The Syntactic Process Book

	Preface	xi
Chapter 1	Introduction	1
Part I	Grammar and Information Structure
Chapter 2	Rules, Constituents, and Fragments	11
2.1	Constituents	12
2.2	Fragments	14
2.3	Issues of Power and Explanation	22
2.4	Grammar as an Applicative System	27
Chapter 3	Intuitive Basis of Combinatory Categorial Grammars	31
3.1	Pure Categorial Grammar	31
3.2	Interpretation and Predicate-Argument Structure	35
3.3	Coordination	39
3.4	The Bluebird	40
3.5	The Thrush	43
3.6	The Starling	49
Chapter 4	Explaining Constraints on Natural Grammar	53
4.1	Intrinsic Constraints Limiting the Set of Possible Rules	53
4.2	Linguistic Constraints on Unbounded Dependencies	59
4.3	Linguistic Constraints on Bounded Dependencies	64
4.4	Quantification in CCG	70
4.5	Summary: Surface Structure and Interpretation	85
Chapter 5	Structure and Intonation	89
5.1	Surface Structure and Intonation Structure	92
5.2	Two Intonation Contours and Their Functions	95
5.3	Theme and Rheme	99
5.4	Focus and Background	106
5.5	Grammar and Information Structure	109
5.6	Intonation and the Simplex Clause	119
5.7	Intonation in Complex Constructions	122
5.8	Conclusion	124
Part II	Coordination and Word Order
Chapter 6	Cross-Serial Dependencies in Dutch	133
6.1	Word Order in Dutch	136
6.2	Verb Raising as Composition	138
6.3	Equi Verbs	144
6.4	Argument Cluster Composition	146
6.5	Relative Clauses	155
6.6	Subject and Object Extraction from Embedded Clauses	158
6.7	Dutch Main-clause Order	159
6.8	Interaction of Word order and Quantifier Scope	164
6.9	On the Rarity of Crossing Dependencies	166
Appendix	Summary of the Dutch Fragment	167
Chapter 7	Gapping and the Order of Constituents	171
7.1	Gapping and SOV Word Order	172
7.2	Gapping and VSO Word Order	176
7.3	Gapping and SVO Word Order	179
7.4	Other Elliptical Phenomena	195
7.5	A Cautious Conclusion	197
Part III	Computation and Performance
Chapter 8	Combinators and Grammars	201
8.1	Why Categories and Combinators?	201
8.2	Why Bluebirds, Thrushes, and Starlings?	203
8.3	Expressive Power	207
8.4	Formalizing Directionality in Categorial Grammars	213
Appendix	Directionality as a Feature	216
Chapter 9	Processing in Context	225
9.1	Anatomy of a Processor	226
9.2	Toward Psychologically Realistic Parsers	246
9.3	CCG Parsing for Practical Applications	251
Chapter 10	The Syntactic Interface	255
10.1	Competence	255
10.2	Acquisition	258
10.3	Performance	259
	Notes	263
	References	283
	Index	321