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Attributive And Referential Uses Of Basic Syntactic Constituents 1

open access: yesKansas Working Papers in Linguistics, 1979
Donnellan's distinction between attributive and referential uses of definite descriptions is extended to include Lewis' basic categories. The distinction as applied to sentences is brought out by investigating the consequences of the failure of ...
Godden, Kurt
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Goodness: Attributive and predicative [PDF]

open access: yesLes Ateliers de l’Ethique, 2016
There is little consensus concerning the truth or reference conditions for evaluative terms such as “good” and “bad.” In his paper “Good and Evil,” Geach (1956) proposed that we distinguish between attributive and predicative uses of “good.” Foot (2001),
University of Canterbury
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Attributive uses of 'many' [PDF]

open access: yesSemantics and Linguistic Theory, 2017
In contrast to its determiner-like use, the attributive use of many has received little attention in the literature. The present paper narrows down the gap. First, just like ordinary superlative/positive adjectives and determiner-like many have received a unified account, a unified analysis is developed for reconstructed superlative/positive adjectives
Maribel Romero, Romero, Maribel
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Composite colour strings in English: adjectival or nominal?

open access: yesLexis: Journal in English Lexicology, 2020
This paper looks into the category membership of colour words that enter into combination with modifiers like bright, dark, light, or pale. The English grammatical literature usually assumes that these ‘composite colour strings’, used attributively or ...
Philippe De Brabanter   +1 more
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Mesh Simplification Using the Edge Attributes [PDF]

open access: yesEURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, 2002
Summary: This paper presents a novel technique for simplifying a triangulated surface ar different levels of resolution. While most existing algorithms, based on iterative vertex decimation, employ the distance for error metric, the proposed algorithm utilizes an edge criterion for removing a vertex.
Choo Kyowoong, Lee Sang Uk, Yun Il Dong
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Attributive subcomparatives in Japanese [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
This paper aims to explain the difference in grammaticality between Japanese attributive subcomparatives with quantity adjectives (e.g., ooku/takusan ‘many’) and those with non-quantity adjectives (e.g., omosiroi ‘interesting’).
Ohtaka, Akane
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Akta Perdamaian Oleh Notaris Sebagai Mediator Alternatif Penyelesaian Sengketa Di Luar Pengadilan

open access: yesPattimura Legal Journal, 2022
Introduction: Deed of Peace by a Notary is one of the authority by the Attributive for Notary. This is one of the notary's active roles to act to resolve disputes outside the court.   Purposes of the Research: The purpose of this study is to find out
Wijaya Natalia Panjaitan
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PROCESS TYPES IN EFL LEARNERS’ NARRATIVE TEXT: A PORTRAIT ON LINGUISTICS AND GENDER CONNECTIONS

open access: yesELT Echo: The Journal of English Language Teaching in Foreign Language Context, 2016
: This present study explores the female and male EFL learners’ process types in their narrative text to connect the linguistics and gender. According to Bank (2007, 3-4) school help to shape the sex-role socialization theorists: that is, the theory ...
Aldha Williyan, Lala Bumela
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Constrained Semi-Supervised Learning Using Attributes and Comparative Attributes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
We consider the problem of semi-supervised bootstrap learning for scene categorization. Existing semi-supervised approaches are typically unreliable and face semantic drift because the learning task is under-constrained. This is primarily because they ignore the strong interactions that often exist between scene categories, such as the common ...
Abhinav Shrivastava   +2 more
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Indexicals and Names in Proverbs

open access: yesStudies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric, 2016
This paper offers an analysis of indexical expressions and proper names as they are used in proverbs. Both indexicals and proper names contribute properties rather than objects to the propositions expressed when they are used in sentences interpreted as ...
Kijania-Placek Katarzyna
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