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arxiv: cs/9811018 · v3 · submitted 1998-11-11 · 💻 cs.CL · q-bio.NC

P-model Alternative to the T-model

classification 💻 cs.CL q-bio.NC
keywords movementt-modeld-structuref-representationheremodelorderordering
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Standard linguistic analysis of syntax uses the T-model. This model requires the ordering: D-structure $>$ S-structure $>$ LF. Between each of these representations there is movement which alters the order of the constituent words; movement is achieved using the principles and parameters of syntactic theory. Psychological serial models do not accommodate the T-model immediately so that here a new model called the P-model is introduced. Here it is argued that the LF representation should be replaced by a variant of Frege's three qualities. In the F-representation the order of elements is not necessarily the same as that in LF and it is suggested that the correct ordering is: F-representation $>$ D-structure $>$ S-structure. Within this framework movement originates as the outcome of emphasis applied to the sentence.

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