Joe:
> And wrote:
> > >
> > > I don't understand how NBR et al get that move -- no linear order
> in syntax
> > > -- to work, but if they could, I wouldn't find it objectionable, since
> > > superficial order would be the phonological expression of some other
> > > structural syntactic property.
> >
> Dylan replied:
> >
> > Does anyone have any references in this area? One of the problematic issues
> > in Sign structure is identifying constituency since the production medium
> > allows distinct tokens to be articulated simultaneously.
>
> This is very interesting and goes to show that constituency is
> overrated.
How? Constituency is about part-whole relations; there's nothing inherent
to constituency that says two parts of the same whole can't be simultaneous.
--And.
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