The Syntax of Meteorology: The Linguistic Status of Variadic Functions
... be triggered without an actual property of the linguistic material requiring a valuation it lacks as a standing item of linguistic information. This applies to would-be variables of the kind Stanley imagines and also to thematically construed argument positions whether syntactically projected or no ...
... be triggered without an actual property of the linguistic material requiring a valuation it lacks as a standing item of linguistic information. This applies to would-be variables of the kind Stanley imagines and also to thematically construed argument positions whether syntactically projected or no ...
Microsyntax
... maximum detail (Apresjan 1999). This definition is formulated in a natural language: it may be simplified and standardized, but must be sufficient for capturing subtle semantic distinctions. Rules of meaning amalgamation are devised to closely interact with semantic definition of words. ...
... maximum detail (Apresjan 1999). This definition is formulated in a natural language: it may be simplified and standardized, but must be sufficient for capturing subtle semantic distinctions. Rules of meaning amalgamation are devised to closely interact with semantic definition of words. ...
Context in Semantics
... Martian. But none of this is information that is carried semantically, and, pace Carston (2002, p. 203) and Wilson and Sperber (2002)), it is odd to suppose that anyone has ever advanced a theoretical position that would commit them otherwise. Nevertheless, between the two extremes I have just discu ...
... Martian. But none of this is information that is carried semantically, and, pace Carston (2002, p. 203) and Wilson and Sperber (2002)), it is odd to suppose that anyone has ever advanced a theoretical position that would commit them otherwise. Nevertheless, between the two extremes I have just discu ...
University of Groningen Data-driven identification of fixed
... a more common concept in the literature (Fernando and Flavell, 1981; Nunberg et al., 1994). A non-transparent meaning is the manifestation of opacity. Thus, the more opaque the meaning of a fixed expression is, the more unpredictable it is. Fernando and Flavell (1981) compared the semantic unpredict ...
... a more common concept in the literature (Fernando and Flavell, 1981; Nunberg et al., 1994). A non-transparent meaning is the manifestation of opacity. Thus, the more opaque the meaning of a fixed expression is, the more unpredictable it is. Fernando and Flavell (1981) compared the semantic unpredict ...
Context in Semantics
... Martian. But none of this is information that is carried semantically, and, pace Carston (2002, p. 203) and Wilson and Sperber (2002)), it is odd to suppose that anyone has ever advanced a theoretical position that would commit them otherwise. Nevertheless, between the two extremes I have just discu ...
... Martian. But none of this is information that is carried semantically, and, pace Carston (2002, p. 203) and Wilson and Sperber (2002)), it is odd to suppose that anyone has ever advanced a theoretical position that would commit them otherwise. Nevertheless, between the two extremes I have just discu ...
Syntax 1
... • Basic ideas related to syntax • Contituency Groups of words may behave as a single unit or phrase: a constituent. Exemple: Noun phrase • Grammatical relations Formalization of ideas from traditional grammar. Example: subject and object • Subcategorization and dependency relations Relations between ...
... • Basic ideas related to syntax • Contituency Groups of words may behave as a single unit or phrase: a constituent. Exemple: Noun phrase • Grammatical relations Formalization of ideas from traditional grammar. Example: subject and object • Subcategorization and dependency relations Relations between ...
Chapter 19: Lexical-Functional Grammar
... certain mathematical precision and elegance that P&P movement and feature checking do not. By contrast, P&P/Minimalism is able to derive word order differences between languages from feature checking and movement. Minimalism thus provides a slightly more explanatory theory of word order than LFG, wh ...
... certain mathematical precision and elegance that P&P movement and feature checking do not. By contrast, P&P/Minimalism is able to derive word order differences between languages from feature checking and movement. Minimalism thus provides a slightly more explanatory theory of word order than LFG, wh ...
draft - University of Delaware
... Some recent work has argued that special interpretations like those found in phrasal idioms are subject to locality constraints. In particular, Marantz (1997) proposes that idiomatic interpretations are bounded by functional heads like v, the head that introduces the external argument of a verb. A s ...
