flat structures

[ROOD DAVID S]

Shannon, it's a somewhat different version of the paradigm, but my paper
on upstairs and downstairs deletion back in CLS 1973 (You take the high
node and I'll take the low node, paravolume to CLS 9) presumes a
configurational structure.  Of course in those days there was no such
distinction -- everything was presumed configurational. However, those
tree structures might provide evidence for arguing one way or the other.

David

David S. Rood
Dept. of Linguistics
Univ. of Colorado
295 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0295
USA
rood at colorado.edu

On Wed, 24 Jul 2002, Shannon West wrote:

> I'm looking for references that refer to Siouan syntax as 'flat' or
> 'nonconfigurational'. Dakotan would be best, but all others are welcome too.
> I have a few, but the more I can get, the better.
>
> Actually, any that say the structure is hierarchical would be nifty to have
> too. I'm finding very little on that kind of syntax.
>
> Any ideas?
> Thanks.
>
> Shannon
>