automatic prosodic sentence analysis, accentuation and phrasing
... Some syntactic information, however, is of vital importance for a correct prosodic analysis. For example, the main verb (or verb group) in a sentence must be identified. This word (group) establishes a Predicate constituent, which should correspond to a separate Phi domain (Gee and Grosjean 1983). I ...
... Some syntactic information, however, is of vital importance for a correct prosodic analysis. For example, the main verb (or verb group) in a sentence must be identified. This word (group) establishes a Predicate constituent, which should correspond to a separate Phi domain (Gee and Grosjean 1983). I ...
Discourse, grammar, discourse
... Once we realize what the frequent discourse function of these constructions is (the pattern in 5/6a, rather than that of 5b,c,d), the list of linguistic peculiarities above no longer seems surprising. We can mostly report our own epistemic stances (hence the recurrent first person), although we can ...
... Once we realize what the frequent discourse function of these constructions is (the pattern in 5/6a, rather than that of 5b,c,d), the list of linguistic peculiarities above no longer seems surprising. We can mostly report our own epistemic stances (hence the recurrent first person), although we can ...
What is Syntax? - Columbia University
... • The notion of context in CFGs has nothing to do with the ordinary meaning of the word context in language • All it really means is that the non-terminal on the left-hand side of a rule is out there all by itself (free of context) ...
... • The notion of context in CFGs has nothing to do with the ordinary meaning of the word context in language • All it really means is that the non-terminal on the left-hand side of a rule is out there all by itself (free of context) ...
Constructing Sentences
... We sang and danced. A sentence can have a verb phrase – I will go to the bank after work. A sentence could have both two subjects and two verbs – Kate and I sang and danced. ...
... We sang and danced. A sentence can have a verb phrase – I will go to the bank after work. A sentence could have both two subjects and two verbs – Kate and I sang and danced. ...
Chapter 19: Lexical-Functional Grammar
... 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, which uses language-specific phrase structure rules. It is not at all clear ...
... 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, which uses language-specific phrase structure rules. It is not at all clear ...
Grammar Workshop Series Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre
... is anything that describes or limits the basic elements of the Subject-VerbObject (if present) sentence which is the backbone of English writing. In this workshop, we won’t be discussing modifiers such as adjectives, which don’t usually cause huge problems for people; rather, we’ll be discussing the ...
... is anything that describes or limits the basic elements of the Subject-VerbObject (if present) sentence which is the backbone of English writing. In this workshop, we won’t be discussing modifiers such as adjectives, which don’t usually cause huge problems for people; rather, we’ll be discussing the ...
sentence-level sentiment polarity calculation for customer
... People often find themselves in a situation where they need to make simple decisions, for example, what book to read, or which movie to watch, or which smart phone to buy. In these kinds of situations, one often seeks the opinion of others in the form of IMDB (International Movie Database) rating or ...
... People often find themselves in a situation where they need to make simple decisions, for example, what book to read, or which movie to watch, or which smart phone to buy. In these kinds of situations, one often seeks the opinion of others in the form of IMDB (International Movie Database) rating or ...
Chapter 7: Linking syntax and semantics in complex sentences
... (7.11) 〈IF DEC 〈TNS PRES 〈ASPPROG 〈[do´ (Kim, [eat´ (Kim, ice cream cone)]) & INGR eaten´ (ice cream cone)]〉〉〉〉 This semantic representation is projected as the semantic representation for the second clause, with a variable replacing the argument corresponding to the privileged syntactic argument of ...
... (7.11) 〈IF DEC 〈TNS PRES 〈ASPPROG 〈[do´ (Kim, [eat´ (Kim, ice cream cone)]) & INGR eaten´ (ice cream cone)]〉〉〉〉 This semantic representation is projected as the semantic representation for the second clause, with a variable replacing the argument corresponding to the privileged syntactic argument of ...
resulttv3f
... the resultative would make use of mechanisms we already know.” This complaint might be justified if the resultative were the only phenomenon that demanded a construction. However, as we see, there are many other such phenomena. Consider the wayconstruction and the time-away construction, illustrated ...
