The Realization and Function of Focus in Spoken English by
... hand do not typically signal focus, although they may serve other related communicative functions. The assumptions and conclusions around this issue were confirmed in an experiment. The experimental results indicate that the primary sentence accent plays the most important role as a marker of focus, ...
... hand do not typically signal focus, although they may serve other related communicative functions. The assumptions and conclusions around this issue were confirmed in an experiment. The experimental results indicate that the primary sentence accent plays the most important role as a marker of focus, ...
some grammatical properties of samoan kin terms
... In many languages kin terms appear to be a group of nouns that have special grammatical properties which set them apart from most other nouns. For instance, unlike most nouns, kin terms may obligatorily or optionally be used without determiners, like in the English sentence Dad is busy. Another simi ...
... In many languages kin terms appear to be a group of nouns that have special grammatical properties which set them apart from most other nouns. For instance, unlike most nouns, kin terms may obligatorily or optionally be used without determiners, like in the English sentence Dad is busy. Another simi ...
University of Pardubice Faculty of Arts and Philosophy
... Generally speaking, the English language is an analytical language with fixed word order, which leads into relatively strict position of the subject. Apart from particular conditions leading to a disturbance, the ordinary word order is S-V-O (i.e. so-called ‘canonical order’) (Quirk et al., 1985: 51 ...
... Generally speaking, the English language is an analytical language with fixed word order, which leads into relatively strict position of the subject. Apart from particular conditions leading to a disturbance, the ordinary word order is S-V-O (i.e. so-called ‘canonical order’) (Quirk et al., 1985: 51 ...
Copula Variation in African American Vernacular English: an investigation... individual- and stage-level predicate hypothesis
... extension of a process already found in SE. In his study, Labov described another patterning in copula variation in AA VE, which we consider the inspiration for this work. In considering the distribution of the full, contracted, and null forms of the copula, Labov concluded that the copula is likely ...
... extension of a process already found in SE. In his study, Labov described another patterning in copula variation in AA VE, which we consider the inspiration for this work. In considering the distribution of the full, contracted, and null forms of the copula, Labov concluded that the copula is likely ...
deverbal nominals in xhosa
... extent explicitly otherwise stated) and that I have not previously in its entirety or in part submitted it for obtaining any qualification. ...
... extent explicitly otherwise stated) and that I have not previously in its entirety or in part submitted it for obtaining any qualification. ...
Automatic annotation of similes in literary texts
... This thesis tackles the problem of the automatic recognition of similes in literary texts written in English or in French and proposes a framework to describe them from a stylistic perspective. In this respect, in the first part of this work, we are mainly interested in circumscribing the notion of ...
... This thesis tackles the problem of the automatic recognition of similes in literary texts written in English or in French and proposes a framework to describe them from a stylistic perspective. In this respect, in the first part of this work, we are mainly interested in circumscribing the notion of ...
Automatic annotation of similes in literary texts
... 1.1 Stylistics and the Study of Literature The incredible power of language cannot be denied; after all, according to the JudaeoChristian tradition, each and every single little thing on Earth has been created only with words. Indeed, through language, it is possible to immerse people in fictional s ...
... 1.1 Stylistics and the Study of Literature The incredible power of language cannot be denied; after all, according to the JudaeoChristian tradition, each and every single little thing on Earth has been created only with words. Indeed, through language, it is possible to immerse people in fictional s ...
A Study of Word Order Variation in German, with Special Reference
... deal with word order variation in Machine Translation. It specially refers to modifier placement, as modifiers are generally neglected in linguistic (word order) description. The order of phrases in free word order languages is not entirely free, as some variations can be ungrammatical, and further ...
... deal with word order variation in Machine Translation. It specially refers to modifier placement, as modifiers are generally neglected in linguistic (word order) description. The order of phrases in free word order languages is not entirely free, as some variations can be ungrammatical, and further ...
320 pages - Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteori
... adults and the distribution of the error types is different in children’s texts. In addition, other writing errors above word-level are discussed here, including punctuation and spelling errors resulting in existing words. The method used in the implemented tool FiniteCheck involves subtraction of f ...
