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| somerville true achievements: Argument Realization Miriam Butt, Tracy Holloway King, 2000 This volume presents seven essays that survey fundamental argument realization issues within a typologically broad range of languages. The papers examine, within the architecture of Lexical-Functional Grammar (LFG), the variety of ways in which arguments of a predicate may be realized in the syntax. LFG allows for the complex interactions of arguments, syntactic positions and grammatical functions. Regardless of the complexity or simplicity of the predicational structure of a clause, the papers included show how the relationship between arguments and their overt realization can be dealt with. The papers also treat multiple case marking in Australian languages, possessor alternation in Welsh, directional complex predicates in American Indian languages and causatives in Japanese. They discuss representational issues that encompass underspecification and the encoding of semantic information needed to determine the correspondence of thematic arguments to their overt syntactic realization. |
| somerville true achievements: Historical Encyclopedia of Natural and Mathematical Sciences Ari Ben-Menahem, 2009-03-06 The 5800-page Encyclopedia surveys 100 generations of great thinkers, offering 2070 detailed biographies of scientists, engineers, explorers and inventors, who left their mark on the history of science and technology. This six-volume masterwork also includes 380 articles summarizing the time-line of ideas in the leading fields of science, technology, mathematics and philosophy, plus useful tables, figures and photos, and 20 ‘Science Progress Reports’ detailing scientific setbacks. Interspersed throughout are quotations, gathered from the wit and wisdom of sages, savants and scholars throughout the ages from antiquity to modern times. The Encyclopedia represents 20 years’ work by the sole author, Ari Ben-Menahem, of Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science |
| somerville true achievements: English-Croatian Dictionary Željko Bujas, 1999 |
| somerville true achievements: Event Structures in Linguistic Form and Interpretation Johannes Dölling, Tatjana Heyde-Zybatow, Martin Schäfer, 2013-12-06 This volume addresses the problem of how language expresses conceptual information on event structures and how such information can be reconstructed in the interpretation process. The papers present important new insights into recent semantic and syntactic research on the topic. The volume deals with the following problems in detail: event structure and syntactic construction, event structure and modification, event structure and plurality, event structure and temporal relation, event structure and situation aspect, and event structure and language ontology. Importantly, the topic is discussed not only on the basis of English and German but on the basis of other languages including Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, Indonesian, and Igbo as well. This volume thus provides solid evidence towards clarifying the empirical use of event based analyses. |
| somerville true achievements: The Syntax of Aspect Nomi Erteschik-Shir, Tova R. Rapoport, 2005 This collection of new work focuses on issues at the lexicon-syntax interface. It presents innovative analyses of theoretical issues of aspectual interpretation in a variety of languages. The authors address questions such as to what extent can variation in verbal meaning, and thematic information can be determined in the syntax, and how the interpretation of various syntactic constructions is derived, once lexical information is minimized. A subset of the articles develops theories that take as their starting point the lexical-syntactic framework of the late Ken Hale and Jay Keyser, prominent among which is their own chapter. |
| somerville true achievements: Semantics and Cognition Ray S. Jackendoff, 1985-09-10 This book emphasizes the role of semantics as a bridge between the theory of language and the theories of other cognitive capacities such as visual perception and motor control. |
| somerville true achievements: Red Pepper Burns Grace S. Richmond, 2022-05-29 Red Pepper Burns by Grace S. Richmond is a book written in the early 1900s. Red Pepper Burns is a doctor who is always in a hurry, but it is usually to save someone's life. The book gives a picturesque description of the energy in the American south. It has many adventures, a beautiful love story, and an incomparable sense of humor that makes Richmond's books so valuable. |
