ABSTRACT
WetakeBAtobethesetoflexicalentriesofcategory
AandPAthesetofphrasalexpressionsofcategoryA.
(8) <F¥ , A, B, C> where: F-. is a (binary syntactic operation A and B are the input categories C is the output category
thatingeneralasyntacticoperationF~isthe
compositionoftwofunctions:abracketingfunctionL~
andacombinatorialfunction0~.Eachofthesecompon-
entsofF~isselectedfromasmalluniversalset.The
roleofL~istodeterminethe(surface)labelled bracketingoftheoutputofeachsyntacticrule.Therole
of0~istodeterminethewayexpressionsarecombined.
