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Contents
General Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
1 Introduction
1.1 Syntax, semantics, and discourse
1.2 Extraction from coordinate structures
1.3 Structure of the volume
1.4 What this volume is, and isn't
2 What is coordination?
2.1 Introduction
2.2 And, β§, and conjunction reduction
2.3 Limitations of β§ and β¨
2.4 The syntax of coordination
2.4.1 Ross and GPSG
2.4.2 Ellipsis in coordinate structures
2.4.3 Asymmetrical syntactic analyses
2.5 Summary
3 Extraction from coordinate structures
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The Coordinate Structure Constraint
3.3 Counterexamples to the CSC
3.3.1 Counterexamples to the Conjunct Constraint
3.3.2 Counterexamples to the Element Constraint
3.3.3 Syntactic conditioning of asymmetric interpretations
3.4 Generality of asymmetric extractions
3.4.1 Generality across conjunctions
3.4.2 Generality across languages
3.5 Scope of the CSC
3.5.1 Generality across A-dependencies
3.5.2 Covert movement
3.5.3 A-movement
3.5.4 Head movement
3.6 The SLF construction
3.6.1 Crosslinguistic distribution of the SLF construction
3.6.2 Asymmetric coordination and SLF-coordination
3.6.3 Analyses
3.6.4 SLF-coordination: Summary
3.7 Summary
3.8 Who calls the shots?
4 Syntax calls the shots
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Desiderata for a syntactic account
4.3 The rest of locality theory
4.3.1 Ross's other constraints
4.3.2 Subjacency
4.3.3 The Empty Category Principle
4.3.4 CED effects
4.3.5 Minimality effects
4.4 The CSC doesn't fit
4.5 Making the CSC fit
4.5.1 The GPSG account
4.5.2 Pesetsky 1982: The Path Containment Condition
4.5.3 Coordination in CCG
4.5.4 Takahashi (1994)
4.5.5 Multiplanar coordinate structures
4.5.6 Summary
4.6 Parasitic gaps and ATB extraction
4.6.1 Introduction
4.6.2 Basic properties of parasitic gaps
4.6.3 Parasitic gaps and coordinate structures
4.6.4 Differences between ATB movement and parasitic gap constructions
4.6.5 Parasitic gaps, weak islands, and asymmetric extraction from coordinate structures
4.7 Summary
5 Discourse calls the shots
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Discourse Coherence Theory
5.3 Defining discourse relations
5.3.1 Kehler's definitions, and some challenges
5.3.2 Toward formal precision
5.4 Lakoff revisited
5.4.1 Type B scenarios and extraction
5.4.2 Type C scenarios and extraction
5.4.3 Type A scenarios and extraction
5.4.4 Type A patterns without occasion
5.4.5 Patterns not discussed by Lakoff
5.5 Summary
6 Discourse structure, information structure, coordination, and extraction
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Discourse relations, topichood, and extraction
6.2.1 Topichood, semantic dominance, and extraction
6.2.2 Topichood, semantic dominance, and the CSC
6.2.3 Refinements and extensions
6.2.4 Outstanding problems
6.3 SDRT's model of discourse structure
6.3.1 A brief overview of two component logics
6.3.2 Discourse relations and discourse structure in SDRT
6.3.3 Coordinating and subordinating discourse relations
6.4 The discourse semantics of conjunctions
6.4.1 And as a marker of discourse coordination
6.4.2 Discourse semantics of or and but
6.5 Constructing topics and themes
6.5.1 Relations requiring a common discourse topic
6.5.2 Relations requiring a common theme
6.5.3 Relations without topic or theme constraints
6.5.4 Summary
6.6 Back to extraction from coordinate structures
6.6.1 Relations with explicit representation of discourse topic
6.6.2 Relations with maximal common themes
6.6.3 Result: Neither topic nor theme
6.6.4 More challenging cases
6.6.5 Summary
6.7 More complex discourse structures and extraction
6.8 Summary
7 Conclusion
7.1 So who does call the shots?
7.2 Two syntactic approaches
7.3 Two approaches to discourse structure
7.4 Unanswered questions
7.4.1 Unfinished business for the topicality approach
7.4.2 Challenges for any approach
7.5 Extensions and implications for locality theory
7.5.1 Conjuncts and adjuncts: Similarities and differences
7.5.2 What is left for syntactic locality theory?
Appendix: List of choice points
Bibliography
Index