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Analysis of noun + noun sequences in discipline-specific published research articles
Nouns as nominal pre-modifiers (e.g., agency relationships) are considered one component of grammatical complexity in writing (Biber et al., 2011). Previous research has primarily focused on how the frequency of noun+noun sequences vary across disciplines (Gray, 2015). However, there is a lack of …
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Use of Recently-Encountered Examples During the Interpretation of Noun-Noun Phrases
During the interpretation of a noun-noun combination, a relation is selected to link the two noun constituents together. I examine some of the factors that influence this selection and test the feasibility of an instance-based approach to conceptual combination. The claim is that …
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Noun Phrase Complementation in Persian
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Missing noun phrases in Navajo.
Thesis. 1978. Ph.D.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy.
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A Nama grammar : the noun-phrase
… one aspect has been selected for discussion: the NOUN-PHRASE. This topic has been chosen as nominalization is one of the most important features of Nama grammar. Nominalization is moreover that aspect of Nama syntax which is the most mispresented. This dissertation should not be seen as a …
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Interpreting Complex Noun Phrases in Mandarin Chinese
It has been observed that word order and intonational prominence in MC NPs tend to correlate with definite and indefinite readings of the NPs. Based on recurring interpretive patterns in MC, I show that in MC, definite readings are expressed by lexical and constructional meaning, the interpretation …
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Theoretical aspects of noun classes in Lama
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On the temporal interpretation of noun phrases
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy, 1995.
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Noun countability judgments by Arabic speakers of English
… study investigates how Saudi EFL learners judge noun countability in English. The current study aims to find; (1) if countability judgments correlate with the learners’ use of the indefinite article, given that articles in Arabic (L1) are not a determining factor of countability, (2) the extent …
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Split noun phrases and the theory of case
… with two puzzles in the syntax of French noun phrases. I first examine the distribution of the sub nominal clitic pronoun en. I argue that Case theory is the module of the grammar responsible for the well-known contrast in grammaticality between genitive en and quantitative en when they …
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The English noun phrase in its sentential aspect
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy, 1987.
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The noun prefix in Zulu : intra and inter phenomena
In this work an attempt is made to discuss a noun prefix in general. Particular attention is given to moving away from the thought that the noun prefix is only the part of the noun that is agreement giving. It also incorporates elements that are non agreement giving. The simple noun prefix is …
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Topicalisation of the noun phrase in colloquial Cairene Arabic
… which is here called the "topicalisation" of the Noun Phrase in Colloquial Cairene Arabic (CCA). The Approach is outlined by the Extended Standard Theory TG model, but relevant Functionalist views have been considered to account for Topic-comment alignment in the dialect. Part I, therefore, lays …
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Discourse-givenness of noun phrases : theoretical and computational models
… computational models of discourse-givenness of noun phrases for English and German. Definitions are based on Bach's (1987) work on reference, Kibble and van Deemter's (2000) work on coreference, and Kamp and Reyle's Discourse Representation Theory (1993). For the experiments, the following …
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Use of Verb-Noun Collocations by Advanced Learners of Chinese
… the oral production of Chinese verb-noun (V-N) collocations by a group of highly proficient learners comprised of both Chinese as a foreign language learners (CFL learners) and Chinese heritage language learners (CHL learners), as compared to Chinese native speakers (CNSs). The study …
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