Hypermagmas and Colored Operads: Heads, Phases, and Theta Roles

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Hauptverfasser: Marcolli, Matilde, Huijbregts, Riny, Larson, Richard K.
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author Marcolli, Matilde
Huijbregts, Riny
Larson, Richard K.
author_facet Marcolli, Matilde
Huijbregts, Riny
Larson, Richard K.
contents We show that head functions on syntactic objects extend the magma structure to a hypermagma, with the c-command relation compatible with the magma operation and the m-command relation with the hypermagma. We then show that the structure of head and complement and specifier, additional modifier positions, and the structure of phases in the Extended Projection can be formulated as a bud generating system of a colored operad, in a form similar to the structure of theta roles. We also show that, due to the special form of the colored operad generators, the filtering of freely generated syntactic objects by these coloring rules can be equivalently formulated as a filtering in the course of structure formation via a colored Merge, which can in turn be related to the hypermagma structure. The rules on movement by Internal Merge with respect to phases, the Extended Projection Principle, Empty Category Principle, and Phase Impenetrability Condition are all subsumed into the form of the colored operad generators. Movement compatibilities between the phase structure and the theta roles assignments can then be formulated in terms of the respective colored operads and a transduction of colored operads.
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spellingShingle Hypermagmas and Colored Operads: Heads, Phases, and Theta Roles
Marcolli, Matilde
Huijbregts, Riny
Larson, Richard K.
Computation and Language
Quantum Algebra
Rings and Algebras
91F20, 18M60, 18M80, 16T05, 68Q70
We show that head functions on syntactic objects extend the magma structure to a hypermagma, with the c-command relation compatible with the magma operation and the m-command relation with the hypermagma. We then show that the structure of head and complement and specifier, additional modifier positions, and the structure of phases in the Extended Projection can be formulated as a bud generating system of a colored operad, in a form similar to the structure of theta roles. We also show that, due to the special form of the colored operad generators, the filtering of freely generated syntactic objects by these coloring rules can be equivalently formulated as a filtering in the course of structure formation via a colored Merge, which can in turn be related to the hypermagma structure. The rules on movement by Internal Merge with respect to phases, the Extended Projection Principle, Empty Category Principle, and Phase Impenetrability Condition are all subsumed into the form of the colored operad generators. Movement compatibilities between the phase structure and the theta roles assignments can then be formulated in terms of the respective colored operads and a transduction of colored operads.
title Hypermagmas and Colored Operads: Heads, Phases, and Theta Roles
topic Computation and Language
Quantum Algebra
Rings and Algebras
91F20, 18M60, 18M80, 16T05, 68Q70
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.06393