LINGUIST List 19.2171: Syntax: Tokizaki: 'Linearizing Structure with Silence: A ...'

LINGUIST List 19.2171

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1. Hisao Tokizaki, Linearizing Structure with Silence: A Minimalist theory of syntax-phonology interface

Message 1: Linearizing Structure with Silence: A Minimalist theory of syntax-phonology interface
Date: 06-Jul-2008
From: Hisao Tokizaki <tokisapporo-u.ac.jp>
Subject: Linearizing Structure with Silence: A Minimalist theory of syntax-phonology interface
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Institution: University of Tsukuba Program: Linguistics Dissertation Status: Completed Degree Date: 2006

Author: Hisao Tokizaki

Dissertation Title: Linearizing Structure with Silence: A Minimalist theory of syntax-phonology interface

Dissertation URL: http://toki.nagomix.net/e/files/index.php

Linguistic Field(s): Syntax
Dissertation Director:
Nobuhiro Kaga
Dissertation Abstract:

This thesis investigates how phrase structure of sentences is mapped ontophonological representations. The bare mapping theory is proposed whichinterprets syntactic boundaries as phonological boundaries. Prosodicphrases are formed by deleting a number of boundaries according to thelevel of phrase and the rate of speech. This theory supports the idea ofbare phrase structure rather than X-bar theoretic phrase structure. Thetheory of cyclic Spell-Out enables us to do away with the readjustmentrule. The effect of edge parameter is derived by syntactic head parameter.Optionality of phrasing is also explained by the deletion of a number ofboundaries. Further consequences of the theory are discussed which includethe effects of constituent length, i.e. secondary phrasal stress and HeavyNP Shift in English and optional phrasing in Korean and Japanese. Thetheory offers an alternative analysis to the Early Immediate Constituentanalysis (Hawkins 1994) and help us to explore the relation between phrasestructure and sentence processing. Prosody and punctuation in English andJapanese, topic/focus and phrasing, semantics and phrasing, and derivationand parsing are also discussed.