Structure dependence and linear order

Clarifications and foundations

Bibliographic Data

ID3038845
AuthorsJordi Fortuny (0000-0002-4921-4945, Universitat de Barcelona, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume94
Issue3
Pages611-628
Publication date2018-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0097-8507 • E-ISSN: 1535-0665
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/lan.2018.0037
OpenAlexW2890478434
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited11

According to Chomsky (2010, 2013) and Berwick and colleagues (2011), the structuredependence principle suggests that linear order is a reflex of the sensory-motor system and plays no role in syntax and semantics. However, when these authors use the expression linear order, they seem to refer exclusively to the literal precedence/temporal relation among terminals in linguistic objects. This narrow use, which is very common within linguistics, differs from the technical use in a noninnocuous way and does not allow us to exploit the unificational force that the concept of order can have for minimalist investigations. Here I follow Fortuny and Corominas-Murtra's (2009) formal definition of the syntactic procedure, which capitalizes on the foundational set-theoretical concept of nest. I show how the structure-dependence principle can be derived from a local definition of syntactic domain while retaining the idea that central concepts of configurational and transformational syntactic theories are orders

Cognitive science · Domain (mathematical analysis · Linguistics · Minimalist program · Order (exchange · Programming language · Relation (database · Set (abstract data type · Syntax · Theoretical linguistics · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · Language and cultural evolution · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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