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Dynamic syntax

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Dynamic Syntax is a grammar formalism that aims to represent the real-time nature of the parsing/production process. Under the Dynamic Syntax approach, linguistic knowledge is considered to be the ability to parse spoken language in context, whilst syntax is the constraint-based way in which representations of context can be built up from words encountered in a string.

References

  • Cann R, R Kempson, L Marten (2005) The dynamics of language. Oxford: Elsevier.
  • Kempson R, W Meyer-Viol, D Gabbay (2001) Dynamic syntax. Oxford: Blackwell.
  • Kempson et al. 2011