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P-model Alternative to the T-model

Roberts, Mark D. (2004) P-model Alternative to the T-model. [Journal (Paginated)]

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Standard linguistic analysis of syntax uses the T-model. This model requires the ordering: D-structure $>$ S-structure $>$ LF, where D-structure is the deep structure, S-structure is the surface structure, and LF is logical form. Between each of these representations there is movement which alters the order of the constituent words; movement is achieved using the principles and parameters of syntactic theory. Psychological analysis of sentence production is usually either serial or connectionist. Psychological serial models do not accommodate the T-model immediately so that here a new model called the P-model is introduced. The P-model is different from previous linguistic and psychological models. Here it is argued that the LF representation should be replaced by a variant of Frege's three qualities (sense, reference, and force), called the Frege representation or F-representation. In the F-representation the order of elements is not necessarily the same as that in LF and it is suggested that the correct ordering is: F-representation $>$ D-structure $>$ S-structure. This ordering appears to lead to a more natural view of sentence production and processing. Within this framework movement originates as the outcome of emphasis applied to the sentence. The requirement that the F-representation precedes the D-structure needs a picture of the particular principles and parameters which pertain to movement of words between representations. In general this would imply that there is a preferred or optimal ordering of the symbolic string in the F-representation. The standard ordering is retained because the general way of producing such an optimal ordering is unclear. In this case it is possible to produce an analysis of movement between LF and D-structure similar to the usual analysis of movement between S-structure and LF. It is suggested that a maximal amount of information about a language's grammar and lexicon is stored, because of the necessity of analyzing corrupted data.

Item Type:Journal (Paginated)
Additional Information:I have taken out a lot of the newlines in the references, hope that it works this time... not sure what was wrong with the version that I tried to upload last weekend. I have altered the address, diagrams, and references.
Keywords:T-model, movement, Frege Representation.
Subjects:Psychology > Cognitive Psychology
Linguistics > Syntax
ID Code:5432
Deposited By: Roberts, Dr. Mark D.
Deposited On:07 Mar 2007
Last Modified:11 Mar 2011 08:56

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