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Multiword expressions: Insights from a multi-lingual perspective [PDF]
Multiword expressions (MWEs) are a challenge for both the natural language applications and the linguistic theory because they often defy the application of the machinery developed for free combinations where the default is that the meaning of an ...
Barbu Mititelu, Verginica+23 more
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General introduction: A comparative perspective on probabilistic variation in grammar [PDF]
This special collection brings together research exploring and evaluating probabilistic variation patterns from a comparative perspective, thus highlighting current work situated at the crossroads of research on usage-based theoretical linguistics, variationist linguistics, and sociolinguistics.
Grafmiller, Jason+3 more
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Alexander Vovin. [2005 y 2009] 2020. A Descriptive and Comparative Grammar of Western Old Japanese. Revised, Updated and Enlarged 2nd Edition. 2 vols. History of Oriental Studies. Leiden: Brill. 438 y 1279 pp.
Santiago J. Martín Ciprián
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Comparative complexity of grammar forms [PDF]
The definition of “grammar form” introduced in [CG] makes it possible to state and prove results about various types of grammars in a uniform way. Among questions naturally formalizable in this framework are many about the complexity or efficiency of grammars of different kinds.
Seymour Ginsburg, Nancy Lynch
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Second Language Reading and the Role of Grammar [PDF]
The paper reviews research on second language (L2) reading, focusing on the various factors involved, i.e., orthography, vocabulary, grammar, background knowledge, and metacognitive strategies.
Jookyoung Jung
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Actual problems of contrastive grammar in the focus of pragmalinguistics [PDF]
The term contrastive grammar is still ambiguous. In this paper we trace the unjustified synonymy of terms (confrontative grammar, comparative grammar, contrastive grammar) which lead to controversy among linguists and we attempt to introduce appropriate
Oksana Kovtun
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THE BASIS FOR A COMPARATIVE GRAMMAR OF THE BANTU LANGUAGES [PDF]
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H. H. JOHNSTON
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Approximatives: Towards Dialectal Comparative Grammar
The paper aims at fleshing out the constraints that approximatives imposes on numerals in a range of constructions. Approximative constructions fall into three types: Type I, Type II, and Type III. Numerals can be grouped into (1) round numbers in a narrow sense, (2) round numbers in a broad sense, and (3) odd numbers.
Chinfa Lien
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Lexical Adaptation of Link Grammar to the Biomedical Sublanguage: a Comparative Evaluation of Three Approaches [PDF]
We study the adaptation of Link Grammar Parser to the biomedical sublanguage with a focus on domain terms not found in a general parser lexicon. Using two biomedical corpora, we implement and evaluate three approaches to addressing unknown words ...
Aubin, Sophie+3 more
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