The Syntax-Semantics Interface: Theory and Implementation
Ash Asudeh, Richard Crouch, and Mary Dalrymple
Ash Asudeh
Stanford University and Palo Alto Research Center
(asudeh@csli.stanford.edu)
http://www.stanford.edu/~asudeh/
Richard Crouch
Palo Alto Research Center
(crouch@parc.com)
http://www.parc.com/istl/members/crouch/
Mary Dalrymple
Palo Alto Research Center
(dalrymple@parc.com)
http://www.parc.com/istl/members/dalrymple/
Prerequisites: Introductory syntax and semantics
Summary: This course introduces issues in the syntax-semantics interface from a
theoretical and implementational perspective. The course concentrates on
four topics: quantification, modification, control, and long distance
dependencies. The theory introduced is Glue Semantics (GLUE), which uses
linear logic to perform semantic composition through deduction on logical
premises obtained from syntactic analysis. The syntactic theory we assume
is Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG). No prior knowledge of GLUE or LFG is
assumed: the first portion of the class introduces GLUE and LFG, motivates
GLUE as a theory of the syntax-semantics interface, and compares this
theory to other current theories.
References:
Introductory:
Lexical Functional Grammar. Mary Dalrymple. Volume 34 in the Syntax and
Semantics Series. Academic Press. 2001.
More Advanced:
Linear Logic for Linguists. Richard Crouch and Josef van Genabith. ESSLLI
2000 Course Notes.
http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~esslli/notes/crouch/
Semantics and Syntax in Lexical Functional Grammar: The Resource Logic
Approach. Edited by Mary Dalrymple. The MIT Press. 1999.
Course Notes:
Course Reader
Lexical Functional Grammar
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