... the resultative would make use of mechanisms we already know.” This complaint might be justified if the resultative were the only phenomenon that demanded a construction. However, as we see, there are many other such phenomena. Consider the wayconstruction and the time-away construction, illustrated ...
JCU Celebrating Research
... disregard the meaning of the sentence and concentrate on the grammar]: “The Prime Minister yesterday announced a sweeping review of the 1992 Broadcasting Act, though it was unlikely to reform the sector.” Here the conjunction is the word “though”. There are many other kinds of conjunctions. [Slide 2 ...
... disregard the meaning of the sentence and concentrate on the grammar]: “The Prime Minister yesterday announced a sweeping review of the 1992 Broadcasting Act, though it was unlikely to reform the sector.” Here the conjunction is the word “though”. There are many other kinds of conjunctions. [Slide 2 ...
From Discourse to “Odd Coordinations” –
... see (6) below— with the interpretation of elided indefinites in structures like (4) and (5) above. Whereas in the case of Gapping the interpretation of the indefinite etwas (‘something’) remains constant irrespective of whether etwas is realized overtly or covertly —in both cases, etwas in the secon ...
... see (6) below— with the interpretation of elided indefinites in structures like (4) and (5) above. Whereas in the case of Gapping the interpretation of the indefinite etwas (‘something’) remains constant irrespective of whether etwas is realized overtly or covertly —in both cases, etwas in the secon ...
File
... 1 st Basic Idea: Singular subjects need singular verbs. Plural subjects need plural verbs. The ogre is grunting. ...
... 1 st Basic Idea: Singular subjects need singular verbs. Plural subjects need plural verbs. The ogre is grunting. ...
Syntax 1
... Syntax 12 • A transduction is a set of sentence translation pairs or bisentences—just as a language is a set of sentences. The set defines a relation between the input and output languages. • In the generative view, a transduction grammar generates a transduction, i.e., a set of bisentences—just as ...
... Syntax 12 • A transduction is a set of sentence translation pairs or bisentences—just as a language is a set of sentences. The set defines a relation between the input and output languages. • In the generative view, a transduction grammar generates a transduction, i.e., a set of bisentences—just as ...
Grammar Reveiw
... Verbal Phrase: a phrase created with one of the type of verbal as the first or key word. ...
... Verbal Phrase: a phrase created with one of the type of verbal as the first or key word. ...
Yu-ping
... small clause is occupied by two elements, namely, subject ‘John’ and Det ‘a’. This situation would be inconsistent with the analysis of small clauses in this chapter. But if we re-examine the status of Det in NP structure, we will find that not all nouns require a determiner. Some Head N (e.g. book, ...
... small clause is occupied by two elements, namely, subject ‘John’ and Det ‘a’. This situation would be inconsistent with the analysis of small clauses in this chapter. But if we re-examine the status of Det in NP structure, we will find that not all nouns require a determiner. Some Head N (e.g. book, ...
SRCMF tutorial
... Determiners are treated like adjectives: they depend on the nominal element which they determine. ...
... Determiners are treated like adjectives: they depend on the nominal element which they determine. ...
Copenhagen Business School
... This paper is intended to be a continuation of the discussion presented in Sørensen 1999 and a step toward an informational based theory of modality expressed in terms of semantic objects being elements of the type of semantic universe used in situation theory (Aczel and Lunnon 1991) and situation s ...
... This paper is intended to be a continuation of the discussion presented in Sørensen 1999 and a step toward an informational based theory of modality expressed in terms of semantic objects being elements of the type of semantic universe used in situation theory (Aczel and Lunnon 1991) and situation s ...
12:00 pm Fall 2004
... animal (if x is a dog then x is an animal) or, adding logical constants, bachelor man and never married [if x is a bachelor then x is a man and not(x has married)] or tall not short [if x is tall then not(x is short)]. The meaning of a word was given, roughly, by the set of all meaning postulate ...