... adults and the distribution of the error types is different in children’s texts. In addition, other writing errors above word-level are discussed here, including punctuation and spelling errors resulting in existing words. The method used in the implemented tool FiniteCheck involves subtraction of f ...
Different forms, different meanings?
... semantic structure of a language which native speakers themselves might not necessarily be aware of, and thus they make it possible to account for and reliably predict in which contexts given terms are (to be) used. In addition, such studies can be helpful to foreign language learners, who may find ...
... semantic structure of a language which native speakers themselves might not necessarily be aware of, and thus they make it possible to account for and reliably predict in which contexts given terms are (to be) used. In addition, such studies can be helpful to foreign language learners, who may find ...
Document
... My concern in analysing the element –NYA here, is to look at its synchronic distributions in the nominal domain. There are two main questions I would like to raise about –NYA, namely, (i) what element is –NYA actually? (is it the same element in all constructions, or some different elements?), and ( ...
... My concern in analysing the element –NYA here, is to look at its synchronic distributions in the nominal domain. There are two main questions I would like to raise about –NYA, namely, (i) what element is –NYA actually? (is it the same element in all constructions, or some different elements?), and ( ...
ON THE SYNTAX OF PARTICIPIAL MODIFIERS*
... Malayalam, to mention a few. But, as noted in §2.2.4, this is a marked option. We account for its marked status by noting that participial modifiers where relativization targets a position other than the subject are faced with potential agreement mismatches. These mismatches arise as the participle ...
... Malayalam, to mention a few. But, as noted in §2.2.4, this is a marked option. We account for its marked status by noting that participial modifiers where relativization targets a position other than the subject are faced with potential agreement mismatches. These mismatches arise as the participle ...
an analysis of lexical phrases in business letters: an online business
... writing requires specialized language. Certain words, phrases, and technical terms play an important role in business correspondence. For example, I/we look forward to hearing from you soon or Thank you for your enquiry/letter of [date]. Consequently, teaching business letter writing requires Englis ...
... writing requires specialized language. Certain words, phrases, and technical terms play an important role in business correspondence. For example, I/we look forward to hearing from you soon or Thank you for your enquiry/letter of [date]. Consequently, teaching business letter writing requires Englis ...
Feature Mismatches: Consequences for Syntax, Morphology and
... In this dissertation, I investigate the nature of grammatical features and propose that a grammatical feature is split into two halves: one half (uF) that is legible to the morphological component and one half (iF) that is legible to the semantic component. Though these halves in general match up, t ...
... In this dissertation, I investigate the nature of grammatical features and propose that a grammatical feature is split into two halves: one half (uF) that is legible to the morphological component and one half (iF) that is legible to the semantic component. Though these halves in general match up, t ...
FrameNet II: Extended Theory and Practice
... Department at the University of California at Berkeley and his colleagues. The theory asserts that people understand the meaning of words largely by virtue of the frames which they evoke. The frames represent story fragments, which serve to connect a group of words to a bundle of meanings; for examp ...
... Department at the University of California at Berkeley and his colleagues. The theory asserts that people understand the meaning of words largely by virtue of the frames which they evoke. The frames represent story fragments, which serve to connect a group of words to a bundle of meanings; for examp ...
Different by-phrases with adjectival and verbal passives
... The consequent (i.e. result or inchoative) state associated with the verbal predicate, in turn, is embedded under Tense/Aspect and thus (can) get instantiated at some later stage, in the same way as with states associated with adjectives more generally. Restrictions on event-related modification are ...
... The consequent (i.e. result or inchoative) state associated with the verbal predicate, in turn, is embedded under Tense/Aspect and thus (can) get instantiated at some later stage, in the same way as with states associated with adjectives more generally. Restrictions on event-related modification are ...
On Word Definition in Children and Adults
... the hyperonym, and semantic content of the definiens). Findings for Study 1 indicated a generalized effect of the morphological category of the definiendum on the syntactic and semantic dimensions of the definition. Level of abstraction only explained significantly the differences in the components ...
... the hyperonym, and semantic content of the definiens). Findings for Study 1 indicated a generalized effect of the morphological category of the definiendum on the syntactic and semantic dimensions of the definition. Level of abstraction only explained significantly the differences in the components ...
