A Survey of Coordination Strategies in the World`s
... languages. It was inspired by the observation that Japanese does not have a single, general-purpose word for and. Instead, in situations where an English sentence would have and, Japanese has a number of different structures, each of which is used with a particular subset of phrase types. This sugge ...
... languages. It was inspired by the observation that Japanese does not have a single, general-purpose word for and. Instead, in situations where an English sentence would have and, Japanese has a number of different structures, each of which is used with a particular subset of phrase types. This sugge ...
Prepositional Phrase Attachment and Interlingua
... Abstract. In this paper, we present our work on the classical problem of prepositional phrase attachment. This forms part of an interlingua based machine translation system, in which the semantics of the source language sentences is captured in the form of Universal Networking Language (UNL) express ...
... Abstract. In this paper, we present our work on the classical problem of prepositional phrase attachment. This forms part of an interlingua based machine translation system, in which the semantics of the source language sentences is captured in the form of Universal Networking Language (UNL) express ...
An On-line Computational Model of Human Sentence Interpretation
... is uniformity, with respect to both representation and process. In the grammar, a single kind of knowledge structure, the grammatical construction, is used to represent lexical, syntactic, idiomatic, and semantic knowledge. CIG thus does not distinguish between the lexicon, the idiom dictionary, the ...
... is uniformity, with respect to both representation and process. In the grammar, a single kind of knowledge structure, the grammatical construction, is used to represent lexical, syntactic, idiomatic, and semantic knowledge. CIG thus does not distinguish between the lexicon, the idiom dictionary, the ...
An On-Line Computational Model of Human Sentence Interpretation
... This dissertation presents a model of the human sentence interpretation process, which attempts to meet criteria of adequacy imposed by the different paradigms of sentence interpretation. These include the need to produce a high-level interpretation, to embed a linguistically motivated grammar, and ...
... This dissertation presents a model of the human sentence interpretation process, which attempts to meet criteria of adequacy imposed by the different paradigms of sentence interpretation. These include the need to produce a high-level interpretation, to embed a linguistically motivated grammar, and ...
Grammar Challenge
... 2. I wanted to wash my car, but I didn’t have time. Do you wish you'd had time to wash your car? 3. Michal wanted to buy a diamond ring for his girlfriend, but he couldn’t afford it. Does Michal's girlfriend wish he had bought her a diamond ring? 4. Maria ate too many sweets when she was a child, an ...
... 2. I wanted to wash my car, but I didn’t have time. Do you wish you'd had time to wash your car? 3. Michal wanted to buy a diamond ring for his girlfriend, but he couldn’t afford it. Does Michal's girlfriend wish he had bought her a diamond ring? 4. Maria ate too many sweets when she was a child, an ...
A. Niccacci--Marked Syntactical Structures in Biblical
... amounts to a reversal of the normal roles in the sentence. The problem is, of course, what we mean by predicate and subject. If we accept that predicate is the new information and subject the given information, it is not difficult to understand my point.9 In plain sentences the verb is the predicate ...
... amounts to a reversal of the normal roles in the sentence. The problem is, of course, what we mean by predicate and subject. If we accept that predicate is the new information and subject the given information, it is not difficult to understand my point.9 In plain sentences the verb is the predicate ...
Participle Phrases
... In written English, ambiguity is possible, but in spoken English, the gerund gets emphasis and a rise in pitch. Try saying the two above and listening to the difference. Or try these ...
... In written English, ambiguity is possible, but in spoken English, the gerund gets emphasis and a rise in pitch. Try saying the two above and listening to the difference. Or try these ...
English Syntax: An Introduction
... to prove that we could make an infinite number of well-formed English sentences.3 Given these observations, how then can we explain the fact that we can produce or understand an infinite number of grammatical sentences that we have never heard or seen before? It seems implausible to consider that we ...
... to prove that we could make an infinite number of well-formed English sentences.3 Given these observations, how then can we explain the fact that we can produce or understand an infinite number of grammatical sentences that we have never heard or seen before? It seems implausible to consider that we ...
Grammar and Punctuation, Grade 6
... What is your favorite movie? Tell me about the best music score you’ve ever heard in a movie. Wow, the special effects in that movie were awesome! ...
