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Clarifying noun phrase semantics in HPSG
, 2003 This paper examines reprise questions: questions which request clarification of the meaning intended by a speaker when uttering a word or phrase. As such they can act as semantic probes, providing information about what meaning can be associated with ...
Ginzburg, Jonathan, Purver, Matthew
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Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.Abstract Based on an analysis of the Old Literary Tibetan corpus—a corpus of the oldest documented Tibetic language—the present study provides evidence that literary Tibetan v3 verb stems (commonly termed ‘future’) initially encoded passive voice. New arguments put forward in this article range from Trans‐Himalayan nominal morphology to early Tibetan ...
Joanna Bialek
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, 1998 A Noun Phrase (NP) is a syntactic unit, or constituent, resulting from expanding a lexical noun by the addition of a variety of arguments and modifiers.
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Remnant Case Forms and Patterns of Syncretism in Early West Germanic
Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.Abstract Early stages of the Old West Germanic languages differ from the other two branches, Gothic and Norse, by showing remnants of a fifth case in a‐ and ō‐stem nouns. The forms in question, which have the ending ‐i or ‐u, are conventionally labelled ‘instrumental’ and cover a range of functions, such as instrument, means, comitative and locative ...
Will Thurlwell
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Transforming noun phrase structure form into heuristics and rules for detecting compound noun in Malay sentence [PDF]
, 2012 This paper addresses the process of transforming noun phrase structure form into a list of suitable heuristic used for detecting compound noun word in Malay sentence.The heuristic is used to obtain the syntax sentence structure for finding a compound ...
Omar, Nazlia, Ab. Rahman, Suhaimi
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James Platt Junior's Contributions to Old English Grammar1
Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.Abstract In 1883, Henry Sweet took issue with James Platt junior, a 21‐year‐old language enthusiast. At the time, Platt was England's brightest young prospect in Old English linguistic studies. Sweet recognised Platt's talent, but he became convinced that he was also a plagiarist and tried to have him expelled from the Philological Society.
Stephen Laker
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Bactrian in Issyk‐Kushan Script: Additional Readings and Decipherments1
Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.Abstract This article presents additional readings of several inscriptions written in the Issyk‐Kushan script, building on the improved system of sound values recently proposed by Sims‐Williams (2025b). We propose that some further lines of Dašt‐i Nāwur inscription DN III and parts of several other inscriptions can now be read as Bactrian, add new ...
Jakob Halfmann +3 more
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Interpreting referential noun phrases in belief reports – the de re/de dicto competition
Glossa PsycholinguisticsThe de re/de dicto ambiguity centers on the referential and/or attributive properties of noun phrases within the scope of intentional operators, such as belief reports.
Yuhan Zhang, Kathryn Davidson
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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article argues that marriage was central to historical change in the Yoruba‐speaking region of West Africa during the eighteenth century. It draws on ìtàn, a distinct oral source, to show that conjugality shaped Yoruba processes of urbanisation and political centralisation, gendered divisions of labour and social innovation and creativity.
Insa Nolte
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Nomengihpuid definihttavuođa dulkon davvisámegiel teavsttaid vuođul
Sámi dieđalaš áigečálaThis paper examines the definiteness of noun phrases in North Sami on the basis of text examples. Whether a phrase is definite or indefinite in Sami depends largely on context.
Outi Kilpimaa
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