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Optimality-Theoretic Lexical Mapping Theory: A Case Study of Locative Inversion

Optimality-Theoretic Lexical Mapping Theory: A Case Study of Locative Inversion

One-Soon Her
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 30
ISBN13: 9781605660523|ISBN10: 1605660523|EISBN13: 9781605660530
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-87828-991-9.ch166
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Her, One-Soon. "Optimality-Theoretic Lexical Mapping Theory: A Case Study of Locative Inversion." Human Computer Interaction: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Chee Siang Ang and Panayiotis Zaphiris, IGI Global, 2009, pp. 2499-2528. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-87828-991-9.ch166

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Her, O. (2009). Optimality-Theoretic Lexical Mapping Theory: A Case Study of Locative Inversion. In C. Ang & P. Zaphiris (Eds.), Human Computer Interaction: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 2499-2528). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-87828-991-9.ch166

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Her, One-Soon. "Optimality-Theoretic Lexical Mapping Theory: A Case Study of Locative Inversion." In Human Computer Interaction: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Chee Siang Ang and Panayiotis Zaphiris, 2499-2528. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-87828-991-9.ch166

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Abstract

Locative inversion verbs seem to share the same argument structure and grammatical function assignment (i.e., ) cross-linguistically. This article discusses the nature of argument-function linking in LFG and demonstrates how the Lexical Mapping Theory (LMT) rendered in Optimality-Theoretic (OT) terms, where argument-function linking is governed by universal violable constraints that consistently favor the unmarked function, accounts for locative inversion straightforwardly. Within this OT-LMT, locative inversion is due to a universal morphosyntactic constraint, and language variation in locative inversion is due to the difference in its relative ranking. This account also offers a potential explanation for the markedness of the locative inversion construction.

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