... What is your favorite movie? Tell me about the best music score you’ve ever heard in a movie. Wow, the special effects in that movie were awesome! ...
Lecture 4 - ufal wiki
... Grammatical Agreement. Numerals and Quantitative Constructions. The system of Quantification Syntax of Russian. 8. Grammatical coordination as a type of grammatical subordination. An overview of coordinative syntactic relations. November 30, 2009. Lecture 4 ...
... Grammatical Agreement. Numerals and Quantitative Constructions. The system of Quantification Syntax of Russian. 8. Grammatical coordination as a type of grammatical subordination. An overview of coordinative syntactic relations. November 30, 2009. Lecture 4 ...
10 Conclusions - General Guide To Personal and Societies Web
... internal, structured, world-consistent representation of that text, and the cognitive processes involved in the representation creation, which being ‘genetically specified’ can be assumed common to all humans. This thesis is therefore concerned with the interface between these two aspects of languag ...
... internal, structured, world-consistent representation of that text, and the cognitive processes involved in the representation creation, which being ‘genetically specified’ can be assumed common to all humans. This thesis is therefore concerned with the interface between these two aspects of languag ...
Grammar Reveiw
... Simple Sentence: A sentence with one independent clause Compound Sentence: A sentence with two or more independent clauses joined together by a coordinating conjunction or a semicolon. Complex Sentence: A sentence with a dependent clause attached to an independent clause usually begins with a subord ...
... Simple Sentence: A sentence with one independent clause Compound Sentence: A sentence with two or more independent clauses joined together by a coordinating conjunction or a semicolon. Complex Sentence: A sentence with a dependent clause attached to an independent clause usually begins with a subord ...
3. @ The Clause
... attention to broad scope syntax and look to see if traditional notions of Clause and Sentence levels might not be captured in an equally stimulating way. Although there may not be much in the way of any functional features at the Clause level, since a clause is ultimately involved with stringing phr ...
... attention to broad scope syntax and look to see if traditional notions of Clause and Sentence levels might not be captured in an equally stimulating way. Although there may not be much in the way of any functional features at the Clause level, since a clause is ultimately involved with stringing phr ...
Dwnst_eff._pred_FG_CW_
... the relevant tests for telicity. (5a,c) are Activity predications, since either the option of choosing a term to fill the A2 (second argument) slot has not been taken ((5a)), or this slot has been filled by a non-referential, indefinite set-referring argument ((5c)). It is the degree of referentiali ...
... the relevant tests for telicity. (5a,c) are Activity predications, since either the option of choosing a term to fill the A2 (second argument) slot has not been taken ((5a)), or this slot has been filled by a non-referential, indefinite set-referring argument ((5c)). It is the degree of referentiali ...
automatic question generation: a syntactical approach to the
... I dedicate this thesis to my parents, brothers and sisters and everyone who contribute to have me achieve knowledge and character which define me today ...
... I dedicate this thesis to my parents, brothers and sisters and everyone who contribute to have me achieve knowledge and character which define me today ...
Ineffability in Grammar
... syntax: island constraints or the scope taking behavior of quantifiers. For many such cases, it can be shown that the winners of purely formal competitions are uninterpretable either in semantic or in pragmatic terms. Solving the difficulties just mentioned (parochiality, absence of lexical items, n ...
... syntax: island constraints or the scope taking behavior of quantifiers. For many such cases, it can be shown that the winners of purely formal competitions are uninterpretable either in semantic or in pragmatic terms. Solving the difficulties just mentioned (parochiality, absence of lexical items, n ...
PRACTICE BOOK - Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
... 3. We will see many animals. 4. That giraffe is gigantic! 5. The lions look hungry. 6. Oh no, I’m scared! 7. The seals are so cute! 8. What time do you feed the seals? 9. The zoo closes in one hour. ...
... 3. We will see many animals. 4. That giraffe is gigantic! 5. The lions look hungry. 6. Oh no, I’m scared! 7. The seals are so cute! 8. What time do you feed the seals? 9. The zoo closes in one hour. ...
