| dc.contributor.author |
Flickinger, Dan. |
| dc.contributor.author |
Bond, Francis. |
| dc.date.accessioned |
2010-09-08T03:01:59Z |
| dc.date.available |
2010-09-08T03:01:59Z |
| dc.date.copyright |
2003 |
| dc.date.issued |
2010-09-08T03:01:59Z |
| dc.identifier.citation |
Flickinger, D., & Bond, F. (2003). A two-rule analysis of measure noun phrases. In proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar, (pp.1-11). |
| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/6436 |
| dc.description.abstract |
In this paper we present an analysis of English measure noun phrases.
Measure noun phrases exhibit both distributional idiosyncrasy, in that they
appear in positions normally lled by degree adverbs: a ten inch long string;
and agreement discord: ten inches is enough, it is ten inch/*inches long. The
analysis introduces one idiosyncratic construction, the Measure Phrase Rule,
which links together syntax and in ectional morphology. Combined with
existing rules, in particular the Noun-noun Compound Rule, the new rule
accounts for the both the distributional and agreement idiosyncrasies. The
rule has been implemented and tested in the ERG, a broad-coverage grammar
of English. Our analysis supports the position that broad-coverage grammars
will necessarily contain both highly schematic and highly idiosyncratic rules. |
| dc.format.extent |
11 p. |
| dc.language.iso |
en |
| dc.subject |
DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics::Sociolinguistics::Comparative grammar. |
| dc.title |
A two-rule analysis of measure noun phrases. |
| dc.type |
Conference Paper |
| dc.contributor.conference |
The 10th International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar. |
| dc.contributor.school |
School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| dc.description.version |
Accepted version |
| dc.identifier.rims |
155563 |
