Literal and Nonliteral Meaning in Placename Idioms Key words
... coming from Dummsdorf. This is the basis for using the expression “be from Stupidville” as synonymous with “be stupid”. We note that other idiomatic interpretations for placename idioms are also possible and attested. A name like Uglyville could be a nickname for a town that is ugly to look at. In t ...
... coming from Dummsdorf. This is the basis for using the expression “be from Stupidville” as synonymous with “be stupid”. We note that other idiomatic interpretations for placename idioms are also possible and attested. A name like Uglyville could be a nickname for a town that is ugly to look at. In t ...
Dwnst_eff._pred_FG_CW_
... English. My personal preference is to choose the „compositional‟ method, since the choice of aspect, tense, mood and modality in a given underlying clause structure clearly has very similar effects to that of argument selection. And in such cases, it would be absurd to claim that we are dealing with ...
... English. My personal preference is to choose the „compositional‟ method, since the choice of aspect, tense, mood and modality in a given underlying clause structure clearly has very similar effects to that of argument selection. And in such cases, it would be absurd to claim that we are dealing with ...
Multilingual Lexical Representation
... the more lexicalist frameworks. Like parsing and generation, MTcan be regarded very generally as a process of constraint solving. The target language (TL) sentence generated is constrained by the monolingual grammar and lexicon and also by constraints derived from the parse of the source language (S ...
... the more lexicalist frameworks. Like parsing and generation, MTcan be regarded very generally as a process of constraint solving. The target language (TL) sentence generated is constrained by the monolingual grammar and lexicon and also by constraints derived from the parse of the source language (S ...
The syntactic analysis of the Dutch absentive
... It is indeed the case that many of my informants prefer the order vissen is in (12a), but the alternative order is vissen is also accepted by at least some of these informants (including myself), for which reason I marked this order by means of a percentage sign. I also found the order zijn–infiniti ...
... It is indeed the case that many of my informants prefer the order vissen is in (12a), but the alternative order is vissen is also accepted by at least some of these informants (including myself), for which reason I marked this order by means of a percentage sign. I also found the order zijn–infiniti ...
Passive Voice Constructions in Modern Irish
... This paper is about the passive construction, of which modern Irish (a VSO language) has two primary forms, the personal passive and its variants, and the impersonal. An empirical question is posed as to whether a third passive form exists within the language, that of a functionally defined GET-pass ...
... This paper is about the passive construction, of which modern Irish (a VSO language) has two primary forms, the personal passive and its variants, and the impersonal. An empirical question is posed as to whether a third passive form exists within the language, that of a functionally defined GET-pass ...
Chapter 18: Gene Pathway Text Mining and Visualization
... classes or tags that reflect the relevant properties of words. Constraints limiting the type of combinations that occur are thus implicit by the absence of such parsing rules. With a greater number of tags, parsing rules must be explicitly written for each word class. When a rule is created and adde ...
... classes or tags that reflect the relevant properties of words. Constraints limiting the type of combinations that occur are thus implicit by the absence of such parsing rules. With a greater number of tags, parsing rules must be explicitly written for each word class. When a rule is created and adde ...
The so-called possessive perfect in North Russian and the Circum
... restricted to non-referential and/or generic participants only. In sections 3–7, I try to uncover the historical development of the pattern behind the particular constructions in the languages of concern. Though acknowledging the divergent properties of each of the constructions I will state in sect ...
... restricted to non-referential and/or generic participants only. In sections 3–7, I try to uncover the historical development of the pattern behind the particular constructions in the languages of concern. Though acknowledging the divergent properties of each of the constructions I will state in sect ...
Grammar
... A. Circle the letter of the group of words that is a complete sentence. 1. a. Knows the answer. b. Have you ever? c. The ripe and delicious apple! d. My friend can swim. 2. a. Our first trip to the beach. b. What is your name? c. Blue sky so perfect! d. Rolls happily in the grass. B. Decide if the s ...
