New Developments in Generative Syntax

Thiersch, Craig

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“…Notably, it contemplates the angular relationship between segment units, termed angular segment analysis (ASA), providing a more accurate approach than traditional methods. This rectifies space syntax research limitations like neglecting spatial GPS coordinates and street metric distances [37]. Crucially, the segment analysis focuses on line intersection points, enabling effective examination of intricate spatial interrelations within neighborhoods and intersection point topologies.…”

Section: Segment Mappingmentioning

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Using a Space Syntax Approach to Enhance Pedestrians’ Accessibility and Safety in the Historic City of George Town, Penang

Fan,

Hedayati Marzbali,

Abdullah

et al. 2024

Urban Science

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Contemporary urban development places a critical emphasis on pedestrian environments, especially in historic cities like George Town, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Malaysia. Although survey questionnaires effectively captured public perceptions of issues such as poor road connectivity, weak accessibility, crime and safety concerns in George Town, they fell short in providing a comprehensive understanding of the root causes. This study leverages space syntax theory to model and analyze George Town’s unique pedestrian landscape, aiming to identify strategies for improving pedestrian networks in historical urban landscapes. Space syntax theory, known for revealing structural issues within urban contexts, is applied after a thorough examination of George Town’s urban layout, climate, architectural features, and development policies. George Town employs an informal grid layout widely utilized in British colonial port cities to enhance overall efficiency. The predominant architectural form is the shophouse, which is characterized by a ground level designed for pedestrian movement known as the “five-foot way” and adapted to Malaysia’s climate. Various axis drawing methods for the unique five-foot way under different circumstances are considered. The George Town special area plan (SAP) emphasizing heritage preservation guides development policies, thus requiring an inclusive approach to pedestrian environments. This enhances the practical significance of the current study, with the eastern and northern coastal areas serving as crucial focal points for investigation. This approach results in a comprehensive spatial model that captures the essence of George Town’s pedestrian landscape. Evaluation using space syntax indicators such as connectivity, integration, intelligibility, and choice reveals issues like poor overall network connectivity, inadequate access to key attractions, suboptimal integration, concentrated pedestrian flows, and significant safety concerns, which are exacerbated by limited infrastructure on certain two-way roads and a lack of zebra crossings. The practical implications of this study include recommendations for enhancing pedestrian spaces along identified roads and strategically installing zebra-crossings. This research is significant for its focus on a historical city in a Southeast Asian developing country, deeply integrating local environmental characteristics and providing insights into urban planning and optimization, thereby serving as a reference for similar cities.

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Section: Segment Mappingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Using a Space Syntax Approach to Enhance Pedestrians’ Accessibility and Safety in the Historic City of George Town, Penang

Fan,

Hedayati Marzbali,

Abdullah

et al. 2024

Urban Science

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“…Theory development had not progressed to the point of exploring the interactions between the PF-component and the syntax. The earliest generative work on German V2 was completed by Thiersch (1978) with his MIT dissertation. He proposed that the V2-effect resulted from the movement of the verb to the Comp(lementizer) position, an idea suggested by den Besten in his 1977 paper, published in 1981/1983.…”

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German V2 and the PF-Interface: Evidence from Dialects

Velde

2017

J Ger Ling

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This investigation of certain verb-second structures found in the German dialects Kiezdeutsch, Yiddish (both Eastern and Western), Bavarian, and Cimbrian, and to a more limited extent in colloquial German, leads to the hypothesis that Phonological Form, via the interface with the narrow syntax, provides three strategies for compliance with the verb-second restriction on main clauses. These are i) the remapping of two syntactic constituents into a single prosodic phrase, ii) the reduction and remapping of two or more words into a single prosodic word, and iii) the prosodic marking of the syntactic edge of a main clause where a restart of the clause occurs. The investigation, using minimalist tools, underscores the central role of the syntax-phonology interface without eliminating the need for the semantic interface in the derivation of German verb-second structures.*

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“…(1); see e.g. Thiersch (1978), Fanselow (1988), von Stechow & Sternefeld (1988, Grewendorf (1988), Schwartz & Vikner (1996), among others. According to this analysis, Here, verbs first move to a clause-final INFL head (see [e j ] in (1)) and in main clauses subsequently raise to the COMP position of a head-initial CP.…”

Section: Sentence Processing and The Analysis Of German Clause Structurementioning

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Psycholinguistic perspectives on grammatical representations

Clahsen¹

2007

Roots

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New Developments in Generative Syntax

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Using a Space Syntax Approach to Enhance Pedestrians’ Accessibility and Safety in the Historic City of George Town, Penang

Using a Space Syntax Approach to Enhance Pedestrians’ Accessibility and Safety in the Historic City of George Town, Penang

German V2 and the PF-Interface: Evidence from Dialects

Psycholinguistic perspectives on grammatical representations

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