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The Syntax of Thetic Statements in English

Atlantis, 2020
This article offers a formal approach to thetic statements in English that focuses on the structural mechanisms available in this language to express a reading of this sort.
Ana Ojea
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Anaphora and Discourse Structure [PDF]

, 2002
We argue in this paper that many common adverbial phrases generally taken to signal a discourse relation between syntactically connected units within discourse structure, instead work anaphorically to contribute relational meaning, with only indirect ...
Joshi, Aravind, Knott, Alistair, Stone, Matthew, Webber, Bonnie   +3 more
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Natural language processing [PDF]

, 2003
Beginning with the basic issues of NLP, this chapter aims to chart the major research activities in this area since the last ARIST Chapter in 1996 (Haas, 1996), including: (i) natural language text processing systems - text summarization, information ...
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L1 French learning of L2 Spanish past tenses: L1 transfer versus aspect and interface issues

Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2017
This paper examines the process of acquiring L2s that are closely related to the L1 through data on how adult French speakers learning L2 Spanish in a formal setting develop knowledge and use of past tenses in this L2.
José Amenós Pons, Aoife Ahern, Pedro Guijarro Fuentes   +2 more
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Quelques représentations des dimensions macro-syntaxique et discursive dans les grammaires (langues romanes et slaves) [PDF]

Studii de Lingvistica, 2015
This contribution consists of a short presentation of the way in which several university level grammars embed macrosyntactic and discourse aspects in their descriptions of the grammatical facts.
Frédéric Torterat, Cristiana Papahagi, Veronica Manole, Tijana Ašić, Veran Stanojević, Slavko Stanojčić   +5 more
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Embedded Aspect in L2 Acquisition: Evidence from L1 Russian Learners of Greek. [PDF]

, 2013
This work investigates first language (L1) influence on the second language (L2) acquisition of aspect, comparing participants with homogeneous L1 background (Russian) in Mainland Greece (L2 Standard Modern Greek) and Cyprus (L2 Cypriot Greek), where ...
Grohmann, Kleanthes, Karpava, Sviatlana
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Vocatives: correlating the syntax and discourse at the interface

Cogent Arts & Humanities, 2018
Vocative expressions have been neglected in linguistic inquiry until very recently. This article provides a novel approach to the study of vocatives based on correlating the syntax and discourse at the interface.
Mohammed Q. Shormani, Mohammed Ali Qarabesh   +1 more
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Best-First Surface Realization [PDF]

, 1996
Current work in surface realization concentrates on the use of general, abstract algorithms that interpret large, reversible grammars. Only little attention has been paid so far to the many small and simple applications that require coverage of a small ...
Busemann, Stephan
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Thematic Structure in the Persian Imperative Clauses [PDF]

̒Ilm-i Zabān
This study investigates the thematic structure of Persian imperative clauses within the framework of Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG), focusing on the concept of Theme.
Azadeh Mirzaei
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Silence is difficult: On missing elements in bilingual grammars

Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft, 2017
Near-native speakers (heritage speakers and adult second language learners alike) experience difficulty in interpreting and producing linguistic constructions that contain morphologically null elements. We dub this phenomenon the Silent Problem.
Laleko Oksana, Polinsky Maria
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