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On structural complexity in relational networks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2016

Rüdiger Schreyer*
Affiliation:
Institut für Anglistik, Rheinisch Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen

Extract

The first part of this paper is devoted to an analysis of the basic concepts underlying Reich’s 1973 and 1970 complexity count for relational networks in a stratificational grammar. The second part treats of some problems arising in connection with optionality.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Linguistic Association 1977

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