Journal of East Asian Linguistics

, Volume 2, Issue 1, pp 91–118 | Cite as

Feature Percolation

  • Peter Cole
  • Gabriella Hermon
  • Li-May Sung
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Abstract

Within unilevel theories of grammar like Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar, there has been considerable attention paid to the development of a coherent theory of Feature Percolation. Within Government and Binding Theory, however, this matter has received less attention. In this paper, we argue that the incorporation within GBT of a simple set of principles governing Feature Percolation provides a general treatment of diverse phenomena. We concentrate on how a theory of Feature Percolation can simplify various aspects of the description of long distance reflexives in Chinese, Korean and other languages.

Keywords

General Treatment Phrase Structure Coherent Theory Theoretical Language Binding Theory 
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© Kluwer Academic Publishers 1993

Authors and Affiliations

  • Peter Cole
    • 1
  • Gabriella Hermon
    • 1
  • Li-May Sung
    • 2
  1. 1.Department of LinguisticsUniversity of DelawareNewark
  2. 2.Department of Foreign LanguagesNational Taiwan UniversityTaipeiTaiwan R.O.C.

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