1 Ranks, processes and flat grammar ....................................................................................... 2 2 The Rank-Interpretation Architecture for Multilinear Grammars ......................................... 6 2.1 Outline of the Rank-Interpretation Architecture framework .............................................. 6 2.2 A preliminary note on linearity and hierarchy at the phrasal rank ..................................... 7 2.3 Characterisation of the Rank-Interpretation Architecture .................................................. 9 2.3.1 Background ..................................................................................................................... 9 2.3.2 Formal summary ........................................................................................................... 10 2.3.3 Contrast with traditional views of language architecture .............................................. 11 2.3.4 Search for sui generis properties of ranks ..................................................................... 11 2.4 Procedural perspectives on the rank hierarchy ................................................................. 12 3 The discourse rank .............................................................................................................. 15 3.1 The primacy of discourse patterning ................................................................................ 15 3.2 Intonation of an adjacency pair ........................................................................................ 16 3.3 Chanted ‘call’ intonation .................................................................................................. 18 4 The utterance or text rank ................................................................................................... 20 5 The phrase rank ................................................................................................................... 22 5.1 Characteristics of phrasal structure .................................................................................. 22 5.2 Linear sequences, iteration: regular and subregular grammars ........................................ 23 5.3 A note on long-distance and cross-serial dependencies ................................................... 26 5.4 Prosodic-phonetic interpretation at the phrasal rank ........................................................ 27 6 The word rank ..................................................................................................................... 30 6.1 Flat words ......................................................................................................................... 30 6.2 Flat derivations ................................................................................................................. 30 6.3 Flat compounds ................................................................................................................ 31 6.4 Prosodic-phonetic interpretation at the word rank ........................................................... 31 7 Summary and conclusion .................................................................................................... 33 7.1 From Duality to Multilinear Grammar and Rank Interpretation Architecture ................. 33 7.2 Generalisation to stochastic flat linear models ................................................................. 34 7.3 Future work ...................................................................................................................... 35 8 References ........................................................................................................................... 36
Output: Multilinear Grammar: Ranks and Interpretations