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Medial adjunct PPs in English: implications for the syntax of sentential negation [PDF]

, 2012
This paper provides evidence that medial adjunct PPs in English are possible. On the basis of corpus data, it is shown that sentence-medial adjunct PPs are not unacceptable and are attested.
Belletti, Chomsky, Chomsky, Cinque, De Clercq, De Clercq, Emonds, Ernst, Ernst, Frey, Haegeman, Horn, Horn, Jackendoff, Jayaseelan, Karen De Clercq, Klima, Lambotte, Liliane Haegeman, McCawley, Moscati, Pittner, Quirk, Rizzi, Ross, Sinclair, Smith, Swan, Terje Lohndal, Tottie, Tubau, Zanuttini, Zeijlstra   +32 more
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Social cognition in schizophrenia: A network-based approach to a Taiwanese version of the Reading the Mind in the Eyes test

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2020
Background: This study aimed to examine social-cognitive impairments in patients with schizophrenia using the Eyes test. In contrast to previous methods using the correct answers, we developed the Taiwanese version of the Eyes test and constructed the ...
Tai-Shan Li, Chih-Min Liu, Chen-Chung Liu, Ming H. Hsieh, Yi-Ting Lin, En-Nan Wang, Tzung-Jeng Hwang, Tai-Li Chou   +7 more
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Minimizer negative polarity items in non-negative contexts

Proceedings of the International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar, 2021
Minimizer strong NPIs such as ˋˋlift a finger'' are known to be more restricted in their occurrence than weak NPIs like ˋˋever''. Sedivy 1990 points to contexts with a ˋˋnegative side message'' in which ˋˋlift a finger'' can occur but ˋˋever'' cannot.
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Evaluating the effectiveness of explanations for recommender systems : Methodological issues and empirical studies on the impact of personalization [PDF]

, 2012
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A. Felfernig, A. Paramythis, C. Shapiro, C.A. Thompson, D. McSherry, D.N. Laband, G. Häubl, H.S.M. Cramer, J. Masthoff, J. Masthoff, Judith Masthoff, K. McCarthy, L. Ardissono, N. Tintarev, Nava Tintarev, P. Pu, P.E. Murphy, W. Wang, Y. Cho   +18 more
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Null-expletive Subject in Japanese

Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, 1993
In the current Government and Binding framework, every sentence must have a subject. When the matrix subject position is non-thematic, it is filled by an expletive. Japanese, however, lacks an overt expletive.
Terada, Michiko
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Evaluation of internal reliability in the presence of inconsistent responses

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2010
Background We aimed to assess the impact of inconsistent responses on the internal reliability of a multi-item scale by developing a procedure to adjust Cronbach's alpha.
Lam T H, Ho S Y, Fong Daniel YT
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A Question of Case

Nordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics, 2004
In this paper I investigate a seemingly optional variation between accusative and partitive case in Finnish in yes/no questions and certain kinds of negative contexts.
Elsi Kaiser
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Quality of Life and psychopathology in adults who underwent Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) in childhood: a qualitative and quantitative analysis. [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Patients who undergo pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) may experience long-term psychological sequelae and poor Quality of Life (QoL) in adulthood. This study aimed to investigate subjective illness experience, QoL, and
Basso, G., Boscolo, Valentina, Calore, E., Cattelan, C., Di Florio, N., Mainardi, C., Marzollo, A., Messina, C., Pillon, M., Porreca, A., Sinatora, F., Traverso, A., Tremolada, M., Zanato, S.   +13 more
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Intervention effects in NPI licensing: A quantitative assessment of the scalar implicature explanation

Glossa, 2018
This paper reports on five experiments investigating intervention effects in negative polarity item (NPI) licensing. Such intervention effects involve the unexpected ungrammaticality of sentences that contain an intervener, such as a universal quantifier,
Emmanuel Chemla, Lyn Tieu, Milica Denić
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Spotting, collecting and documenting negative polarity items [PDF]

Natural Language & Linguistic Theory, 2010
As the nature of negative polarity items (NPIs) and their licensing contexts is still under much debate, a broad empirical basis is an important cornerstone to support further insights in this area of research. The work discussed in this paper is intended as a contribution to realizing this objective.
Soehn, Jan-Philipp, Trawiński, Beata, Lichte, Timm   +2 more
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