Investigations of downward movement
... I thank Jon for showing me early on how utterly exciting theoretical syntax can be and, above all, for constantly challenging me to defend my ideas and consider the big picture. Jon taught me that a little give and take can go a long way. I always left our meetings with a renewed sense of accomplish ...
... I thank Jon for showing me early on how utterly exciting theoretical syntax can be and, above all, for constantly challenging me to defend my ideas and consider the big picture. Jon taught me that a little give and take can go a long way. I always left our meetings with a renewed sense of accomplish ...
4.1 A new classification of antonym functions in text
... The second line is a transliteration of the examples. The letters and symbols used in the transliteration are drawn from the literature and listed in Table 1. Short vowels are represented in the transliteration. Hyphens are used to indicate word boundaries and separate pronoun clitics, the definite ...
... The second line is a transliteration of the examples. The letters and symbols used in the transliteration are drawn from the literature and listed in Table 1. Short vowels are represented in the transliteration. Hyphens are used to indicate word boundaries and separate pronoun clitics, the definite ...
DesCartes (Combined) Subject: Language Usage Goal: Sen
... (possessive pronoun, term not used; e.g., Mary and Sam ate their lunch. To whom does the lunch belong?) Uses the objective case of a pronoun (term not used) in written compositions (her, him, them) Uses subjective pronoun (nominative, term not used) I correctly in compound subjects Recognizes correc ...
... (possessive pronoun, term not used; e.g., Mary and Sam ate their lunch. To whom does the lunch belong?) Uses the objective case of a pronoun (term not used) in written compositions (her, him, them) Uses subjective pronoun (nominative, term not used) I correctly in compound subjects Recognizes correc ...
Structuring information in discourse: the explicit/implicit
... (ii) Five case studies that are thematically, theoretically and/or methodologically related to one or more of the keynote papers listed in (i). These case studies also widen the perspective somewhat: one paper presenting a unified context-dependent semantics for the conjunct adverb doch (Elena K ...
... (ii) Five case studies that are thematically, theoretically and/or methodologically related to one or more of the keynote papers listed in (i). These case studies also widen the perspective somewhat: one paper presenting a unified context-dependent semantics for the conjunct adverb doch (Elena K ...
syntax and processing of scrambling constructions in russian
... Dean Fodor, Lyn Frazier, Robert Fiengo, and Dianne Bradley. I owe it to Janet Fodor that I became fascinated with psycholinguistics and syntactic sentence processing. My doubts about what linguistic field to pursue ended with the first introductory class in sentence processing I took with her. I am ...
... Dean Fodor, Lyn Frazier, Robert Fiengo, and Dianne Bradley. I owe it to Janet Fodor that I became fascinated with psycholinguistics and syntactic sentence processing. My doubts about what linguistic field to pursue ended with the first introductory class in sentence processing I took with her. I am ...
Subjunctive Obviation: an Interface Perspective
... explain how these sentences are generated by the grammar of Italian. That is, what principles rule the interpretation in the above examples? And how does a child acquiring the grammar of subordination in Italian succeed in learning these principles? The phenomenon illustrated in example (1) has been ...
... explain how these sentences are generated by the grammar of Italian. That is, what principles rule the interpretation in the above examples? And how does a child acquiring the grammar of subordination in Italian succeed in learning these principles? The phenomenon illustrated in example (1) has been ...
an analysis of lexical phrases in business letters: an online business
... They were analyzed in terms of form as collocations and multi-word expressions and in terms of function as politeness and as social interactional and discourse devices. The five textbooks were transcribed and compiled into a corpus. The concordancer program was used to examine the frequency of lexic ...
... They were analyzed in terms of form as collocations and multi-word expressions and in terms of function as politeness and as social interactional and discourse devices. The five textbooks were transcribed and compiled into a corpus. The concordancer program was used to examine the frequency of lexic ...
Processing Syntax and Morphology: A Neurocognitive Perspective
... always gives one the feeling of being in ‘‘heaven on earth’’. Yet even by the standards of this very favorable overall situation, we were especially fortunate: in putting together the figures for this book, we had the help of someone who is not only exceptionally capable and who did not utter a sing ...
... always gives one the feeling of being in ‘‘heaven on earth’’. Yet even by the standards of this very favorable overall situation, we were especially fortunate: in putting together the figures for this book, we had the help of someone who is not only exceptionally capable and who did not utter a sing ...