| somerville true achievements: Word Meaning and Montague Grammar D. R. Dowty, 2012-12-06 The most general goal of this book is to propose and illustrate a program of research in word semantics that combines some of the methodology and results in linguistic semantics, primarily that of the generative semantics school, with the rigorously formalized syntactic and semantic framework for the analysis of natural languages developed by Richard Montague and his associates, a framework in which truth and denotation with respect to a model are taken as the fundamental semantic notions. I hope to show, both from the linguist's and the philosopher's point of view, not only why this synthesis can be undertaken but also why it will be useful to pursue it. On the one hand, the linguists' decompositions of word meanings into more primitive parts are by themselves inherently incomplete, in that they deal only in distinctions in meaning without providing an account of what mean ings really are. Not only can these analyses be made complete by a model theoretic semantics, but also such an account of these analyses renders them more exact and more readily testable than they could ever be otherwise. |
| somerville true achievements: Events and Grammar Susan Rothstein, 2013-12-01 In recent years, the study of events and their role as implicit arguments of predicates has been at the center of much important work in semantics and the syntax/semantics interface. This volume brings together fourteen original studies by leading scholars in semantics and the syntax/semantics interface, covering a broad spectrum of research into the role of events in grammar. The papers extensively address the following topics, among others: event arguments and thematic argument structure; the role of events in verbal aspectual distinctions; events and the distinction between stage and individual level predicates; the role of events in the analysis of plurality and scope relations, the mass/count distinction, and propositional attitudes. |
| somerville true achievements: Toward a Cognitive Semantics, Volume 1 Leonard Talmy, 2003-01-24 In this two-volume set, Talmy approaches the question of how language organizes conceptual material both at a general level and by analyzing a crucial set of particular conceptual domains: space and time, motion and location, causation and force interaction, and attention and viewpoint. One of a two-volume set defining the field of cognitive semantics. Leonard Talmy approaches the question of how language organizes conceptual material both at a general level and by analyzing a crucial set of particular conceptual domains: space and time, motion and location, causation and force interaction, and attention and viewpoint. Talmy maintains that these are among the most fundamental parameters by which language structures conception. By combining these conceptual domains into an integrated whole, Talmy shows, we advance our understanding of the overall conceptual and semantic structure of natural language. Volume one examines the fundamental systems by which language shapes concepts. |
| somerville true achievements: Aspect, Eventuality Types and Nominal Reference Hana Filip, 2022-01-26 First published in 1999. This book examines the interplay between the semantics of noun phrases and verbal predicates, with an emphasis on data drawn from Czech and English, and comparisons to German and Finnish. This book will be of interest to a wide range of linguists concerned with aspect and how it interacts with lexical semantics, morphology, syntax and quantification. |
| somerville true achievements: Semantic Structures Ray S. Jackendoff, 1992-04-22 Semantic Structures is a large-scale study of conceptual structure and its lexical and syntactic expression in English that builds on the system of Conceptual Semantics described in Ray Jackendoff's earlier books Semantics and Cognition and Consciousness and the Computational Mind. Jackendoff summarizes the relevant arguments in his two previous books, setting out the basic parameters for the formalization of meaning, and comparing his mentalistic approach with Fodor's Language of Thought hypothesis. He then takes up the Problem of Meaning, extending the range of semantic fields encompassed by the Conceptual Semantics formalism, and the Problem of Correspondence, formalizing the relation between semantic and syntactic structure. Both of these problems must be fully addressed in order to develop a general theory of language that is concerned with syntax and semantics and their points of connection. Few books on lexical semantics present such a comprehensive analysis of such a wide range of phenomena from a unified perspective. Besides discussing the conceptual structures of hundreds of words and constructions, Jackendoff extends and deepens the theory to come to grips with such crucial issues as roles and marking; arguments, modifiers, and adjuncts; binding and control; and the thematic linking hierarchy. |
