LINK and the dynamics of utterance interpretation
The operation allows the derivation of inferential units as the result of syntactic processing. The same operation derives structure across a diffuse range of data; the differences between these are attributable to lexical information and the dynamics of the process. The thesis examines a range of data where clauses depend on some element in the main clause for interpretation. These are assigned structure as LINK trees in the framework of Labelled Deductive Systems for Natural Language outlined in Kempson, Meyer-Viol & Gabbay, (Dynamic Syntax: the Deductive Flow of Natural Language, in prep.). I describe the approach to utterance interpretation this proposes: linguistic structure is built incrementally according to lexically encoded procedural instructions and rules of construction constrained by pragmatic principles. This allows a perspective where problems previously divided between syntax, semantics and pragmatics can be addressed in a more unified manner. 1 outline the operation as it has been developed for relative clauses. This allows several trees to be built for the same utterance which are connected by a having a node description in common. I argue that this operation can be extended to cover the
Swinburne, David Thomas
LINK and the dynamics of utterance interpretation. The operation allows the derivation of inferential units as the result of syntactic processing. The same operation derives structure across a diffuse range of data; the differences between these are attributable to lexical information and the dynamics of the process. The thesis examines a range of data where clauses depend on some element in the main clause for interpretation. These are assigned structure as LINK trees in the framework of Labelled Deductive Systems for Natural Language outlined in Kempson, Meyer-Viol & Gabbay, (Dynamic Syntax: the Deductive Flow of Natural Language, in prep.). I describe the approach to utterance interpretation this proposes: linguistic structure is built incrementally according to lexically encoded procedural instructions and rules of construction constrained by pragmatic principles. This allows a perspective where problems previously divided between syntax, semantics and pragmatics can be addressed in a more unified manner. 1 outline the operation as it has been developed for relative clauses. This allows several trees to be built for the same utterance which are connected by a having a node description in common. I argue that this operation can be extended to cover the
link dynamic utterance_interpretation operation allow derivation inferential unit syntactic processing operation derive structure across diffuse range_data difference attributable lexical_information dynamic_process examines range_data clause depend element main clause interpretation structure link tree framework labelled deductive systems natural_language outline meyer dynamic_syntax deductive flow natural_language describe utterance_interpretation propose linguistic_structure build incrementally accord lexically encode procedural instruction rule construction constrain pragmatic principle allows perspective problem previously divide syntax_semantics pragmatic address unified manner outline operation develop relative_clause allows several tree build utterance connect node description common argue operation extend_cover