Focus and the LF of NP quantification
... Extending the scope of Milsark's analysis so as to also account for those weak NPs which d o not occur in there-insertion sentences she argues, first, that all weak NPs appear inside the VP at LF and , second, that it is the VP which is a domain of existential closure . Evi dence for the claim that ...
... Extending the scope of Milsark's analysis so as to also account for those weak NPs which d o not occur in there-insertion sentences she argues, first, that all weak NPs appear inside the VP at LF and , second, that it is the VP which is a domain of existential closure . Evi dence for the claim that ...
Grammatical Morphemes and Conceptual Structure in Discourse Processing DANIEL
... around syntax and stresses the role of grammatical morphemes for signalling this structure (Chomsky, 1965). Within this framework, sentence meaning is primarily construed as information about objects and actions conveyed by nouns and verbs and the plausability of the relations between the objects an ...
... around syntax and stresses the role of grammatical morphemes for signalling this structure (Chomsky, 1965). Within this framework, sentence meaning is primarily construed as information about objects and actions conveyed by nouns and verbs and the plausability of the relations between the objects an ...
Guide to Revising Grammar and Punctuation
... comes first. To check if your commas are correctly used, you can: *remove the subordinate clause and comma and the sentence will still make sense. *remove the extra information between a pair of commas and the sentence makes sense. 8. Determiner A word which always goes in front of a noun. They 'det ...
... comes first. To check if your commas are correctly used, you can: *remove the subordinate clause and comma and the sentence will still make sense. *remove the extra information between a pair of commas and the sentence makes sense. 8. Determiner A word which always goes in front of a noun. They 'det ...
pseudo noun incorporation in discourse1
... scope: se indefinites will take wide scope so long as there is no other operator, while bare indefinites behave as if they were stubbornly trapped in narrow scope even in the absence of other kinds of scope-taking operators. I argue that the anaphoric contrast between the two narrow scope indefinite ...
... scope: se indefinites will take wide scope so long as there is no other operator, while bare indefinites behave as if they were stubbornly trapped in narrow scope even in the absence of other kinds of scope-taking operators. I argue that the anaphoric contrast between the two narrow scope indefinite ...
Multilingual Lexical Representation
... the aspects of these systems which are specific to particular MTtechniques. This makes it possible to maximize the functionality of the system with respect to the expression of linguistic and lexicographic generalisations and facilitates the construction of a multilingual lexicon which would support ...
... the aspects of these systems which are specific to particular MTtechniques. This makes it possible to maximize the functionality of the system with respect to the expression of linguistic and lexicographic generalisations and facilitates the construction of a multilingual lexicon which would support ...
Hybrid, Classical, and Presuppositional Inquisitive Semantics
... correspondence exists between specific sentences of the logical language and specific sentences of a specific natural language. • The inherent claim is that there is a fundamental correspondence between the interpretation of the semantic operations in the logical language and constructions in natura ...
... correspondence exists between specific sentences of the logical language and specific sentences of a specific natural language. • The inherent claim is that there is a fundamental correspondence between the interpretation of the semantic operations in the logical language and constructions in natura ...
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... indefinite article and the zero article. The semantic presentation of the articles: the definite article - identification, the indefinite article - classifying generalization, the zero article - abstract generalization. Articles with different groups of nouns. Correlation of the articles wiht other ...
... indefinite article and the zero article. The semantic presentation of the articles: the definite article - identification, the indefinite article - classifying generalization, the zero article - abstract generalization. Articles with different groups of nouns. Correlation of the articles wiht other ...
New perspectives on Contrastive Grammar, Applied Linguistics and
... of affairs (cf. Can you close the window? vs. Can you see the window?). In a similar way, the level-4 construction Just Because X Doesn’t Mean Y is used to indicate that the content of Y does not necessarily follow from X (Holmes and Hudson, 2000). Finally, cueing or cued inferencing is a form of co ...
... of affairs (cf. Can you close the window? vs. Can you see the window?). In a similar way, the level-4 construction Just Because X Doesn’t Mean Y is used to indicate that the content of Y does not necessarily follow from X (Holmes and Hudson, 2000). Finally, cueing or cued inferencing is a form of co ...
