How language changed the genes: toward an explicit account of the
... Our point of departure is a theoretical reappraisal of Chomsky’s long-standing hypothesis of the autonomy of syntactic structures from meaning considerations. As we have already indicated, recent empirical research on the interface between syntactic and semantic representations consistently demonstr ...
... Our point of departure is a theoretical reappraisal of Chomsky’s long-standing hypothesis of the autonomy of syntactic structures from meaning considerations. As we have already indicated, recent empirical research on the interface between syntactic and semantic representations consistently demonstr ...
Lexical Functional Grammar
... 2. Well-formedness Conditions on Functional Structure The following basic well-formedness conditions, which have counterparts in other frameworks, apply to f-structures. 2.1 Coherence Coherence requires that every meaningful semantic form be a grammatical function mentioned in the predicate argument ...
... 2. Well-formedness Conditions on Functional Structure The following basic well-formedness conditions, which have counterparts in other frameworks, apply to f-structures. 2.1 Coherence Coherence requires that every meaningful semantic form be a grammatical function mentioned in the predicate argument ...
restarting automata: motivations and applications
... wordform sein has to be disambiguated between the pronominal and the verbal reading) or on some more fine-grained level (e.g., the noun Leiter, ambiguous between feminine and masculine gender). There exist different approaches to this disambiguation, including statistical ones, memory-based learning o ...
... wordform sein has to be disambiguated between the pronominal and the verbal reading) or on some more fine-grained level (e.g., the noun Leiter, ambiguous between feminine and masculine gender). There exist different approaches to this disambiguation, including statistical ones, memory-based learning o ...
Handout 2 - The Logic Manual
... The argument with all sentences in Γ as premisses and φ as conclusion is valid if and only if there is no L1 -structure under which: (i) all sentences in Γ are true; and (ii) φ is false. Notation: when this argument is valid we write Γ φ. {P → ¬Q, Q} |= ¬P means that the argument whose premises ar ...
... The argument with all sentences in Γ as premisses and φ as conclusion is valid if and only if there is no L1 -structure under which: (i) all sentences in Γ are true; and (ii) φ is false. Notation: when this argument is valid we write Γ φ. {P → ¬Q, Q} |= ¬P means that the argument whose premises ar ...
5602 - Radboud Repository
... case of weakly integrated sentences, i.e. m ore transitional errors betw een than within constituents. F or highly integrated sentences, it seem ed, subjects were apparently able to construct larger units than (m a jo r) constituents. In a follow up of this finding, H o r m a n n and E n g e lk a m ...
... case of weakly integrated sentences, i.e. m ore transitional errors betw een than within constituents. F or highly integrated sentences, it seem ed, subjects were apparently able to construct larger units than (m a jo r) constituents. In a follow up of this finding, H o r m a n n and E n g e lk a m ...
Race-Based Parsing and Syntactic Disambiguution
... potentially wider coverage and the freedom to remain neutral on issues not yet resolved by current linguistic theories. In this article, we describe how one might bring together in one system several recent accounts of ambiguity resolution (for words and syntactic structure), and resolve conflicts i ...
... potentially wider coverage and the freedom to remain neutral on issues not yet resolved by current linguistic theories. In this article, we describe how one might bring together in one system several recent accounts of ambiguity resolution (for words and syntactic structure), and resolve conflicts i ...
Words
... “In principle, words could be recognized without using morphological structure at all because the spelling and sound of a word usually provide sufficient information for this purpose.” Seidenberg & Gonnerman, 2000 (TICS 4.9, 353-61). Try, “In principle, sentences could be recognized without using sy ...
... “In principle, words could be recognized without using morphological structure at all because the spelling and sound of a word usually provide sufficient information for this purpose.” Seidenberg & Gonnerman, 2000 (TICS 4.9, 353-61). Try, “In principle, sentences could be recognized without using sy ...
`Word syntax` and semantic principles
... An elaborate analysis of German N + N compounds requires some twentyfive rules of this kind, and it is obvious that one will arrive at quite a considerable num ber of different interpretive processes in an attempt to cover all kinds of compounds and derivatives of German and further languages. It is ...
... An elaborate analysis of German N + N compounds requires some twentyfive rules of this kind, and it is obvious that one will arrive at quite a considerable num ber of different interpretive processes in an attempt to cover all kinds of compounds and derivatives of German and further languages. It is ...
