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Although 'glue semantics' is the most extensively developed theory of semantic composition for LFG, it is not very well integrated into the LFG projection architecture, due to the absence of a simple and well-explained correspondence between glue-proofs and f-structures. In this paper I will show that we can improve this situation with two steps: (1) Replace the current quantificational formulations of glue (either Girard's system F, or first order linear logic) with strictly propositional linear logic (the quantifier, unit and exponential free version of either MILL or ILL, depending on whether or not tensors are used). (2) Reverse the direction of the standard σ-projection from f-structure to meaning, giving one going from the (atomic nodes of) the glue-proof to the f-structure, rather than from the f-structure to a 'semantic projection' which is itself somehow related to the glue-proof. As a side effect, the standard semantic projection of LFG glue semantics can be dispensed with. A result is that LFG sentence structures acquire a level composed of strictly binary trees, constructed out of nodes representing function application and lambda abstraction, with a significant resemblance to external and internal merge in the Minimalist Program. This increased resemblance between frameworks might assist in making useful comparisons.

It is widely assumed that the aoidoi, the original performers of Homeric poetry or its antecedents, sang a chant restricted to three or four notes, to the accompaniment of a 4-stringed instrument (Danek and Hagel 1995, Marshall 2002). The prestigious later performers from classical times, the rhapsodes, did not have the instrument, and the vocal characteristics of their performances are quite uncertain. In this paper I will discuss various aspects of a conjectured rhapsodic style, based on the reconstruction of the Ancient Greek pitch accent by Devine and Stephens (1994), together with some consideration of issues concerning the hexameter rhythm. For some initial orientation, it might be useful to listen to the short sample on the CD accompanying this issue; various features of the style will be discussed with reference to that.

The paper addresses the question of how 'Avoid Pronoun' and similar phenomena can be accommodated in LFG and other unification-based frameworks, considering primarily data from the synthetic vs. analytic verb-subject constructions in Modern Irish, but also data from other languages, including Spanish and English. The solution proposed is a constraint on lexical insertion, the 'Morphological Blocking Principle', which is essentially a variant of the Elsewhere Condition, modified to control lexical insertion in LFG. The principle says that if, in a complete sentence structure (comprising both c-structure and f-structure), a lexical item L appears in a c-structure position P corresponding to an f-structure F, and there is another lexical item L′ whose specifications are subsumed by those of L but subsume those of F, then the structure is blocked. The principle depends crucially on the use of unification rather than movement to relate the contents of distinct syntactic positions. Discussion is also provided of how the blocking relation can be computed with a reasonable degree of efficiency.

Argued is that even a cyclic application of J. Grinder's Intervention Constraint (On Deletion Phenomena in English, The Hague: Mouton, 1976) leads to an ordering paradox with Wh- Movement. This is most naturally resolved by supposing that Wh- Movement leaves a phonologically null \"trace\" in its vacated position which serves as an intervener for a subsequent application of the constraint. Thus, the trace theory is supported. A. Sbragia

In some languages every subject is marked in the same way, and also every object. But there are languages in which a small set of verbs mark their subjects or their objects in an unusual way. For example, most verbs may mark their subject with nominative case, but one small set of verbs may have dative subjects, and another small set may have locative subjects. Verbs with noncanonically marked subjects and objects typically refer to physiological states or events, inner feelings, perception and cognition. The Introduction sets out the theoretical parameters and defines the properties in terms of which subjects and objects can be analysed. Following chapters discuss Icelandic, Bengali, Quechua, Finnish, Japanese, Amele (a Papuan language), and Tariana (an Amazonian language); there is also a general discussion of European languages. This is a pioneering study providing new and fascinating data, and dealing with a topic of prime theoretical importance to linguists of many persuasions.