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This paper discusses a combination of ideas from categorial grammar, unification based linguistic formalisms and discourse representation theory. The resulting formalism, dubbed U(nification) C(ategorial) G(rammar) is introduced and applied to a number of linguistic problems, among which Dutch infinitival complements. Thereby it is illustrated in what way the addition of unification to categorial grammar increases its expressive power.
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Zeevat, H. (1988). Combining Categorial Grammar and Unification. In: Reyle, U., Rohrer, C. (eds) Natural Language Parsing and Linguistic Theories. Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy, vol 35. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1337-0_8
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