Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar I

Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar I Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar I

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Basic Idea Typed feature structure HPSG: First glance Reentrancy: Informal Idea Question Shouldn’t a person live together with his/her spouse Weiwei Sun Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar I 27/61

Basic Idea Typed feature structure HPSG: First glance Reentrancy: Informal Idea ◮ Reentrant structure: one in which the attribute has a value that is another feature structure. ◮ Reentrancy is also called token identity or path equivalence predicate SUBJ P RED noun verb AGR agreement P ERS AGR NUM 3rd singular Structure sharing The main explanatory mechanism in HPSG is that of structuresharing, equating two features as having the exact same value. Weiwei Sun Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar I 28/61

Basic Idea Typed feature structure HPSG: First glance<br />

Reentrancy: Informal Idea<br />

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◮ Reentrant structure: one in which the attribute has a value<br />

that is another feature structure.<br />

◮ Reentrancy is also called token identity or path equivalence<br />

predicate<br />

SUBJ<br />

P RED<br />

noun<br />

verb<br />

AGR<br />

agreement<br />

P ERS<br />

AGR<br />

NUM<br />

3rd<br />

singular<br />

<strong>Structure</strong> sharing<br />

The main explanatory mechanism in HPSG is that of structuresharing,<br />

equating two features as having the exact same value.<br />

Weiwei Sun <strong>Head</strong>-<strong>driven</strong> <strong>Phrase</strong> <strong>Structure</strong> <strong>Grammar</strong> I 28/61

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