phd dissertations soas dissertations linguistics following dissertations available soas school oriental african studies university london abstracts included syntax levels representation argument structure turkish asli goksel 1993 focus copular constructions hausa melanie green 1997 movement optionality syntax anna pettiward 1997 wh movement licensing locality feature checking andrew simpson 1995 study chinese reflexives xian fu yu 1996 phonology conditions nuclear expressions phonology margaret cobb 1997 role element khalkha mongolian phonology margaret ann denwood phonological basis speech recognition geoffrey williams 1998 pitch accent phenomena standard japanese yuko yoshida 1995 price including world surface postage us 10 00 per volume ukstlg6 00 price including world air postage us 15 00 per volume please make cheques money orders payable soas orders sent soas dissertations linguistics dept linguistics soas university london russell sq london wc1h oxg england syntax levels representation argument structure turkish asli goksel 1993 study argument structure complex predicates turkish thesis argues monostratal grammar configurational hierarchy linear precedence characterised separately first chapter introduces issues relating representation complex predicates argues particular multistratal approach verb incorporation second chapter lays foundations characterising syntax logic separately third chapter introduces labelled deductive systems framework used remainder thesis part ii analysis morphological causatives passives reflexives turkish proposed causative affix turkish declarative content behaves like predicate unitary account provided passivisation reflexivization whereby processes characterised terms logical dependency sixth chapter combination causatives passives reflexives final chapter discusses status projection principle theta theory case theory mirror principle monostratal grammar one main issues discussed casemarking proposed case gives instructions structure building combinatorial process proposed properties case tested causative constructions verified passives reflexives various combinations focus copular constructions hausa melanie green 1997 thesis examines syntax focus constructions hausa within principles parameters minimalist framework chomsky 1995 unified analysis presented account properties focus fronting constructions hausa also properties apparently unrelated copular constructions also shown focus properties argued copula found focus fronting copular constructions hausa verbal inflectional element argued mcconvell 1973 tuller 1986a respectively instead spellout functional category f ocus sense brody 1990 thesis presents introduction main syntactic characteristics hausa well general introduction phenomenon focus including typological comparative discussion show various crosslinguistic syntactic manifestations focus fp analysis also considered crosslinguistic perspective see might account focus copular constructions range languages related hausa shown although languages present challenging cases fp analysis considerable support approach nature movement optionality syntax anna pettiward 1997 operation move construed copying operation chomsky 1993 1995 assumed apply principle element operation move alpha gb framework move constrained economy conditions rather applying one characterize phenomena appearing involve optional movement two questions thesis attempts answer parts ii respectively part proposes copies chain opposed cf chomsky 1995 active computational system assumption argued length theoretical empirical grounds part ii develops multiple optimal derivations cf chomsky 1991 theory syntactic optionality detailed analysis provided optionality plus associated nonoptionality effects number languages including french participle agreement english swedish optional partial associate movement non case agreementchecking expletives det icelandic german dutch optional overt object shift wh movement licensing locality feature checking andrew simpson 1995 investigating syntax whconstructions across wide variety languages thesis reexamines assumption featurechecking relations may effected within strict locality spec head headadjoined configurations range evidence apparently optional whmovement languages hindi iraqi arabic argued provide strong empirical challenge strict locality hypothesis indicate instead featurechecking relations may fact non spec headlocal effected without movement relevant licensing head integrating results patterning whquestions english japanese romanian type languages basic account developed shown allow model dynamic syntax terminates spell also permits analysis partial movement questions avoids severe problems structures pose standard minimalist approaches including also final chapter n word licensing possible parasitic relation scrambling featurechecking thesis provides critical overview minimalism introduction wide variety whconstruction types present natural language depth discussion opacity effects created tense various licensing relations study chinese reflexives xian fu yu 1996 thesis indepth investigation distribution interpretation reflexive pronouns ziji zijibenshen taziji reflexivemarked verbs ziverb mandarin chinese argues types reflexive pronouns either locallybound longdistance bound certain circumstances making reference aspects lexical pragmatic discourse structure well drawing work traditional chinese syntax data historical literary sources thesis provides explanation local longdistance binding effects terms different internal structures hypothesized reflexive elements local binding function assigned anaphoric theta role verb lf adjunction vp whereas longdistance logophoric interpretations result internal structure reflexive incorporates pro element phonology conditions nuclear expressions phonology margaret cobb 1997 thesis principled examination distribution tense lax high low vowels harmony systems exploit interaction parameter settings three universal mechanisms framework government phonology first present type language data thesis accounts evaluate approaches literature height atr harmony present theoretical tools used analysis licensing constraints parameters element distribution head licensing condition distribution headed expressions harmony systems complexity condition condition phonological government licensing constraints head licensing combine provide fourway typology atr type harmony illustrated data zulu pulaar turkana akan basic mechanism also suggested subject complexity condition examine harmony systems languages parameter switched manifesting height atr harmony effects natal portugese lena bable yoruba ogori finally explore implications thesis treatment harmony languages discussed literature e g chukchee chichewa pasiego kera role element khalkha mongolian phonology margaret ann denwood thesis written within framework government phonology revolves around phenomena related element khalkha mongolian allpervasive influence structural requirements explain relationship palatal palatalised consonants umlaut well vowel harmony relationships syllabic constituents evidence branch lay fopundation proposal mongolian like chinese basic four position template number nature consonants involved sequences suggest interonset government takes place onsets belonging stem suffix templates distribution behaviour palatal palatalised consonants showing special relationship exists nucleus dominating preceding onset implications representation mongolian consonants vowel harmony analysed headlicensing revised gp analysis atr harmony licensing constraints generate nuclear expressions whilst additional constraints nucleus dominating doublylinked element explain umlaut related phenomena also supporting headlicensing analysis harmony analysis phonological basis speech recognition geoffrey williams 1998 thesis explores alternative approach speech recognition based theory government phonology gp main aim test fundamental claim theory phonology central human speech recognition means implementation theoretical argumentation claim thesis application gp automatic speech recognition asr provide insights nature phonology analysis central problems speech recognition leads conclusion decoding linear segmental model central previous phonologically motivated work succeed since constitutes neither accurate computationally feasible model speech processing propose alternative approach based combination phonological parser gp elements recognition targets first explore mapping elements speech signal show support direct mapping hypothesis gp elements signal therefore form plausible recognition targets motivate use gp parser asr claiming constituent structure understood gp recovered fairly directly signal allows reconstruction speech segments corrupted noise effects implementation parser element detectors based neural networks described detail final chapter proposes functional explanations nature phonological licensing certain distributional anomalies number languages well addressing computability phonological derivations gp comparison finitestate models show limited derivational machinery gp ensures tractability phonological interpretation without sacrificing explanatory power pitch accent phenomena standard japanese yuko yoshida 1995 thesis aims demonstrate merits theoretical approach accent assignment standard japanese furthermore attempts show formal treatment pitch accent assignment identical stress assignment languages english proposed analysis based model governmentlicensing rejects idea intersyllabic foot construction favour phonological notions omain internuclear licensing another goal work expand definition licensing domain minimal form binary licensing domain within onset nucleus rhyme constituent proposed kaye lowenstamm vergnaud klv 1990 maximal form phrase levels phonological representation including skeletal level projection zero government licensing relation maximally binary klv 1990 around binarity internuclear licensing accent assignment standard japanese constructed among issues addressed explanatory account accent assignment socalled compounds ii new approach assignment pitch within sentences issues elucidate highpitch assignment reflects syntactic structure compound sentence question