Anaphora, Inversion, and Focus
... because of Fernanda that I ended up becoming such good friends with Megan Somerday, who has become one of the few people I can talk to about anything. Megan kindled my fledgling love of sour beers, and it is to her credit, more than anybody else, that I ever went outside and did anything fun in the ...
... because of Fernanda that I ended up becoming such good friends with Megan Somerday, who has become one of the few people I can talk to about anything. Megan kindled my fledgling love of sour beers, and it is to her credit, more than anybody else, that I ever went outside and did anything fun in the ...
Verb Movement and Constituent Permutation in Basque
... sisters Edurne and Eukene and my brother Gorka, for making it possible for me to do all this. I thank them for their patience, for checking judgements, for their supportive words, and for many, many other things. Eskerrik asko danagaitik. I can say that my friend Carlos has been present through the ...
... sisters Edurne and Eukene and my brother Gorka, for making it possible for me to do all this. I thank them for their patience, for checking judgements, for their supportive words, and for many, many other things. Eskerrik asko danagaitik. I can say that my friend Carlos has been present through the ...
Full Text - Rutgers University
... This dissertation argues that the widely-accepted analysis of all and both as universal quantifiers is incorrect, and proposes instead that all/both are modifiers that place a boundary on the range of otherwise contextually-available interpretations allowed with definite plurals. It is argued that t ...
... This dissertation argues that the widely-accepted analysis of all and both as universal quantifiers is incorrect, and proposes instead that all/both are modifiers that place a boundary on the range of otherwise contextually-available interpretations allowed with definite plurals. It is argued that t ...
Applying the Constraint Grammar Parser of English to the Helsinki
... contains about 84,000 lexical entries, represents the core vocabulary of Present-day English, including all inflected and central derived English word-forms. Prefixes and endings are represented in separate ‘minilexicons’ accessible from the ‘stem’ lexicon. ENGTWOL also employs a feature system larg ...
... contains about 84,000 lexical entries, represents the core vocabulary of Present-day English, including all inflected and central derived English word-forms. Prefixes and endings are represented in separate ‘minilexicons’ accessible from the ‘stem’ lexicon. ENGTWOL also employs a feature system larg ...
Verbs and Verb Phrases - UvA-DARE
... certain aspects of meaning, and reference will also be made to phonological aspects such as stress and intonation wherever they are relevant (e.g., in the context of word order phenomena like in (1)). The reason for this is that current formal grammar assumes that the output of the syntactic module ...
... certain aspects of meaning, and reference will also be made to phonological aspects such as stress and intonation wherever they are relevant (e.g., in the context of word order phenomena like in (1)). The reason for this is that current formal grammar assumes that the output of the syntactic module ...
Lenition of the Conjugated Prepositions in Irish and Welsh
... When one speaks of defining features of the Celtic languages, a number of different features come to mind, such as the loss of initial p- in all of the Celtic languages. However, one of the most exclusive of those features – which any Celticist would count among them - is that of the initial consona ...
... When one speaks of defining features of the Celtic languages, a number of different features come to mind, such as the loss of initial p- in all of the Celtic languages. However, one of the most exclusive of those features – which any Celticist would count among them - is that of the initial consona ...
Savchenko-master - DUO
... cognates from and fra originate in the distant past, some uses are created due to the regular uses in fixed expressions and patterns. This thesis will be concerned with the use of from / fra, which are primary translation equivalents of each other. The interest for this research is based on the assu ...
... cognates from and fra originate in the distant past, some uses are created due to the regular uses in fixed expressions and patterns. This thesis will be concerned with the use of from / fra, which are primary translation equivalents of each other. The interest for this research is based on the assu ...
A first book of Old English : grammar, reader, notes, and vocabulary
... The Invasion of Britain by the Picts and Scots The Passing of Chad The Dangers of Greatness Duties of the Rich toward the Poor ...
... The Invasion of Britain by the Picts and Scots The Passing of Chad The Dangers of Greatness Duties of the Rich toward the Poor ...
table of contents - Università degli Studi di Verona
... nominalizing affix with a base verb. Specifically, action nominals are headed by suffixes conventionally named as "transpositional" in the linguistic literature (cf. Beard, 1995 for such definition), because they simply transpose the verbal meaning into a semantically equivalent lexeme of category N ...
