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When linearity prevails over hierarchy in syntax
Hierarchical structure has been cherished as a grammatical universal. We use experimental methods to show where linear order is also a relevant syntactic relation. An identical methodology and design were used across six research sites on South Slavic languages. Experimental results show that in cer...
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National Academy of Sciences
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5776972/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29288218 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1712729115 |
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author | Willer Gold, Jana Arsenijević, Boban Batinić, Mia Becker, Michael Čordalija, Nermina Kresić, Marijana Leko, Nedžad Marušič, Franc Lanko Milićev, Tanja Milićević, Nataša Mitić, Ivana Peti-Stantić, Anita Stanković, Branimir Šuligoj, Tina Tušek, Jelena Nevins, Andrew |
author_facet | Willer Gold, Jana Arsenijević, Boban Batinić, Mia Becker, Michael Čordalija, Nermina Kresić, Marijana Leko, Nedžad Marušič, Franc Lanko Milićev, Tanja Milićević, Nataša Mitić, Ivana Peti-Stantić, Anita Stanković, Branimir Šuligoj, Tina Tušek, Jelena Nevins, Andrew |
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description | Hierarchical structure has been cherished as a grammatical universal. We use experimental methods to show where linear order is also a relevant syntactic relation. An identical methodology and design were used across six research sites on South Slavic languages. Experimental results show that in certain configurations, grammatical production can in fact favor linear order over hierarchical structure. However, these findings are limited to coordinate structures and distinct from the kind of production errors found with comparable configurations such as “attraction” errors. The results demonstrate that agreement morphology may be computed in a series of steps, one of which is partly independent from syntactic hierarchy. |
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spelling | pubmed-57769722018-01-23 When linearity prevails over hierarchy in syntax Willer Gold, Jana Arsenijević, Boban Batinić, Mia Becker, Michael Čordalija, Nermina Kresić, Marijana Leko, Nedžad Marušič, Franc Lanko Milićev, Tanja Milićević, Nataša Mitić, Ivana Peti-Stantić, Anita Stanković, Branimir Šuligoj, Tina Tušek, Jelena Nevins, Andrew Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Social Sciences Hierarchical structure has been cherished as a grammatical universal. We use experimental methods to show where linear order is also a relevant syntactic relation. An identical methodology and design were used across six research sites on South Slavic languages. Experimental results show that in certain configurations, grammatical production can in fact favor linear order over hierarchical structure. However, these findings are limited to coordinate structures and distinct from the kind of production errors found with comparable configurations such as “attraction” errors. The results demonstrate that agreement morphology may be computed in a series of steps, one of which is partly independent from syntactic hierarchy. National Academy of Sciences 2018-01-16 2017-12-29 /pmc/articles/PMC5776972/ /pubmed/29288218 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1712729115 Text en Copyright © 2018 the Author(s). Published by PNAS. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This open access article is distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Social Sciences Willer Gold, Jana Arsenijević, Boban Batinić, Mia Becker, Michael Čordalija, Nermina Kresić, Marijana Leko, Nedžad Marušič, Franc Lanko Milićev, Tanja Milićević, Nataša Mitić, Ivana Peti-Stantić, Anita Stanković, Branimir Šuligoj, Tina Tušek, Jelena Nevins, Andrew When linearity prevails over hierarchy in syntax |
title | When linearity prevails over hierarchy in syntax |
title_full | When linearity prevails over hierarchy in syntax |
title_fullStr | When linearity prevails over hierarchy in syntax |
title_full_unstemmed | When linearity prevails over hierarchy in syntax |
title_short | When linearity prevails over hierarchy in syntax |
title_sort | when linearity prevails over hierarchy in syntax |
topic | Social Sciences |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5776972/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29288218 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1712729115 |
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