... A. Circle the letter of the group of words that is a complete sentence. 1. a. Knows the answer. b. Have you ever? c. The ripe and delicious apple! d. My friend can swim. 2. a. Our first trip to the beach. b. What is your name? c. Blue sky so perfect! d. Rolls happily in the grass. B. Decide if the s ...
Grammatical Relations in Chinese: Synchronic and Diachronic
... This dissertation is one part of an ongoing investigation into the nature of grammatical relations in the Sino-Tibetan language family. The ultimate goal of this investigation is to develop and present the most rational proposal possible on the typological nature of word order and grammatical relati ...
... This dissertation is one part of an ongoing investigation into the nature of grammatical relations in the Sino-Tibetan language family. The ultimate goal of this investigation is to develop and present the most rational proposal possible on the typological nature of word order and grammatical relati ...
Challenging Discrete Approaches to Secondary
... 3. A critique of syntactic discreteness................................................................................................... 3.1 Distributional mismatches as the stumbling block of discrete syntax........................................... 3.2 Constraints and representational levels — ...
... 3. A critique of syntactic discreteness................................................................................................... 3.1 Distributional mismatches as the stumbling block of discrete syntax........................................... 3.2 Constraints and representational levels — ...
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... ἔχω mentioned under §2.1.2, I believe they are not entirely without interest, as they reveal the syntactic contexts from which periphrastic constructions may develop (for which, see §2.2 and §2.3). On the basis of the Archaic evidence, we can distinguish between two main source constructions: 1. The ...
... ἔχω mentioned under §2.1.2, I believe they are not entirely without interest, as they reveal the syntactic contexts from which periphrastic constructions may develop (for which, see §2.2 and §2.3). On the basis of the Archaic evidence, we can distinguish between two main source constructions: 1. The ...
NP-internal possessive constructions in Hoocąk and other Siouan
... noun, may play a role as well. The implicational scale that brings together these different NP-types that may be relevant for the choice of different NP-internal PCs in Siouan languages as well is called Animacy Hierarchy (AH). The AH is a scale that describes many different grammatical phenomena cr ...
... noun, may play a role as well. The implicational scale that brings together these different NP-types that may be relevant for the choice of different NP-internal PCs in Siouan languages as well is called Animacy Hierarchy (AH). The AH is a scale that describes many different grammatical phenomena cr ...
Intuitions and Competence in Formal Semantics
... the actual process underlying language acquisition and language use, both in production and in interpretation. Quite early in the development of formal semantics researchers with a background in linguistics, notably Partee, Bach, Bartsch and others, started to work with philosophers and logicians, b ...
... the actual process underlying language acquisition and language use, both in production and in interpretation. Quite early in the development of formal semantics researchers with a background in linguistics, notably Partee, Bach, Bartsch and others, started to work with philosophers and logicians, b ...
Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 The Issue: Degree Adverbs
... The demonstrated diversity of degree modification requires a reconsideration of the traditional view that takes the post-adverbial element as the head of a degree-attribute phrase. With the postulation of the [Degree-ADV+ X] construction, the overt marker, the degree adverb, is taken as the construc ...
... The demonstrated diversity of degree modification requires a reconsideration of the traditional view that takes the post-adverbial element as the head of a degree-attribute phrase. With the postulation of the [Degree-ADV+ X] construction, the overt marker, the degree adverb, is taken as the construc ...
L100: Lecture 7, Compositional semantics
... Lambda conversion must respect typing, for example: λx[bark0 (x)] ...
... Lambda conversion must respect typing, for example: λx[bark0 (x)] ...
What is Syntax? - Columbia University
... particular): approach in which a linguistic theory enumerates all possible strings/structures in a language (=competence) • Chomskyan theories do not really use formal devices – they use CFG + informally defined transformations ...
... particular): approach in which a linguistic theory enumerates all possible strings/structures in a language (=competence) • Chomskyan theories do not really use formal devices – they use CFG + informally defined transformations ...
Binding Connectivity in Copular Sentences
... Mandy Harvey and Lynn Sante1mann (eds.), SALTN 16 1-118, Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University . ...
