Grammtical theory: Session 7: Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar (GPSG)
Channel: Stefan Müller
Date: 2020-12-01

This session introduces Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar (GPSG). It explains the separation of phrase structure rules into immediate dominance schemata and linear precedence rules to account for scrambling in German, introduces metarules to account for passive and nonlocal dependencies. The SLASH mechanism for passing on information about nonlocal dependencies in a local fashion is also introduced. The session ends with a discussion of problems (morphology & valence, partial frontings, generative capacity).

Textbook: https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/287