| somerville true achievements: Aspect Bernard Comrie, 1976-06-03 An introduction to verbal aspect as a general linguistic phenomenon, with examples primarily from English, Slavonic and Romance languages. |
| somerville true achievements: Lexical Matters Anna Szabolcsi, Ivan Sag, 1992-06 This volume contains new research on the lexicon and its relation to other aspects of linguistics. These essays put forth empirical arguments to claim that specific theoretical assumptions concerning the lexicon play a crucial role in resolving problems pertaining to other components of grammar. Topics include: syntactic/semantic interface in the areas of aspect, argument structure, and thematic roles; lexicon-based accounts of quirky case, anaphora, and control; the boundary between the lexicon and syntax in the domains of sentence comprehension and nominal compounding; and the possibility of extending the concept of blocking beyond the traditional lexicon. Ivan Sag is a professor of linguistics at Stanford University. Anna Szabolcsi is an associate professor of linglustics at UCLA. |
| somerville true achievements: Semantics and Contextual Expression Renate Bartsch, 1989 |
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| somerville true achievements: Structuring Events Susan Rothstein, 2008-04-15 Structuring Events presents a novel semantic theory of lexical aspect for anyone interested in the study of verb meanings. Provides an introduction to aspectual classes and aspectual distinctions. Utilizes case studies to present a novel semantic theory of lexical aspect and compare it with alternative theories. Useful for students and scholars in semantics and syntax as well as the neighboring fields of pragmatics and philosophy of language. |
| somerville true achievements: Lexical Specification and Insertion Peter Coopmans, Martin Everaert, Jane Barbara Grimshaw, 2000 The papers in this volume address the general question what type of lexical specifications we need in a generative grammar and by what principles this information is projected onto syntactic configurations, or to put it differently, how lexical insertion is executed. Many of the contributions focus on what the syntactic consequences are of choices that are made with respect to the lexical specifications of heads. The data in the volume are drawn from diverse languages, among which: Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Dutch, English, French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Mohawk, Norwegian, Polish, Russian. |
| somerville true achievements: Tense and Aspect Phillip Tedeschi, Annie Zaenen, 2020-01-13 Preliminary Material /Philip J. Tedeschi and Annie Zaenen --The Ancient Greek Aorist as the Aspect of Countable Action /David Armstrong --Of Tense and Aspect: One Analysis /Michael Bennett --Aspect and Quantification /Lauri Carlson --Aspect and Voice: Some Reflections on Perfect and Passive /Bernard Comrie --On the Definition of the Telic-Atelic (Bounded-Nonbounded) Distinction /Östen Dahl --Aspectual “Skewing” in Two Australian Languages: Mara, Nunggubuyu /Jeffrey Heath --Remarks on Noch and Schon in German /J. Hoepelman and C. Rohrer --Aspect Theory and Georgian Aspect /Dee Ann Holisky --A Unified Temporal Theory of Tense and Aspect /Marion R. Johnson --Aspect, Markedness, and t0 /Henry Kučera --Events, Processes, and States /Alexander P. D. Mourelatos --Semantic and Syntactic Constraints on Temporal Interpretation /Carlota S. Smith --Some Evidence for a Branching-Futures Semantic Model /Philip J. Tedeschi --The Semantics of the Progressive /Frank Vlach --Subject Index /Philip J. Tedeschi and Annie Zaenen --Contents of Previous Volumes /Philip J. Tedeschi and Annie Zaenen. |
| somerville true achievements: Aspectual Roles and the Syntax-Semantics Interface Carol Tenny, 2012-12-06 All work is work in progress. The ideas developed in this work could be (and probably will be) developed further, revised, and expanded. But it was time to write them down and send them out. Some of these ideas about linking had their origins in my 1987 dissertation. However, this work has grown beyond the dissertation in a number of important ways. The most important of these advances lie in, first, articulating aspectual roles as linguistic objects over which lexical semantic phenomena can be stated, and over which linking generalizations are stated; second, recognizing that syntactic phenomena may be classified as to whether or not they are sensitive to the core event of event structure; and third, recognizing the modularity of aspectual and thematic/conceptual structure, and associating that modularity with a difference between language-specific and universal language generalizations. The three chapters of the book are organized around these ideas. I have tried to state these ideas as strong theses. Where they make strong predictions I have meant them to do so, as a probe for future research. I hope that other researchers will take up the challenge to investigate, test and develop these ideas across a wider realm of languages than I --as one person --can do. |
