INDEX abduction, x, 2, 136, 189, 190, 194, 195, 195n2, constraint resolution 195n3 conventional implicature, 123n8 abductive pragmatics, x counterpart, 16, 146, 149, 159, 162–165 acceptability judgements, 3, 3n3, 25, 101 cue integration, 23, 28, 193–195, 205–207 accommodation, 101, 110, 111, 113, 120, 123, 151, CUF, 43n3 166, 169, 173, 178, 180, 194, 195n2, 205 adversative marking, 83 definite descriptions, 13, 14, 92, 166–168, agreement features, 63n15, 64 168n7, 169, 170 ALE, 43n3 definite representation, 147, 155, 167, 168, anaphora resolution, 20, 21, 34, 200 168n7, 169–172, 176 Aristotelian competence grammar (ACG), definiteness, 35, 36, 63, 64, 94, 165–168, 171, 1–5, 8–11, 27, 28 173, 175, 175n10, 176, 182 Aristotelian grammar, 2, 4, 5, 21, 136, 138, 188 definition theory, 176 asymmetry, 30, 107, 164 demonstrative, 13, 80, 92, 160, 166, 169, 173, 205 Bach-Peters sentence, 179 derived weight, 60 Bayes’ theorem, 1, 19 deterministic, ix, 41, 43, 44, 72, 75, 188 belief attribution, 141, 159, 161 differential case marking, 33, 34, 51, 77, 93 bidirectional optimality theory, 4, 86, 102 differential subject and object marking, 76, bidirectional phonology, 6 94 bidirectionality, ix, x, 28 discourse grammar, 122 bridging, 92, 93, 111, 123, 134, 166 discourse representation theory (DRS, DRT), x, 35, 85, 86, 109, 110, 141, 142, 148, 149, case morphology, 19, 54, 85, 86 151n3, 177, 179–181, 183 categorial grammar, 4, 10, 12, 16, 34, 35, 135, distal perception, 26, 30 138, 188, 189, 193, 199 dynamic semantics, 154, 177 centering theory, 13 character, 61, 110, 111, 113, 116, 181 economy constraints, 56, 76, 102 coercion, 170, 173, 176 elision, 98 cognitive science, xiii, xiv ellipsis, 90–92, 106, 174 Comanche, 93 Elsewhere Principle, 2, 13, 14, 16, 17 common ground, 21n13, 61, 62, 67, 110n4, 111, enchainement, 99 112, 117, 118, 132, 141, 161, 172, 175, 176, 195, English, 7, 8n6, 14, 15, 17, 20, 38, 38n1, 45, 50, 195n2, 205 52, 52n10, 53, 54, 59, 60, 65, 65n18, 67, 70, communicative intention, 37, 78 80–82, 93, 95, 101, 111n5, 118, 124, 139, 151, competence grammar, 1–3, 3n2, 11, 12, 39 168n6, 173, 204 complete contexts, 144, 145, 179 epenthesis, 39 compositional semantics, 14 epistemic downtoner, 83 compositionality, 136, 196, 197 epistemic may, 150 computational linguistics, xiii, 3, 36, 186, 187, ergative, 94, 95 190, 191 exhaustive answer, 84, 133 computer vision, xiii, xv, 1, 5, 20, 22, 120 external object, 153, 155, 156, 158, 159, 165, confirmative marking, 83 168 context integration, 23 external property, 152, 153, 156 context restriction, 111, 139 extraposition, 52 contrastive topics, 47, 52, 59, 60, 64n17, 102 218 index

Fact, 150 inherence, 65 FAITH, 39, 41, 86–89, 193, 194, 199 interjections, 123, 123n8, 128, 135, 190 faithfulness, 6, 86, 92, 202 internal object, 148, 151, 153, 156, 167, 168, 176, familiarity theory, 36, 166, 176 207 field theory, 14 interpretation by abduction, x, 2, 136 file cards, 165 interpretational blocking, ix finite state transducer, 22, 43 intersubjective agreement, 141 Finnish, 136 intonation, 63, 126, 129–131, 135 Foot Feature Principle (FFP), 62, 63, 63n16, inversion, 52, 53, 198 65 free participial clauses, 123 Jacobson’s Principle, 136, 137 free word order, 45, 51, 85 Japanese, 80, 85, 93 Frege’s problem, 159 joint completion, 25 French silent h, 76, 97 French, 14, 17, 34, 81, 95, 97, 97n14, 99, 99n15, Korean, 51, 85, 138 101, 174 functional application, 34, 135, 205 language evolution, 17, 32, 33, 196, 202 functional grammar, 4, 11, 16, 44, 75 language interpretation, 2, 5, 9, 17, 23, 24, 28, functional theory, 36, 171 44, 71, 106, 121, 135, 187, 192, 195, 197, 201, 205 garden path effect, 85 language production, xiii, xv, 3, 17, 26, 31, 32, Generalised Phrase Structure Grammar 39, 72, 100 (GPSG), 4, 11, 11n8, 12, 14, 16, 38n1, 45, 65, Latin, 17, 51, 80, 81, 85, 95, 136 188 Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG), 4, 11, generalised presupposition, x 11n8, 12, 16, 35n20, 38n1, 188, 198–200 generative semantics, 16, 44, 75, 198 liaison, 99 German, 6, 8, 14, 16–17, 38, 45, 47, 51–55, linear grammar, 8, 9 58–59, 64–65, 71–73, 80, 82, 85, 86n2, linear time complexity, 2, 8, 8n6, 28, 43, 56 88 linguistic generalisations, x, 2, 4, 12, 13 government and binding, 16, 32, 38n1 linguistics, xiii, 2, 3, 11, 14, 25, 39, 100, 187, 188, grammar, ix, xiii, xv, 2, 2n2, 3, 4, 4n5, 5, 7–11, 200 11n8, 12, 13, 15–17, 21, 25, 27, 32, 33, 38, 39, linked concept, 106, 108, 112–119, 121–124, 126, 42, 44, 45, 51, 54, 57, 72, 91, 93, 103, 135, 138, 142, 147 136, 139, 183, 185, 186, 188–190, 193, 198, links to the future, 114, 133, 134, 194 200–204 logical omniscience, 159, 160 grammaticalisation, 19, 54, 55, 60, 95, 100, long distance movement, 47 101, 110n4, 189, 193n1, 202–204, 207 Gricean implicatures, 193 mental representation, x, xv, 3n2, 32, 35, 36, 45, 64, 66, 69, 72, 106, 108, 110n3, 113, 134, Head Feature Principle (HFP), 62, 63, 66 141, 152–158, 161, 165, 167, 176, 177, 181, 182, head marking, 55, 85, 86 185, 193 Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar metonymy, 20 (HPSG), 4, 11, 12, 16, 45, 107n1, 188 middle field, 51, 52 higher-level production, 32 minimalist framework, 16 Hindi, 85 mirative marking, 83 historical linguistics, xiii, xiv, 189 mirror neurons, 2, 24, 26, 27 mirroring, 25 incremental parser, xv monitoring effect, ixn1, 34, 76, 203 incremental syntax checking, 67, 72 Montague Grammar, 4, 7, 85, 86, 179, 183, 186 incrementality, 29, 105, 107 most probable interpretation, x, xiv, xv, 1, 5, indefinite descriptions, 13, 82, 90, 92 9, 18–20, 23, 24, 27, 28, 37, 75, 89, 103, 105, information state, 110n3, 125, 141, 147, 151, 183 106, 185–188, 192, 199, 201, 203