... animal (if x is a dog then x is an animal) or, adding logical constants, bachelor man and never married [if x is a bachelor then x is a man and not(x has married)] or tall not short [if x is tall then not(x is short)]. The meaning of a word was given, roughly, by the set of all meaning postulate ...
What is Syntax?
... • At birth of formal language theory (comp sci) and formal linguistics • Major contribution: syntax is cognitive reality • Humans able to learn languages quickly, but not all languages ⇒ universal grammar is biological • Goal of syntactic study: find universal principles and language‐ ...
... • At birth of formal language theory (comp sci) and formal linguistics • Major contribution: syntax is cognitive reality • Humans able to learn languages quickly, but not all languages ⇒ universal grammar is biological • Goal of syntactic study: find universal principles and language‐ ...
as a PDF
... 4.1.3 Phonological Reinterpretation Phonological reinterpretation is based on the idea that some words are homophones and that language learners might confuse words with similar pronunciations. Replacing some words by their homophones can allow the system to reach a full analysis for a given sentenc ...
... 4.1.3 Phonological Reinterpretation Phonological reinterpretation is based on the idea that some words are homophones and that language learners might confuse words with similar pronunciations. Replacing some words by their homophones can allow the system to reach a full analysis for a given sentenc ...
A Large-Scale Japanese CFG Derived from a Syntactically
... Since the sentences of a normal, syntactically annotated corpus have “semantically correct” structure, the derived grammar creates many parse results, representing a different possible reading, i.e. meaning. A syntactic parser does not deal with semantics. Hence, it is difficult to deal with ambigui ...
... Since the sentences of a normal, syntactically annotated corpus have “semantically correct” structure, the derived grammar creates many parse results, representing a different possible reading, i.e. meaning. A syntactic parser does not deal with semantics. Hence, it is difficult to deal with ambigui ...
Writing Matters
... Writing coherent paragraphs and essays involves engaging in a number of activities simultaneously: • motor component: whether students print, write in cursive, or type an assignment, part of the brain is engaged in this process. • spelling: even if students are not penalized for spelling, they mus ...
... Writing coherent paragraphs and essays involves engaging in a number of activities simultaneously: • motor component: whether students print, write in cursive, or type an assignment, part of the brain is engaged in this process. • spelling: even if students are not penalized for spelling, they mus ...
Practice sheets for the sentences in this booklet are available in a
... The information in this booklet is divided into the sections explained below. The Introduction Section: The first three pages in the Parent Help Booklet will give you an understanding of why the Shurley Method works, outlining the key features and main elements taught in each grade level. The Jingle ...
... The information in this booklet is divided into the sections explained below. The Introduction Section: The first three pages in the Parent Help Booklet will give you an understanding of why the Shurley Method works, outlining the key features and main elements taught in each grade level. The Jingle ...
Understanding Natural Language - Department of Information and
... a dictionary, and the problem-solving programs. It includes not only those aspects of meaning within a sentence, but also the effects of context. The system is organized around a set of specialized programs designed to analyze particular semantic structures, such as clauses and noun Both the semanti ...
... a dictionary, and the problem-solving programs. It includes not only those aspects of meaning within a sentence, but also the effects of context. The system is organized around a set of specialized programs designed to analyze particular semantic structures, such as clauses and noun Both the semanti ...
1. Introduction - UCL Phonetics and Linguistics
... topics and contrastive topics, respectively, and they are usually treated separately (See Heycock 2008 for an overview of the literature). Indeed, other than bearing the same particle, they appear not to share any properties either in terms of their interpretation or in their syntactic distribution. ...
... topics and contrastive topics, respectively, and they are usually treated separately (See Heycock 2008 for an overview of the literature). Indeed, other than bearing the same particle, they appear not to share any properties either in terms of their interpretation or in their syntactic distribution. ...
Focus (linguistics)
Focus is a grammatical category that determines which part of the sentence contributes new, non-derivable, or contrastive information.Focus is related to information structure. Contrastive focus specifically refers to the coding of information that is contrary to the presuppositions of the interlocutor.Related terms include Comment and Rheme.