| somerville true achievements: Radical Pragmatics Peter Cole, 1981 |
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| somerville true achievements: Learnability and Cognition, new edition Steven Pinker, 2013-05-24 A classic book about language acquisition and conceptual structure, with a new preface by the author, The Secret Life of Verbs. Before Steven Pinker wrote bestsellers on language and human nature, he wrote several technical monographs on language acquisition that have become classics in cognitive science. Learnability and Cognition, first published in 1989, brought together two big topics: how do children learn their mother tongue, and how does the mind represent basic categories of meaning such as space, time, causality, agency, and goals? The stage for this synthesis was set by the fact that when children learn a language, they come to make surprisingly subtle distinctions: pour water into the glass and fill the glass with water sound natural, but pour the glass with water and fill water into the glass sound odd. How can this happen, given that children are not reliably corrected for uttering odd sentences, and they don't just parrot back the correct ones they hear from their parents? Pinker resolves this paradox with a theory of how children acquire the meaning and uses of verbs, and explores that theory's implications for language, thought, and the relationship between them. As Pinker writes in a new preface, The Secret Life of Verbs, the phenomena and ideas he explored in this book inspired his 2007 bestseller The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature. These technical discussions, he notes, provide insight not just into language acquisition but into literary metaphor, scientific understanding, political discourse, and even the conceptions of sexuality that go into obscenity. |
| somerville true achievements: The Projection of Arguments Miriam Butt, Wilhem Geuder, 1998-06-28 It is becoming increasingly clear that the standard approach to argument linking in terms of 'thematic roles', which are determined by the lexical meaning of verbs, has some serious shortcomings. This volume sets out to explore alternatives to a rigid model of lexical projection. It brings together a set of papers from different backgrounds that converge on the general hypothesis that the many semantic factors which influence the projection of arguments should be attributed to compositional processes rather than to the fixed contents of lexical entries. Proposals for a reassessment of the lexicon-syntax interface are included, as well as topics addressing questions of argument hierarchies and adicity of predicates, and the syntax and semantics of argument alternations in a set of very diverse languages. |
| somerville true achievements: Ancient Science and Modern Civilization George Alfred Léon Sarton, 1959 |
| somerville true achievements: Syntax Robert D. Van Valin (Jr.), Randy J. LaPolla, 1997-12-11 An introduction to syntactic theory and analysis. |
| somerville true achievements: Language Typology and Syntactic Description: Volume 2, Complex Constructions Timothy Shopen, 2009-12-26 This unique three-volume 2007 survey brings together a team of leading scholars to explore the syntactic and morphological structures of the world's languages. Clearly organized and broad-ranging, it covers topics such as parts-of-speech, passives, complementation, relative clauses, adverbial clauses, inflectional morphology, tense, aspect, mood, and diexis. The contributors look at the major ways that these notions are realized, and provide informative sketches of them at work in a range of languages. Each volume is accessibly written and clearly explains each new concept introduced. Although the volumes can be read independently, together they provide an indispensable reference work for all linguists and fieldworkers interested in cross-linguistic generalizations. Most of the chapters in the second edition are substantially revised or completely new - some on topics not covered by the first edition. Volume II covers co-ordination, complementation, noun phrase structure, relative clauses, adverbial clauses, discourse structure, and sentences as combinations of clauses. |
| somerville true achievements: Asinella The Nanny Donkey Joanne Russo Insull, 2021-11-16 Francesca and her parents live on a farm in Italy with sheep and a donkey named Asinella. Papa and Francesca try to bring Asinella, the sheep and 8 new lambs home. The lambs are too little to walk. 9 color illus., some Italian words. |
| somerville true achievements: Structuring Sense Hagit Borer, 2005 |
