Structural Ambiguity and the Architecture of Language

IF 0.4 3区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
Jordi Fortuny
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Abstract

This article investigates what structural ambiguity reveals about the architecture of language. It analyzes two basic types of structural ambiguity, constituent ambiguity and chain formation ambiguity, and illustrates with a small class of selected case studies how they interweave. It observes that several movement locality constraints have the effect of reducing chain formation ambiguities; however, it argues that movement locality constraints are not primarily motivated to reduce ambiguity. Finally, it defends that structural ambiguity is due to a loss of resolution at the PF branch of the language faculty.
结构模糊与语言结构
本文探讨了结构模糊性对语言结构的启示。文章分析了结构模糊性的两种基本类型,即成分模糊性和链式形成模糊性,并通过一小类选定的案例研究说明了它们是如何交织在一起的。它注意到,一些移动位置限制具有减少链式形成歧义的效果;但是,它认为移动位置限制的主要动机并不是减少歧义。最后,它为结构模糊性是由于语系的 PF 分支失去了分辨率而辩护。
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STUDIA LINGUISTICA
STUDIA LINGUISTICA LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS-
CiteScore
1.20
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21
期刊介绍: Studia Linguistica is committed to the publication of high quality, original papers and provides an international forum for the discussion of theoretical linguistic research, primarily within the fields of grammar, cognitive semantics and language typology. The principal aim is to open a channel of communication between researchers operating in traditionally diverse fields while continuing to focus on natural language data.
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