Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1979

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Trammell, Robert L.

Abstract

The base structures of Hutchins' deep case grammar are designed in exclusively semantic terms. Part I of this study of the model assesses its theoretical implications: (1) To compare the depth of Hutchins' base structures with that of structures in other models, a definition of grammatical depth is needed. The depth of an abstract structure is defined in terms of the range of similar surface structures derivable from it. (2) Hutchins distinguishes some aspects of semantic study from the study of general knowledge. Arguments for and against this dichotomy are evaluated. (3) Hutchins' rules usually produce surface structures so that early segments can be produced before the form of later segments is fixed. Such part-by-part generation is seen as useful in modeling performance. Part II attends to the grammar's partieulars. A summary description is provided; critical comments are made; and Hutchins' treatment of paraphrases involving causality and incongruity ("although") is extended.

Extent

108 p.

Comments

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1979.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Identifier

FADT13964

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