LFG List - query on LIH

[Daniel L. Everett]

On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Joan Bresnan wrote:

> The term `-stratal' is a specific reference to Ladusaw's
> distinction between multistratal and multilevel theories:
> 
> Essentially, strata are stages of a derivation and levels are
> nonderivationally related structures.  So your note below is
> technically incorrect, and I think does not address Dick's point.

> Joan


Well, I have to admit that I have not read Bill Ladusaw's article. All
Linguistics in the Morning Calm volumes are like the tooth fairy. I keep
hearing about them, but I have never actually seen one. I will try to
locate a copy and auto-didact myself. 

I interpreted -stratal as in some interpretations of that notion for
Relational Grammar, where it was sufficiently vague in many cases as to
warrant conflation with -level. 

But I stand corrected with my ignorance revealed.

-- Dan