... Some recent work has argued that special interpretations like those found in phrasal idioms are subject to locality constraints. In particular, Marantz (1997) proposes that idiomatic interpretations are bounded by functional heads like v, the head that introduces the external argument of a verb. A s ...
Full Text - Institute for Logic, Language and Computation
... compound formula is indeed a function of the truth values of its parts. The case of predicate logic will be discussed in more detail in section 2. The principle of compositionality is a well-known issue in philosophy of language, in particular it is the fundamental principle of Montague Grammar. The ...
... compound formula is indeed a function of the truth values of its parts. The case of predicate logic will be discussed in more detail in section 2. The principle of compositionality is a well-known issue in philosophy of language, in particular it is the fundamental principle of Montague Grammar. The ...
Ineffability in Grammar
... than in syntax, because phonology has developed a stable view of what counts as an input. For syntax, the makeup of inputs is much less clear, and this has consequences for the potential scope of ineffability. Consider (6a) in this respect. At first glance (6a) does not seem to constitute an instanc ...
... than in syntax, because phonology has developed a stable view of what counts as an input. For syntax, the makeup of inputs is much less clear, and this has consequences for the potential scope of ineffability. Consider (6a) in this respect. At first glance (6a) does not seem to constitute an instanc ...
Chapter 4: Syntactic Relations and Case Marking
... Languages like Acehnese are very unusual; the vast majority of languages do provide evidence for the postulation of grammatical relations in addition to semantic roles. The traditional description of these phenomena is in terms of the grammatical relations of subject, direct object and indirect obje ...
... Languages like Acehnese are very unusual; the vast majority of languages do provide evidence for the postulation of grammatical relations in addition to semantic roles. The traditional description of these phenomena is in terms of the grammatical relations of subject, direct object and indirect obje ...
LEXICAL AND STYLISTIC MEANS OF EXPRESSING POLITENESS
... 2) The expressing means in the literature of the 20th century are distinguished by their number and variety, probably, due to the fact that more non-verbal means were used in the conditions of court etiquette in 17th century. 3) The most common lexical means in both of this plays are addressing word ...
... 2) The expressing means in the literature of the 20th century are distinguished by their number and variety, probably, due to the fact that more non-verbal means were used in the conditions of court etiquette in 17th century. 3) The most common lexical means in both of this plays are addressing word ...
Discourse markers and grammaticalization
... What is “non-restrictive” meaning? The meaning of Sentence Grammar units is restrictive: It relates to the structure of the sentence. The meaning of theticals is non-restrictive: It relates to the situation of discourse. ...
... What is “non-restrictive” meaning? The meaning of Sentence Grammar units is restrictive: It relates to the structure of the sentence. The meaning of theticals is non-restrictive: It relates to the situation of discourse. ...
ENG421 - National Open University of Nigeria
... Transformational Generative Grammar; • ascertain how they work and how to apply them in your syntactic analysis; and • determine their strengths and weaknesses. Working through this Course To finish this course successfully, you are advised to study the units, locate the recommended textbooks and re ...
... Transformational Generative Grammar; • ascertain how they work and how to apply them in your syntactic analysis; and • determine their strengths and weaknesses. Working through this Course To finish this course successfully, you are advised to study the units, locate the recommended textbooks and re ...
Non-Constituent Coordination: Prosody, Not Movement Benjamin
... Such instances of coordination are obviously problematic for the common hypothesis that coordination can only target constituents. Current approaches to non-constituent coordination all assume that they actually involve coordination of larger categories plus ellipsis.1 There are basically two analys ...
... Such instances of coordination are obviously problematic for the common hypothesis that coordination can only target constituents. Current approaches to non-constituent coordination all assume that they actually involve coordination of larger categories plus ellipsis.1 There are basically two analys ...
Syntactic Relations - Cornell University
... A subcategorization or selection relation R(α,β) holds between two LIs just in case the LI α in the first coordinate requires that the LI β in the second coordinate have some specified set of syntactic properties. Following standard practice, I assume that these properties are specified in the lexic ...
