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Preface
List of Abbreviations and Glosses
1 The Garden Path Phenomenon 1
1.0 The Problem 1
1.1 Grammar and Parser 2
1.2 Local and Global Ambiguity 4
1.3 Problematic and Unproblematic Ambiguity 6
1.4 Deep and Surface Factors in Processing Breakdown 7
1.5 Theta Attachment 11
1.6 The Theta Reanalysis Constraint 15
2 Performance-Based Models of Human Natural Language Processing 21
2.0 Perceptual Approaches 21
2.0.1 The Canonical Sentoid Strategy 22
2.0.2 Kimball's Seven Surface Principles 26
2.0.3 The Sausage Machine 30
2.0.4 Steal-NP 36
2.1 Computational Approaches 40
2.1.1 Augmented Transition Networks 41
2.1.2 Deterministic Parsing and Look-Ahead 44
2.1.3 Deterministic Parsing and Minimal Commitment 48
2.2 Lexical Approaches 51
2.2.1 Lexical Functional Grammar 52
2.3 Semantic Approaches 59
2.3.1 Interpretive Islands 59
2.3.2 Semantic Reanalysis Strategies 62
2.4 Summary 66
3 A Grammatical Theory of Processing 68
3.0 Starting Assumptions 68
3.0.1 An Unambiguous Example 69
3.1 Object-Subject Ambiguity 70
3.1.1 Prepositional Object versus Clausal Subject 71
3.1.2 Verbal Complement versus Clausal Subject 74
3.2 Complement Clause-Relative Clause Ambiguity 84
3.3 Matrix Clause-Relative NP Ambiguity 87
3.3.1 Canonical Garden Path Effects 87
3.3.2 Canonical Garden Paths Avoided 91
4 The On-Line Locality Constraint 97
4.0 Ditransitive Ambiguities 97
4.0.1 A False Prediction 98
4.0.2 From the TRC to the On-Line Locality Constraint 100
4.0.3 (Re)Establishing the OLLC 103
4.0.4 Ditransitives Redux 111
4.1 Lexical Ambiguity 120
4.1.1 Intracategorial Ambiguity 121
4.1.2 Structural Ramifications of Lexical Ambiguity 121
4.1.3 Structural Constancy and Multi-Element Chains 128
5 Generalized Theta Attachment 136
5.0 Beyond the Theta Criterion 136
5.0.1 Eliminating Role Content 136
5.1 Adjunct Attachment 143
5.1.1 The Failure of Minimal Attachment 144
5.1.2 Quasi-Arguments 146
5.2 Cross-Linguistic Predictions 149
5.2.1 Mandarin 149
5.2.2 Hebrew 149
5.2.3 German 150
5.2.4 Japanese 151
5.2.5 Korean 154
5.3 Conclusions 154
Notes 157
References 181
Index of Names 187
General Index 189

Title: Grammatical Competence and Parsing Performance

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Publication Date: November 1992

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Grammatical Competence and Parsing Performance

I did not feel like this book provided any good information, and it felt padded to boot. In fact, after a while I lost patience and started skimming.

For instance, several pages were wasted on an explanation of an algorithm that could have been given in a single paragraph. Then time was spent on a very awkward proof involving the relationship between sums of SPECIFIC numbers, which one could simply test directly. The author may have made some point about the awkwardness of the proof, but there was no point to this. This was doubly damning because it undermined the author's argument that testing couldn't cover general correctness; so why waste time on a bad proof of a specific case that could be tested directly?

The rest of the book was this awkward. Discussions about comments in steps of proofs were given, yet no significant ties to program development were produced. When the author finally got to Hoare triples, I didn't understand why the previous pages were even written as none of the material could even be seen as a support to this.

The book is very short, even with all the padding; much of the book's length is dedicated to answers to the exercises. This leads me to doubt that there was enough material for a book. Overly long examples, pointless proofs and material that doesn't build up are the mark of a lack of substance. This material probably could have been covered in a single article.

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	Preface
	List of Abbreviations and Glosses
1	The Garden Path Phenomenon	1
1.0	The Problem	1
1.1	Grammar and Parser	2
1.2	Local and Global Ambiguity	4
1.3	Problematic and Unproblematic Ambiguity	6
1.4	Deep and Surface Factors in Processing Breakdown	7
1.5	Theta Attachment	11
1.6	The Theta Reanalysis Constraint	15
2	Performance-Based Models of Human Natural Language Processing	21
2.0	Perceptual Approaches	21
2.0.1	The Canonical Sentoid Strategy	22
2.0.2	Kimball's Seven Surface Principles	26
2.0.3	The Sausage Machine	30
2.0.4	Steal-NP	36
2.1	Computational Approaches	40
2.1.1	Augmented Transition Networks	41
2.1.2	Deterministic Parsing and Look-Ahead	44
2.1.3	Deterministic Parsing and Minimal Commitment	48
2.2	Lexical Approaches	51
2.2.1	Lexical Functional Grammar	52
2.3	Semantic Approaches	59
2.3.1	Interpretive Islands	59
2.3.2	Semantic Reanalysis Strategies	62
2.4	Summary	66
3	A Grammatical Theory of Processing	68
3.0	Starting Assumptions	68
3.0.1	An Unambiguous Example	69
3.1	Object-Subject Ambiguity	70
3.1.1	Prepositional Object versus Clausal Subject	71
3.1.2	Verbal Complement versus Clausal Subject	74
3.2	Complement Clause-Relative Clause Ambiguity	84
3.3	Matrix Clause-Relative NP Ambiguity	87
3.3.1	Canonical Garden Path Effects	87
3.3.2	Canonical Garden Paths Avoided	91
4	The On-Line Locality Constraint	97
4.0	Ditransitive Ambiguities	97
4.0.1	A False Prediction	98
4.0.2	From the TRC to the On-Line Locality Constraint	100
4.0.3	(Re)Establishing the OLLC	103
4.0.4	Ditransitives Redux	111
4.1	Lexical Ambiguity	120
4.1.1	Intracategorial Ambiguity	121
4.1.2	Structural Ramifications of Lexical Ambiguity	121
4.1.3	Structural Constancy and Multi-Element Chains	128
5	Generalized Theta Attachment	136
5.0	Beyond the Theta Criterion	136
5.0.1	Eliminating Role Content	136
5.1	Adjunct Attachment	143
5.1.1	The Failure of Minimal Attachment	144
5.1.2	Quasi-Arguments	146
5.2	Cross-Linguistic Predictions	149
5.2.1	Mandarin	149
5.2.2	Hebrew	149
5.2.3	German	150
5.2.4	Japanese	151
5.2.5	Korean	154
5.3	Conclusions	154
	Notes	157
	References	181
	Index of Names	187
	General Index	189