Feature specification defaults

Feature specification defaults (FSDs) are a device used in Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar to specify values for those features of a category which are not determined by any other module of the grammar (ID-rule, lexicon entry, feature instantiation principle, etc.).

Example

FSD 7: [BAR 0] <math>\rightarrow</math> <math>\neg</math>[VFORM PAS]

Comments

Like Feature cooccurrence restrictions, most FSDs can be considered as implications.

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