... nominalizing affix with a base verb. Specifically, action nominals are headed by suffixes conventionally named as "transpositional" in the linguistic literature (cf. Beard, 1995 for such definition), because they simply transpose the verbal meaning into a semantically equivalent lexeme of category N ...
valency - Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics
... Jan fell from the rock. Jan addressed Marie (at the street) The teacher called up the pupil. Petr dug a hole. Jan grew from a boy into a man. A serious disease has developed from a banal cold. ...
... Jan fell from the rock. Jan addressed Marie (at the street) The teacher called up the pupil. Petr dug a hole. Jan grew from a boy into a man. A serious disease has developed from a banal cold. ...
Dances with words: issues in the translation of
... TL stylistic nicety. I give ‗literal translation‘ (‗lit.‘) a more limited definition than Catford‘s (1965: 25; see footnote 24, p. 33); ‗literal‘ means non-idiomatic, so my literal translations preserve ST idioms without employing cultural conversion (hence a direct translation would read ‗shower‘ f ...
... TL stylistic nicety. I give ‗literal translation‘ (‗lit.‘) a more limited definition than Catford‘s (1965: 25; see footnote 24, p. 33); ‗literal‘ means non-idiomatic, so my literal translations preserve ST idioms without employing cultural conversion (hence a direct translation would read ‗shower‘ f ...
A GRAMMATICAL ANALYSIS OF THE TSWANA ADVERBIAL by
... structure and explore the implications this has for information processing and textual coherence in Tswana discourse. At a semantic level, our analysis is aimed at clarifying the different semantic roles which can be fulfilled by adverbials. The study is divided into five chapters. The first two ser ...
... structure and explore the implications this has for information processing and textual coherence in Tswana discourse. At a semantic level, our analysis is aimed at clarifying the different semantic roles which can be fulfilled by adverbials. The study is divided into five chapters. The first two ser ...
COMPLEMENT VERB VARIATION IN PRESENT
... my family: my father, my mother, and my brother. It feels only right that with this work, in which I invested as much energy as I possibly could at this moment, I try to begin to thank them for everything they have given me over the years. Here, however, I would like to acknowledge the people in par ...
... my family: my father, my mother, and my brother. It feels only right that with this work, in which I invested as much energy as I possibly could at this moment, I try to begin to thank them for everything they have given me over the years. Here, however, I would like to acknowledge the people in par ...
parameters and micro-parameters in arabic sentence structure
... clause structure in terms of dependency relations that link functional projections (i.e., the functional layer of sentence structure) to thematic elements. It is via this close relationship between thematic and functional elements that ‘functional relations’ are established whereby agreement relatio ...
... clause structure in terms of dependency relations that link functional projections (i.e., the functional layer of sentence structure) to thematic elements. It is via this close relationship between thematic and functional elements that ‘functional relations’ are established whereby agreement relatio ...
Theoretical Approaches to Locative Inversion
... In addition to the linear reversal, locative inversion is often thought of as a process that reverses the grammatical relations of the participants. Evidence for this comes from agreement, as shown by the example above: After reversal, the theme tsîme no longer triggers subject agreement. It is now ...
... In addition to the linear reversal, locative inversion is often thought of as a process that reverses the grammatical relations of the participants. Evidence for this comes from agreement, as shown by the example above: After reversal, the theme tsîme no longer triggers subject agreement. It is now ...
00. The realization of negation in the Syrian Arabic clause, phrase
... and his personal concern for his students encouraging. He very capably took an old languagelover and taught him many new linguistic tricks. Thanks is also due to me colleagues who not only covered for me in my absence but cheered me on in my studies, even when I repeatedly got carried away talking a ...
... and his personal concern for his students encouraging. He very capably took an old languagelover and taught him many new linguistic tricks. Thanks is also due to me colleagues who not only covered for me in my absence but cheered me on in my studies, even when I repeatedly got carried away talking a ...
A Computational Theory of Human Linguistic - TedLab
... This thesis gives a theory of sentence comprehension that attempts to explain a number of linguistic performance effects, including garden-path effects, preferred readings for ambiguous input and processing overload effects. It is hypothesized that the human parser heuristically determines its optio ...
... This thesis gives a theory of sentence comprehension that attempts to explain a number of linguistic performance effects, including garden-path effects, preferred readings for ambiguous input and processing overload effects. It is hypothesized that the human parser heuristically determines its optio ...