"Conflicts in Interpretation applies novel methods of constraint interaction, derived from connectionist theories and implemented in linguistics within the framework of Optimality Theory, to core semantic and pragmatic issues such as polysemy, negation, (in)definiteness, focus, anaphora, and rhetorical structure. It explores the hypothesis that a natural language grammar is a set of potentially conflicting constraints on forms and meanin ..."
"Conflicts in Interpretation applies novel methods of constraint interaction, derived from connectionist theories and implemented in linguistics within the framework of Optimality Theory, to core semantic and pragmatic issues such as polysemy, negation, (in)definiteness, focus, anaphora, and rhetorical structure. It explores the hypothesis that a natural language grammar is a set of potentially conflicting constraints on forms and meanin ..."
"Conflicts in Interpretationaapplies novel methods of constraint interaction, derived from connectionist theories and implemented in linguistics within the framework of Optimality Theory, to core semantic and pragmatic issues such as ..."
"This volume brings together studies in the domain of weak referentiality, the phenomenon that a definite or indefinite noun phrase lacks its usual referential force. Several papers investigate syntactic or semantic properties of indefinite noun phrases, such as modality, number neutrality, narrow scope, incorporation, predication, and case marking, and that in a range of languages (Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, German, Papiamen ..."
"How does cognition affect the understanding and use of language? Does interpretation fundamentally alter linguistic mechanisms? The papers collected in Cognitive Foundations of Interpretation argue that linguistics is the outcome of interaction and conflict resolution between the hearer’s and speaker’s perspectives. An esteemed group of contributors examines interpretation from theoretical, empirical, computational, and experimental per ..."
"Ana Aguilar-Guevara, Bert Le Bruyn, Joost Zwarts. b. Crianças são inteligentes
Children are intelligent. 'Children are intelligent'. DP NumP D ø Num ClP [pl] Cl
nP [uinfl:pl] ... Bare plural 4.2 Bare plurals in Papiamentu: Examining nan more
closely The structure of bare plurals in (28b) cannot work for Papiamentu bare
plurals because they are not kinds. Rather they behave as a specific or definite-
like17 noun phrases. Therefore we ..."
X-syntax - X-semantics On the interpretation of functional and lexical heads (OTS dissertation series) by JoostZwarts 225 Pages, Published 1992 by Ots Import ISBN-13: 978-90-5434-007-2, ISBN: 90-5434-007-X
"This volume offers new research in cognitive science by leading scholars, exploring different areas of cognition with an emphasis on language. The contributions -- in such fields as linguistic theory, psycholinguistics, evolution, and consciousness -- reflect the thriving interdisciplinary scholarship in cognitive science today. Ray Jackendoff's pioneering cross-disciplinar ..."
"Endo is a southern Nilotic (Kalenjin) language spoken in the west of Kenya by about 50,000 people that has not been previously described in the literature. In this book the segmental phonology of Endo is covered in great detail, based on the personal field work of the author. After an overview of the consonant and vowel inventories the structure of syllables is described. There are chapters on phonological processes involving consonants ..."