... A subcategorization or selection relation R(α,β) holds between two LIs just in case the LI α in the first coordinate requires that the LI β in the second coordinate have some specified set of syntactic properties. Following standard practice, I assume that these properties are specified in the lexic ...
Inheritance and Complementation: A Case Study of Easy Adjectives
... We shall in general present subcategorization specifications in a slightly different way from that above, i.e., not as a single feature whose value is a list, but rather as a collection of complement features with category values. Compare Borsley (1987) for a development of this approach, which we s ...
... We shall in general present subcategorization specifications in a slightly different way from that above, i.e., not as a single feature whose value is a list, but rather as a collection of complement features with category values. Compare Borsley (1987) for a development of this approach, which we s ...
Towards a Rich Dependency Annotation of Spanish Corpora
... dependency trees where the nodes are labelled by an open or closed class lexeme and the arcs by a grammatical function relation of the type subject, oblique_objecti, adverbial, modifier, etc. DMorphSs are chains of lexemes in their base form (with inflectional and POS features being associated to th ...
... dependency trees where the nodes are labelled by an open or closed class lexeme and the arcs by a grammatical function relation of the type subject, oblique_objecti, adverbial, modifier, etc. DMorphSs are chains of lexemes in their base form (with inflectional and POS features being associated to th ...
TREE DIAGRAM (2)
... Phrase structure rules Now, you know this phrase structure rule: S NP VP (a Sentence comprises a Noun Phrase followed by a Verb Phrase) Draw a tree for the phrase Emma drinks Here are two more phrase structure rules: ...
... Phrase structure rules Now, you know this phrase structure rule: S NP VP (a Sentence comprises a Noun Phrase followed by a Verb Phrase) Draw a tree for the phrase Emma drinks Here are two more phrase structure rules: ...
29. Frame Semantics Jean Mark Gawron San
... object conceptualization is processed through simulators of objects linked ...
... object conceptualization is processed through simulators of objects linked ...
9. Morphological Typology
... Summary: Vietnamese confirms the idea that if there is any morphology, it will be compounding; if a little more, perhaps reduplication for notions that this kind of exponent is well suited to express; if yet more, a suffix of none-too-specific meaning. Overall, such morphology does not raise the ave ...
... Summary: Vietnamese confirms the idea that if there is any morphology, it will be compounding; if a little more, perhaps reduplication for notions that this kind of exponent is well suited to express; if yet more, a suffix of none-too-specific meaning. Overall, such morphology does not raise the ave ...
pros sign 4-10
... identified as a homogeneous class. Syntactically, parenthetical structures can vary a lot, ranging from single words, such as what, comment clauses or epistemic verbs, such as I think, you know, to more complex structures such as as everybody knows, or and everybody will agree with me, to structure ...
... identified as a homogeneous class. Syntactically, parenthetical structures can vary a lot, ranging from single words, such as what, comment clauses or epistemic verbs, such as I think, you know, to more complex structures such as as everybody knows, or and everybody will agree with me, to structure ...
HPSG, SBCG, and FCG - German Grammar Group FU Berlin
... whether such listings really reflect our linguistic knowledge. If a new construction comes into existence, lets say an active sentence pattern with a nominative and two datives in German, wouldn’t we expect that this pattern can be used in the passive? While proposals that establish relations betwee ...
... whether such listings really reflect our linguistic knowledge. If a new construction comes into existence, lets say an active sentence pattern with a nominative and two datives in German, wouldn’t we expect that this pattern can be used in the passive? While proposals that establish relations betwee ...
12:00 pm Fall 2004
... analyzes the meaning of a word in much the same way a sentence is analyzed into semantic components. The semantic components of a word are not themselves considered to be words, but are abstract elements (semantic atoms) postulated in order to describe word meanings (semantic molecules) and to expla ...
... analyzes the meaning of a word in much the same way a sentence is analyzed into semantic components. The semantic components of a word are not themselves considered to be words, but are abstract elements (semantic atoms) postulated in order to describe word meanings (semantic molecules) and to expla ...