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Biography
Dr Avery Andrews was a Senior Lecturer in the Linguistics Program, School of Language Studies, Faculty of Arts, now retired but still doing research He is well known for his work on syntactic and morphological theory.
Research Interests
Syntactic Theory, including descriptive and typological aspects. Mostly in the framework of Lexical-Functional Grammar, but with an eye to making this more compatable with Chomsky's 'Minimalist Program'.
Syntax-Semantics Interface (Glue semantics).
Natural Semantic Metalanguage, from the standpoint of connecting it better to formal syntax and semantics.
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Glue Semantics for Hopf algebraic Minimalism
Andrews, A., 2025, Semantics at the Crossroads: From theoretical explorations to implementations. Kalouli, A.-L., King, T. H., Pulman, S. & Zaenen, A. (eds.). Kostanz: Publikon, p. 79-108 32 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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A speculation about what linguistic structure might be
Andrews, A., 2021, Modular Design of Grammar. I. W. A. A. A. A. T. H. K. (ed.). First ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press , Vol. 1. p. 2-21Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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On Defining Parts of Speech with Generative Grammar and NSM
Andrews, A., 2020, Meaning, Life and Culture: In conversation with Anna Wierzbicka. H. B. Z. Y. (ed.). 1st ed. Canberra, Australia: ANU Press, Vol. 1. p. 333-354Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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A One-level Analysis of Icelandic Quirky Case
Andrews, A., 2019, Proceedings of the 24th International LFG Conference (LFG2019). M. B. T. H. K. &. I. T. (ed.). Peer reviewed ed. Stanford, CA: CSLI Publications, p. 27-47Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper
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Sets, heads, and spreading in LFG
Andrews, A., 2018, In: Journal of Language Modelling . 6, 1, p. 131-174Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Projects
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Understanding Indonesian: developing a machine-usable grammar, dictionary and corpus
Simpson, J. (PI), Andrews, A. (CoI) & Arka, I. W. (CoI)
23/05/08 → 31/12/12
Project: Research