15_chapter 5
... It is worth mentioning that the majority of the parsing techniques are developed solely for the English language. As reported by Covington [6], English has almost no variation in order of constituents and it is considered a fixed word order language. Covington reports a word order variation table (se ...
... It is worth mentioning that the majority of the parsing techniques are developed solely for the English language. As reported by Covington [6], English has almost no variation in order of constituents and it is considered a fixed word order language. Covington reports a word order variation table (se ...
linguistic features of pun, its typology and classification
... homophony of a word, but also to the context, manner of speech and logic. So he singles out the following types of pun: 1. Homonymic pun (identical sounds and spelling); 2. Lexical meaning pun (polysemantic words); 3. Understanding pun (through the particular context implied meaning of a sentence is ...
... homophony of a word, but also to the context, manner of speech and logic. So he singles out the following types of pun: 1. Homonymic pun (identical sounds and spelling); 2. Lexical meaning pun (polysemantic words); 3. Understanding pun (through the particular context implied meaning of a sentence is ...
Chapter 3 Sentence Structure: Predicates Rule
... Adjuncts follow the main clause by default, and since they aren’t a part of it, there is no predicate linking between the main clause and the adjunct. There is no separate column for this “follower” position since it would make the analysis too bulky; nominals can be put: in the complement slot wi ...
... Adjuncts follow the main clause by default, and since they aren’t a part of it, there is no predicate linking between the main clause and the adjunct. There is no separate column for this “follower” position since it would make the analysis too bulky; nominals can be put: in the complement slot wi ...
The Realization and Function of Focus in Spoken English by
... pattern of prosodic prominence characteristic of speech. Theories of focus — like many linguistic theories — have been developed largely on the basis of constructed examples, based on the intuitions of researchers. This work has been supported by studies of written discourse, naturally occurring exa ...
... pattern of prosodic prominence characteristic of speech. Theories of focus — like many linguistic theories — have been developed largely on the basis of constructed examples, based on the intuitions of researchers. This work has been supported by studies of written discourse, naturally occurring exa ...
Grammatical Relations in Chinese: Synchronic and Diachronic
... core that is the vestige of the parent language. As the languages developed, often diverging from each other typologically, they carried this core with them, and this influenced the types of grammaticalizations that could occur in those languages. We find for example that, except for some languages ...
... core that is the vestige of the parent language. As the languages developed, often diverging from each other typologically, they carried this core with them, and this influenced the types of grammaticalizations that could occur in those languages. We find for example that, except for some languages ...
Fulltext: english,
... -ize and –ify are associated with a unitary skeleton, and the polysemy displayed by their central derivatives is claimed to arise from a combination of factors including the semantic category of the base and the positions in the affixal skeleton with which the base argument is co-indexed (the type o ...
... -ize and –ify are associated with a unitary skeleton, and the polysemy displayed by their central derivatives is claimed to arise from a combination of factors including the semantic category of the base and the positions in the affixal skeleton with which the base argument is co-indexed (the type o ...
Chapter 20: Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar
... indicate the word vs. phrase status of every constituent in a tree (thus roughly equivalent to the notion of bar level). The features for a node are next divided into three major classes: the values of the feature SYN are structures relevant to the syntax, ARG-ST (argument structure) feature structu ...
... indicate the word vs. phrase status of every constituent in a tree (thus roughly equivalent to the notion of bar level). The features for a node are next divided into three major classes: the values of the feature SYN are structures relevant to the syntax, ARG-ST (argument structure) feature structu ...
powerpoint
... story, being what his aunt said, woke the Piglet up and just gave him time to jerk himself back into safety and say, "How interesting, and did she?" when -- well, you can imagine his joy when at last he saw the good ship, Brain of Pooh (Captain, C. Robin; Ist Mate, P. Bear) coming over the sea to re ...
... story, being what his aunt said, woke the Piglet up and just gave him time to jerk himself back into safety and say, "How interesting, and did she?" when -- well, you can imagine his joy when at last he saw the good ship, Brain of Pooh (Captain, C. Robin; Ist Mate, P. Bear) coming over the sea to re ...
