Constraintbasierte Analyse von Relativsätzen im Englischen und Deutschen

CON致力于在中心语驱动短语结构语法（HPSG）的框架内对英语和德语中的关系从句进行基于约束的分析。该项目试图通过对现有建议的理论评估综合来解决关系从句分析中的开放性问题。HPSG允许从其他理论的概念，以及一个精确的建模的相互作用的句法和语义的要求，因为它们是必不可少的经验领域的关系clauses.During第一个资助期的限制性关系从句的修改理论表明，自己是经验和概念上更成功的提高理论或匹配理论。对于关系从句中的习语和约束数据，乍一看，似乎对修饰理论来说是有问题的，我们能够获得经验事实的更有区别的画面，并勾勒出一个基于修饰理论的语义导向的分析。第二阶段将进一步探讨习语、约束和范围数据的语义方法（如延续，无限制的β-减少，欠指定），他们将与第一阶段的句法分析。分析将扩展到非限制性关系从句，重点关注上述现象。实证研究将有助于澄清实证基础。

CON strives for a constraint-based analysis of relative clauses in English and German within the framework of Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG). The project attempts to solve open problems in the analysis of relative clauses by a theory-evaluating synthesis of existing proposals. HPSG permits the integration of concepts from other theories as well as a precise modeling of the interaction of syntactic and semantic requirements, as they are essential in the empirical domain of relative clauses.During the first funding period the modification theory of restrictive relative clauses showed itself to be empirically and conceptually more successful than a raising theory or a matching theory. For data on idioms and binding in relative clauses, which, at first sight, seem problematic for a modification theory, we were able to gain a more differentiated picture of the empirical facts and to sketch an analysis that is semantically oriented and based on a modification theory.Semantic approaches to data on idioms, binding, and scope will be further pursued in the second phase (such as Continuations, unrestrained beta-reduction, underspecification) and they will be integrated with the syntactic analysis of the first phase. The analysis will be extended to nonrestrictive relative clauses, focusing on the above-named phenomena. Empirical studies will help to clarify the empirical basis.