Adjectives and Adverbs. In Language 86
... together in a sentence, their relative order to one another is usually restricted. This can be captured in different ways: a syntax-based analysis will assume a comparatively rigid syntactic structure within the adjectival/adverbial parts of the sentence, whereas a semantics-based approach will atte ...
... together in a sentence, their relative order to one another is usually restricted. This can be captured in different ways: a syntax-based analysis will assume a comparatively rigid syntactic structure within the adjectival/adverbial parts of the sentence, whereas a semantics-based approach will atte ...
Objects Out of the Lexicon! Argument-Structure in the Syntax
... There’s no indication at all here how the object is interpreted with respect to event structure. (27) (Reminder) Two methodological guidelines that derive directly from the theoretical framework: a. Syntactic heads are phonologically realized, if not in one language than in some language (unless the ...
... There’s no indication at all here how the object is interpreted with respect to event structure. (27) (Reminder) Two methodological guidelines that derive directly from the theoretical framework: a. Syntactic heads are phonologically realized, if not in one language than in some language (unless the ...
Language acquisition without an acquisition device
... verbs in SOV patterns. The younger children (mean age 2 years 9 months) used lowfrequency verbs such as tug in non-canonical SOV patterns almost half the time, but never did so with high-frequency verbs such as push. The older children resisted SOV order for all verbs. Both studies point toward an i ...
... verbs in SOV patterns. The younger children (mean age 2 years 9 months) used lowfrequency verbs such as tug in non-canonical SOV patterns almost half the time, but never did so with high-frequency verbs such as push. The older children resisted SOV order for all verbs. Both studies point toward an i ...
as a PDF
... and where structuring the sentence into topological fields does not provide conclusive information about the scope of the coordination. In addition, a chunk parser provides only a partial syntactic analysis since its main goal is the robust annotation of unrestricted text or transliterated speech. A ...
... and where structuring the sentence into topological fields does not provide conclusive information about the scope of the coordination. In addition, a chunk parser provides only a partial syntactic analysis since its main goal is the robust annotation of unrestricted text or transliterated speech. A ...
PERSPECTIVES Child language acquisition: Why universal
... circular. That is, the categories are defined in terms of the system in which they participate. For example, arguably the only diagnostic test for whether a particular word (e.g. situation, happiness, party) is a noun is whether it occurs in a similar set of syntactic contexts to other nouns such as ...
... circular. That is, the categories are defined in terms of the system in which they participate. For example, arguably the only diagnostic test for whether a particular word (e.g. situation, happiness, party) is a noun is whether it occurs in a similar set of syntactic contexts to other nouns such as ...
LEXICAL AND FUNCTIONAL DECOMPOSITION IN SYNTAX: A
... independent of one another, operating on domain-specific primitives and not understanding the “vocabulary” of the other modules, much like hearing is distinct from seeing. We cannot “see sounds”, and in the same way phonology cannot understand or operate on syntactic primitives. The term “interface” ...
... independent of one another, operating on domain-specific primitives and not understanding the “vocabulary” of the other modules, much like hearing is distinct from seeing. We cannot “see sounds”, and in the same way phonology cannot understand or operate on syntactic primitives. The term “interface” ...
Linking syntactic and semantic arguments in a dependency
... “frame elements”). For discussion see e.g. (Helbig, 1995) or (Kruijff, 2001), for criticism see (Dowty, 1991). We can also use thematic roles to structure verbs into an ontology, as e.g. attempted by (Helbig, 1995), (Davis, 1998) or (Baker et al., 1998) in order to make semantic predictions for synt ...
... “frame elements”). For discussion see e.g. (Helbig, 1995) or (Kruijff, 2001), for criticism see (Dowty, 1991). We can also use thematic roles to structure verbs into an ontology, as e.g. attempted by (Helbig, 1995), (Davis, 1998) or (Baker et al., 1998) in order to make semantic predictions for synt ...
On Forms and Functions: Studies in Ancient Egyptian Grammar
... presentation of Ancient Egyptian data for a broader audience. Almost all of the papers here have transliterated and glossed examples in accordance with standard linguistic practices, following the Leipzig Glossing Rules, and to varying extents, the guidelines for presenting Ancient Egyptian examples ...
... presentation of Ancient Egyptian data for a broader audience. Almost all of the papers here have transliterated and glossed examples in accordance with standard linguistic practices, following the Leipzig Glossing Rules, and to varying extents, the guidelines for presenting Ancient Egyptian examples ...
docx - University of Liverpool
... if this does “not turn out to be viable cross-linguistically…the category whose members take the nouns as arguments”. Because the linking rule plays a role only after distributionallydefined clusters have been formed, Mintz’s (2003) learner is more resilient than Pinker’s (1984) to utterances with n ...
... if this does “not turn out to be viable cross-linguistically…the category whose members take the nouns as arguments”. Because the linking rule plays a role only after distributionallydefined clusters have been formed, Mintz’s (2003) learner is more resilient than Pinker’s (1984) to utterances with n ...
Lecture 2: Phrase Structure
... logical necessity to think that word categories and phrase categories should have anything to do with each other, existent notions such as ‘verb phrase’ perhaps suggested that it should. Though it should be pointed out that on distributional evidence, what the structuralists and traditional grammar ...
... logical necessity to think that word categories and phrase categories should have anything to do with each other, existent notions such as ‘verb phrase’ perhaps suggested that it should. Though it should be pointed out that on distributional evidence, what the structuralists and traditional grammar ...
Intonation - UCLA Linguistics
... at the end of a group of words are often substantially lengthened, and this is known as preboundary lengthening. Further, prominent words that are marked by pitch are also often characterized by higher intensity and longer duration. In this way, pitch patterns carry the tune or melody of a sentence ...
... at the end of a group of words are often substantially lengthened, and this is known as preboundary lengthening. Further, prominent words that are marked by pitch are also often characterized by higher intensity and longer duration. In this way, pitch patterns carry the tune or melody of a sentence ...
the morphology-syntax interface - University of the Basque Country
... is how to provide a structural representation for morphologically complex words. From the early 80s, there have been proposals in the literature in favor of generating the morphological structure of complex words by means of X-bar principles, along the lines proposed for syntactic structure (see e.g ...
... is how to provide a structural representation for morphologically complex words. From the early 80s, there have been proposals in the literature in favor of generating the morphological structure of complex words by means of X-bar principles, along the lines proposed for syntactic structure (see e.g ...
Child language acquisition: Why Universal Grammar doesn*t help
... categories are circular. That is, the categories are defined in terms of the system in which they participate. For example, arguably the only diagnostic test for whether a particular word (e.g.situation, happiness, party) is a NOUN is whether or not it occurs in a similar set of syntactic contexts t ...
... categories are circular. That is, the categories are defined in terms of the system in which they participate. For example, arguably the only diagnostic test for whether a particular word (e.g.situation, happiness, party) is a NOUN is whether or not it occurs in a similar set of syntactic contexts t ...
Prosody
... Reading a standardized passage. Instrumental analysis. Some points to consider when assessing prosody: When assessing accentuation, and prosody in general, it is necessary simultaneously to take account of other levels of linguistic organization, such as grammar and lexis (example on: using co ...
... Reading a standardized passage. Instrumental analysis. Some points to consider when assessing prosody: When assessing accentuation, and prosody in general, it is necessary simultaneously to take account of other levels of linguistic organization, such as grammar and lexis (example on: using co ...
Vol.2 No.1.11
... specified by collections of examples rather than complete formal rules. Another difficulty is that punctuation is used much more sparingly. For example, many sentences in Bangla consist of a sequence of words in which the only punctuation is the terminating period. Parsing is a process of transformi ...
... specified by collections of examples rather than complete formal rules. Another difficulty is that punctuation is used much more sparingly. For example, many sentences in Bangla consist of a sequence of words in which the only punctuation is the terminating period. Parsing is a process of transformi ...
Linking Eye Movements to Sentence Comprehension in Reading
... structure-building process (e.g., Mitchell, 1987), while others have argued that detailed lexical information forms the basis of the initial structure-building process (e.g., MacDonald, Pearlmutter, & Seidenberg, 1994). In my own research, I have argued that the architecture of sentence comprehensio ...
... structure-building process (e.g., Mitchell, 1987), while others have argued that detailed lexical information forms the basis of the initial structure-building process (e.g., MacDonald, Pearlmutter, & Seidenberg, 1994). In my own research, I have argued that the architecture of sentence comprehensio ...
Where`s syntactic variation? - Meertens Instituut
... adopts the latter type of methodology is higher than that of traditional generative grammar. It seeks to understand syntactic variation in its full complexity, that is as a result of the interaction between fixed syntactic principles and factors at other linguistic levels and at cognitive and social ...
... adopts the latter type of methodology is higher than that of traditional generative grammar. It seeks to understand syntactic variation in its full complexity, that is as a result of the interaction between fixed syntactic principles and factors at other linguistic levels and at cognitive and social ...