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On Thu, 2002-02-28 at 18:01, Adam Przepiórkowski wrote:
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<PRE><FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Hi Berthold,</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> does anyone know of any examples where type-identity (or inequality), as</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> opposed to token-identity, plays a role in syntax? </FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>I am not sure about syntax, but Tilman Hoehle has a paper (in the</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>"Slavic in HPSG" CSLI volume) in which he crucially relies on</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>type-identity in his account of phonology in HPSG.</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>We (the HPSG group in Warsaw) have an analysis of coordination relying</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>on type identity (for checking 'sameness' of conjuncts in certain</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>kinds of coordinate structures), but this analysis is rather</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>preliminary and -- hence -- probably not a good argument for</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>type-identity in syntax.</FONT></FONT></I></PRE>
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<FONT SIZE="3">Even more so, as it is coordination data as well that appear to suggest the need for type identity in my case;-)</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Best,</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>-- </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I> Adam P.</FONT></FONT></I>
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