... Mandy Harvey and Lynn Sante1mann (eds.), SALTN 16 1-118, Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University . ...
Robust Handling of Out-of-Vocabulary Words in
... interaction between humans and computers through the use of natural language, be it in spoken or written form. Achieving this interaction needs an automatic way of understanding the meaning conveyed by a natural language expression. Note that, here, “understanding” is seen as a continuum. Different ...
... interaction between humans and computers through the use of natural language, be it in spoken or written form. Achieving this interaction needs an automatic way of understanding the meaning conveyed by a natural language expression. Note that, here, “understanding” is seen as a continuum. Different ...
Explorations of the Syntax-Semantics Interface
... cosubordination construction. The second observation is that plural marking in the presence of a reference phrase can be analysed as an agreement phenomenon. The paper ‘Degree Expressions at the Syntax-Semantics Interface’ by Jens Fleischhauer is concerned with verb gradation. The goal of the paper ...
... cosubordination construction. The second observation is that plural marking in the presence of a reference phrase can be analysed as an agreement phenomenon. The paper ‘Degree Expressions at the Syntax-Semantics Interface’ by Jens Fleischhauer is concerned with verb gradation. The goal of the paper ...
Context in Semantics
... normal way. But no one would deem an utterance of (7) false if, contrary to default assumptions, they discovered that John ingested breakfast in some non-standard way, such as being spoon fed. So the manner of eating is no part of the intuitive truthconditions of (7), but is rather pragmatically co ...
... normal way. But no one would deem an utterance of (7) false if, contrary to default assumptions, they discovered that John ingested breakfast in some non-standard way, such as being spoon fed. So the manner of eating is no part of the intuitive truthconditions of (7), but is rather pragmatically co ...
ASSIDUE Person prominence and relation prominence
... Fore- and backgrounding may take place with respect to all components of a situation and their syntactic representations, including the participatum, as has been shown above. In the present paper, we want to confine ourselves to the investigation of the syntactic representation of animate participan ...
... Fore- and backgrounding may take place with respect to all components of a situation and their syntactic representations, including the participatum, as has been shown above. In the present paper, we want to confine ourselves to the investigation of the syntactic representation of animate participan ...
Verb-Particle Constructions*
... instruments of thought ever evolved”, and Smith (1925:255) suggests that “[i]t would almost seem as if these particles and verbs of action took the place in our northern speech of the gestures in which our intercourse is lacking, but which are so vivid an accompaniment to the speech of the Latin peo ...
... instruments of thought ever evolved”, and Smith (1925:255) suggests that “[i]t would almost seem as if these particles and verbs of action took the place in our northern speech of the gestures in which our intercourse is lacking, but which are so vivid an accompaniment to the speech of the Latin peo ...
Minnesota Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
... descriptive information. But facial expression is only part of the features linguists call 'non-manual features.' In other words ASL is more than just what the hands are doing. The nonmanual features that accompany certain signs are as important as the hands in conveying meaning. ASL uses non-manual ...
... descriptive information. But facial expression is only part of the features linguists call 'non-manual features.' In other words ASL is more than just what the hands are doing. The nonmanual features that accompany certain signs are as important as the hands in conveying meaning. ASL uses non-manual ...
ppt - Columbia University
... particular): approach in which a linguistic theory enumerates all possible strings/structures in a language (=competence) • Chomskyan theories do not really use formal devices – they use CFG + informally defined transformations ...
... particular): approach in which a linguistic theory enumerates all possible strings/structures in a language (=competence) • Chomskyan theories do not really use formal devices – they use CFG + informally defined transformations ...
uniwersytet miko łaja kopernika
... tions from the Writings of the Promised Messiah (1988) – have been published employing the standardized form of Mandinka, giving the language a more respectful literary character and a more uniform shape. The vernacular described in this article represents a Mandinka variety used in the Upper River ...
... tions from the Writings of the Promised Messiah (1988) – have been published employing the standardized form of Mandinka, giving the language a more respectful literary character and a more uniform shape. The vernacular described in this article represents a Mandinka variety used in the Upper River ...