| somerville true achievements: Preserving Our History Mario Toglia, 2013 PRESERVING OUR HISTORY takes a serious look into the history ofthe immigrants from the town of Calitri, Italy. These immigrants broughtwith them a strong sense of community and kinship. This helped easetheir transition into America as they spread out to various locations andmaintained their ties to fellow Calitrani as well as to their common valuesof family, faith, courage and mutual support. While gradually assimilatinginto their new environs, newcomers left paper trails of documentsand information, some fortunately still treasured and preserved bydescendents, many others stored in various archival institutes waiting tobe discovered and added to known facts. |
| somerville true achievements: Is That a Wolf Or a Dog? Marcangelo Benevenga, 2020-02-03 HAVE YOU EVER DREAMED OF HAVING A PET WOLF?Marc loves dogs, but has always dreamed of owning a pet wolf. It was somethinghe thought could only happen in fantasy books . . . until he visited Italywith his family.On the streets of Venice, Marc learns about the rare Czechoslovakian Wolfdog.Marc becomes determined to own this beautiful dog, but there is a problem.Back home in Toronto, there are no Czechoslovakian Wolfdogs.Marc has to import a puppy from Italy, and names her Arya but he quickly learnsthat she isn't like regular dogs. Marc quickly learns the challenges of owning aCzechoslovakian Wolfdog: Arya is intelligent, mischievous and an escape artist.Are these dogs always this difficult to train?Will Marc's dream turn into a nightmare?Will he and Arya develop the relationship he has always dreamed of? |
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| somerville true achievements: Where Have All the Adjectives Gone?. Robert M. W. Dixon, 1977 |
| somerville true achievements: Celibate Maria Giura, 2019-10 When twenty-eight-year-old Maria Giura fell in love with Catholic priest Father James Infanzi, she had no idea how needy and angry they both were nor how complicated their attraction would become. His attention seemed to fill the void left by her fractured family, but he also seemed to be a sign for her to finally face the celibate vocation she'd been running from ever since she first felt God's call. Celibate focuses on her ten-year struggle to let go of this priest, to heal from her childhood, and to finally embrace her true calling. Fiercely honest and tender, this memoir is ultimately a story about surrender, forgiveness, and facing one's deepest needs. |
| somerville true achievements: No Kings, No Kooks... Thomas Sarnicola, 2020-04 A true life account: A government security agent describes some of the cases he worked on and the interesting people he met along the way. (Non-Fiction) |
| somerville true achievements: Semantika predloga Duška Klikovac, 2000 |
| somerville true achievements: The Little Breadwinner Lucia Mann, 2020-09-06 Finding Hope and Survival in The Midst of War FROM 1980 TO 1992, A TURBULENT CIVIL WAR ravaged the Central American state of El Salvador, claiming the lives of approximately 75,000 Salvadorans. The Little Breadwinner is a story of tyrannized, frightened families-mostly poor peasants, indigenous peoples, and child farm workers-whose lives signified nothing to the military death squads. Lucia Mann, who was in El Salvador at the time, recalls this vivid historical portrait of human rights violations during and after the dirty war between the military-led government and left-wing Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front. This brutal conflict was backed politically, economically, and militarily by the United States with CIA involvement. Throughout these pages, you will experience intense trials of courageous survival with unforgettable characters who yearn for peace, justice, and normalcy. One of the brave women you will meet is Estella Godwin Lozano (a Waorani tribe descendant of the Amazon rain forest), who suffered terribly before her brutal demise in Laredo, Texas in 2019. She was a little person who became traumatically affected by the abuse perpetrated by National Guard soldiers outside her pueblo home. She heroically joined the Sandinistas (Cuban-backed guerillas) to seek revenge upon the villains of her country. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Lucia Mann, humanitarian and activist, was born in British colonial South Africa in the wake of World War II. She now resides in British Columbia, Canada. After retiring from freelance journalism in 1998, she wrote a four-book African series to give voice to those who have suffered and are suffering brutalities and captivity. The Little Breadwinner is her seventh book that exposes accounts of both personal and social injustice. |
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