On resolving long distance dependencies in Russian verbs

  • Morphological analyses based on word syntax approaches can encounter difficulties with long distance dependencies. The reason is that in some cases an affix has to have access to the inner structure of the form with which it combines. One solution is the percolation of features from ther inner morphemes to the outer morphemes with some process of feature unification. However, the obstacle of percolation constraints or stipulated features has lead some linguists to argue in favour of other frameworks such as, e.g., realizational morphology or parallel approaches like optimality theory. This paper proposes a linguistic analysis of two long distance dependencies in the morphology of Russian verbs, namely secondary imperfectivization and deverbal nominalization.We show how these processes can be reanalysed as local dependencies. Although finitestate frameworks are not bound by such linguistically motivated considerations, we present an implementation of our analysis as proposed in [1] that does not complicate the grammar or enlarge theMorphological analyses based on word syntax approaches can encounter difficulties with long distance dependencies. The reason is that in some cases an affix has to have access to the inner structure of the form with which it combines. One solution is the percolation of features from ther inner morphemes to the outer morphemes with some process of feature unification. However, the obstacle of percolation constraints or stipulated features has lead some linguists to argue in favour of other frameworks such as, e.g., realizational morphology or parallel approaches like optimality theory. This paper proposes a linguistic analysis of two long distance dependencies in the morphology of Russian verbs, namely secondary imperfectivization and deverbal nominalization.We show how these processes can be reanalysed as local dependencies. Although finitestate frameworks are not bound by such linguistically motivated considerations, we present an implementation of our analysis as proposed in [1] that does not complicate the grammar or enlarge the network unproportionally.show moreshow less

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Author details:Dirk Saléschus
URN:urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-27235
Publication type:Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Publication year:2008
Publishing institution:Universität Potsdam
Release date:2008/12/11
Organizational units:Extern / Extern
DDC classification:4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache
Collection(s):Universität Potsdam / Tagungsbände/Proceedings (nicht fortlaufend) / Finite-state methods and natural language processing : 6th International Workshop, FSMNLP 2007 / II Regular Papers
License (German):License LogoKeine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz
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The complete edition of the proceedings "Finite-state methods and natural language processing : 6th International Workshop, FSMNLP 2007 ; Revised Papers" is available:
URN urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-23812
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