A verb-centered Sentiment Analysis for French
... a word in a text as polar or neutral. However, polar words cannot be regarded in isolation. They can for example be negated, e.g. ”good” vs. ”not good”, and/or appear together with words of the opposite polarity, e.g. ”disappointed hopes”. In order to assess the meaning or, more precisely, the polar ...
... a word in a text as polar or neutral. However, polar words cannot be regarded in isolation. They can for example be negated, e.g. ”good” vs. ”not good”, and/or appear together with words of the opposite polarity, e.g. ”disappointed hopes”. In order to assess the meaning or, more precisely, the polar ...
Open Access version via Utrecht University Repository
... emphasis, although he does not use the same terminology used in this thesis. He finds half of his cleft examples to have a contrastive function, as it would be called in this thesis.7 It is shown in this thesis that the contrastive function may even be more ...
... emphasis, although he does not use the same terminology used in this thesis. He finds half of his cleft examples to have a contrastive function, as it would be called in this thesis.7 It is shown in this thesis that the contrastive function may even be more ...
Planning at the Phonological Level during Sentence Production
... 1992). With regard to planning, slips of the tongue may arise precisely because too many words are computed at the same time. They thus erroneously suggest more planning than normally occurs. Although error evidence has provided insight into planning in spontaneous speech for the reasons mentioned a ...
... 1992). With regard to planning, slips of the tongue may arise precisely because too many words are computed at the same time. They thus erroneously suggest more planning than normally occurs. Although error evidence has provided insight into planning in spontaneous speech for the reasons mentioned a ...
Descriptions which have grown capital letters
... following, ‘the Holy Roman Empire’, ‘the Mississippi River’, or ‘the Space Needle’. Such capitalised descriptions are ubiquitous in natural language, but to which linguistic categories do they belong? Are they ...
... following, ‘the Holy Roman Empire’, ‘the Mississippi River’, or ‘the Space Needle’. Such capitalised descriptions are ubiquitous in natural language, but to which linguistic categories do they belong? Are they ...
Contents - The Okuna Language
... it. The description given here is thus not the final word on Okuna, but merely represents the state of the language as it exists now. It is important to note that this grammar is not intended as a textbook or teach-yourself guide, but as an attempt to lay out the structure of Okuna (for posterity, a ...
... it. The description given here is thus not the final word on Okuna, but merely represents the state of the language as it exists now. It is important to note that this grammar is not intended as a textbook or teach-yourself guide, but as an attempt to lay out the structure of Okuna (for posterity, a ...
FrameNet II: Extended Theory and Practice
... 6,000 of which are fully annotated, in nearly 800 hierarchically-related semantic frames, exemplified in more than 135,000 annotated sentences. Beginning with Release 1.3, the quality of FrameNet data is monitored by a consistency management system. The database has gone through three releases, and ...
... 6,000 of which are fully annotated, in nearly 800 hierarchically-related semantic frames, exemplified in more than 135,000 annotated sentences. Beginning with Release 1.3, the quality of FrameNet data is monitored by a consistency management system. The database has gone through three releases, and ...
FrameNet II: Extended Theory and Practice
... • Each lexical unit is linked to a semantic frame, and hence to the other words which evoke that frame. This makes the FrameNet database similar to a thesaurus, grouping together semantically similar words. • WordNet and all ontologies provide some sort of hierarchical relations between their nodes; ...
... • Each lexical unit is linked to a semantic frame, and hence to the other words which evoke that frame. This makes the FrameNet database similar to a thesaurus, grouping together semantically similar words. • WordNet and all ontologies provide some sort of hierarchical relations between their nodes; ...
Ahland_oregon_0171A_10546 - Scholars` Bank
... morphosyntactic categories, in particular as relator nouns, verbal classifiers, and class morphemes, the final two of which are noun categorization devices. Many of these same body part terms can be incorporated into the verb or form part of lexicalized verb-noun compounds. Deverbal nominalizations ...
... morphosyntactic categories, in particular as relator nouns, verbal classifiers, and class morphemes, the final two of which are noun categorization devices. Many of these same body part terms can be incorporated into the verb or form part of lexicalized verb-noun compounds. Deverbal nominalizations ...