The Phrase - Haiku Learning
... a prepositional phrase is an adjective phrase or an adverb phrase, remember that an adjective phrase almost always follows the word it modifies. If you can move the phrase without changing the meaning of the sentence, the phrase is probably an adverb phrase. ...
... a prepositional phrase is an adjective phrase or an adverb phrase, remember that an adjective phrase almost always follows the word it modifies. If you can move the phrase without changing the meaning of the sentence, the phrase is probably an adverb phrase. ...
What is Linguistic Redundancy?
... For our purposes it is enough to point out the other two markers of interrogativity as a sign of redundancy. An interesting example are yes/no questions that consist of only one word. Despite the fact that they have only one word, their linguistic phonetic structure is all but elementary. (1)(h) “I ...
... For our purposes it is enough to point out the other two markers of interrogativity as a sign of redundancy. An interesting example are yes/no questions that consist of only one word. Despite the fact that they have only one word, their linguistic phonetic structure is all but elementary. (1)(h) “I ...
Inheritance and Complementation: A Case Study of Easy Adjectives
... semantics. Here we borrow an idea from Situation Theory, and specify that unsaturated predicate argument structures (or infons; see Devlin 1991) may hold when there is some way of filling out the unfilled argument positions so that the result holds. This has the effect of existentially quantifying o ...
... semantics. Here we borrow an idea from Situation Theory, and specify that unsaturated predicate argument structures (or infons; see Devlin 1991) may hold when there is some way of filling out the unfilled argument positions so that the result holds. This has the effect of existentially quantifying o ...
From Words to Works
... • audience: students must determine the purpose of the assignment, the intended audience, and the approach to be taken in order to match written piece with intended audience. The skills included in this scope and sequence involve knowledge in four stages. A student has achieved “mastery” only when ...
... • audience: students must determine the purpose of the assignment, the intended audience, and the approach to be taken in order to match written piece with intended audience. The skills included in this scope and sequence involve knowledge in four stages. A student has achieved “mastery” only when ...
Squibs and Discussions: Storing Logical Form in a Shared
... node. Because a non-terminal node may have descendents with multiple parses, there can be more than one parse tree for the constituent. This results from the fact that the parser packs forest nodes together when they share a common state vertex and have the same features. For example, in Figure 1, t ...
... node. Because a non-terminal node may have descendents with multiple parses, there can be more than one parse tree for the constituent. This results from the fact that the parser packs forest nodes together when they share a common state vertex and have the same features. For example, in Figure 1, t ...
1 Title: ERRORS IN THE TRANSLATION OF TOPIC
... constructions and empty elements are basic constructions in the Vietnamese language. According to Rosen’s (1998) classification, there are five types of relations that may exist between a Noun Phrase topic and the comment in Vietnamese, which will be listed below. The examples illustrating these fiv ...
... constructions and empty elements are basic constructions in the Vietnamese language. According to Rosen’s (1998) classification, there are five types of relations that may exist between a Noun Phrase topic and the comment in Vietnamese, which will be listed below. The examples illustrating these fiv ...
A typology of split conjunction
... are having lunch’. More specifically, I study different, possible splits that occur in such structures, which involve the disruption of the phrasal continuity of the conjuncts, resulting in structures roughly equivalent to ‘they are having lunch with Mary’ and ‘John are having lunch with Mary’. I cl ...
... are having lunch’. More specifically, I study different, possible splits that occur in such structures, which involve the disruption of the phrasal continuity of the conjuncts, resulting in structures roughly equivalent to ‘they are having lunch with Mary’ and ‘John are having lunch with Mary’. I cl ...
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... 2. Catchpole had climbed mountains, and she had trekked across snowy plateaus, but she was not prepared for Borneo. 3. She wondered why she had ever started this 250-mile hike. 4. She and her fellow hikers should have known better. 5. In the rainy season, the forest floor was slippery muck. 6. They ...
... 2. Catchpole had climbed mountains, and she had trekked across snowy plateaus, but she was not prepared for Borneo. 3. She wondered why she had ever started this 250-mile hike. 4. She and her fellow hikers should have known better. 5. In the rainy season, the forest floor was slippery muck. 6. They ...