General Semantics - Division of Social Sciences
... of a sentence are located in different possible worlds.) We must have a time coordinate, in view of tensed sentences and such sen tences as 'Today is Tuesday'; aplace coordinate, in view of such sentences as 'Here there are tigers' ; a speaker coordinate in view of such sentences as T am Porky' ; an ...
... of a sentence are located in different possible worlds.) We must have a time coordinate, in view of tensed sentences and such sen tences as 'Today is Tuesday'; aplace coordinate, in view of such sentences as 'Here there are tigers' ; a speaker coordinate in view of such sentences as T am Porky' ; an ...
Building a lexicon for a categorial grammar of the
... A simple lexicon of categories (example from [Steedman11]) could be: • Marcel : NP • proved : (S\NP)/NP • completeness : NP In the example, we consider a noun phrase (such as Marcel ) to be an atomic type. A transitive verb such as proved is a function that expects a noun phrase to its right (the o ...
... A simple lexicon of categories (example from [Steedman11]) could be: • Marcel : NP • proved : (S\NP)/NP • completeness : NP In the example, we consider a noun phrase (such as Marcel ) to be an atomic type. A transitive verb such as proved is a function that expects a noun phrase to its right (the o ...
Phonological and Phonetic Effects of Minor Phrase
... We also varied the lexical accent status of N3 and N2. Cases in which N2 and N3 were accented were contrasted with cases in which they were unaccented. All the remaining words were unaccented. Accent on N2 should lead to a catathesis of N3 if it is contained within the same MaP, but absence of catat ...
... We also varied the lexical accent status of N3 and N2. Cases in which N2 and N3 were accented were contrasted with cases in which they were unaccented. All the remaining words were unaccented. Accent on N2 should lead to a catathesis of N3 if it is contained within the same MaP, but absence of catat ...
Document
... exhibit polysemy; that polysemy reveals important features in common between lexical and grammatical organisation of language. For instance, Goldberg (e.g., 1995) argues that the ditransitive construction exhibits polysemy in the same way as words. In the area of cognitive lexical semantics there is ...
... exhibit polysemy; that polysemy reveals important features in common between lexical and grammatical organisation of language. For instance, Goldberg (e.g., 1995) argues that the ditransitive construction exhibits polysemy in the same way as words. In the area of cognitive lexical semantics there is ...
Syntax - English sentence structure
... o I went to Paris in the vacation it is the most beautiful place I have ever visited. o It's never too late to learn to swim you never know when you may fall from a boat. o If you're going to the shops can you buy me some eggs and flour I want to make a cake. o I like our new math teacher, she alway ...
... o I went to Paris in the vacation it is the most beautiful place I have ever visited. o It's never too late to learn to swim you never know when you may fall from a boat. o If you're going to the shops can you buy me some eggs and flour I want to make a cake. o I like our new math teacher, she alway ...
Reflexivity and Intensification in Middle English
... position of the verb. From today’s point of view, the many instances in OE of a socalled ‘pleonastic’ adjunct reflexive, mostly in dative case, seem messy because they do not fit the standard definition of a reflexive construction as being a subcase of transitivity. Kemmer (1993:39) points out that ...
... position of the verb. From today’s point of view, the many instances in OE of a socalled ‘pleonastic’ adjunct reflexive, mostly in dative case, seem messy because they do not fit the standard definition of a reflexive construction as being a subcase of transitivity. Kemmer (1993:39) points out that ...
Full Text - Institute for Logic, Language and Computation
... In this section the principle of compositionality is illustrated with four examples, in later sections more complex examples will be considered. The examples are ...
... In this section the principle of compositionality is illustrated with four examples, in later sections more complex examples will be considered. The examples are ...
Automated Generation of Questions from Factual, Natural Language
... accessed at the following URL: https://github.com/Tyler-Yates/TuringThesis. ...
... accessed at the following URL: https://github.com/Tyler-Yates/TuringThesis. ...
Punctuation - Ashland Theological Seminary
... Conjunctions: A conjunction joins words, phrases, or clauses, and they indicate the relation between the elements joined. ...
... Conjunctions: A conjunction joins words, phrases, or clauses, and they indicate the relation between the elements joined. ...
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.