • E-ISSN: 2397-1835 |
| Publisher | Open Library of the Humanities (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5334/gjgl.1614 |
| OpenAlex | W3160775112 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 5 |
This paper explores branching vocabulary items as a possible alternative to backtracking in Nanosyntax. Such vocabulary items give rise to the possibility of partial overwrite. Initially, they spell out a node with two phrasal daughters. At a subsequent stage, the right branch is interpreted by a new element, but the original item continues to spell out the left branch of such a derivation. The effects that branching vocabulary items give rise to thus mimic aspects of backtracking, without requiring mechanisms that undo parts of the derivation
Algorithm · Backtracking · Linguistics · Look-ahead · Political science · Programming language · Spell · Undo · Vocabulary · Computer Science · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · Mathematics · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
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| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |