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1 online resource (254 pages) |
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Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics series |
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Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics.
Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics.
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| Contents |
Introduction; 1. Three Benchmarks for Distributional Approaches to Natural Language Syntax; PART I: CLAUSAL ARCHITECTURE; 2. Argument Fronting in English, Romance CLLD, and the Left Periphery; 3. A Detailed Map of the Left Periphery of Medieval Romance; 4. Questions and Questioning in a Local English; 5. VP-, D°-Movement Languages; PART II: NEGATION; 6. Parasitism, Secondary Triggering, and Depth of Embedding; 7. Light Negation and Polarity; 8. Marking and Interpretation of Negation: A Bidirectional Optimality Theory Approach; PART III: TENSE AND ASPECT |
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9. Cohesion in Temporal Context: Aspectual Adverbs as Dynamic Indexicals10. Tense, Adverbials, and Quantification |
| Summary |
Presenting cutting-edge research in syntax and semantics, this important volume furthers theoretical claims in generative linguistics and represents a significant addition to present scholarship in the field. Leading scholars present crosslinguistic studies dealing with clausal architecture, negation, and tense and aspect, and the issue of whether a statistical model can by itself capture the richness of human linguistic abilities. Taken together, these contributions elegantly show how theoretical tools can propel our understanding of language beyond pretheoretical descriptions, especially whe |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Clauses -- Congresses
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Negatives -- Congresses
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Tense -- Congresses
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax -- Congresses
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Semantics -- Congresses
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Clauses.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Negatives.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Tense.
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Semantics.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Campos, Héctor
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Portner, Paul H
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| ISBN |
9781589013056 |
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1589013050 |
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