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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Semantics and Pragmatics"”.
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现代汉语执拗义评注性副词的 句法、语义和语用研究
In Mandarin Chinese, there are some commentary adverbs denoting obstinacy, such as yìng(硬) yìngshì(硬是) jiù(就) fēi(非) piān(偏) piānpiān(偏偏) and so on, which can not only emphasize the resolute attitude to doing something, but also be used to mark the counter expectation information. Taking them as …
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Syntax and Semantics of the Passive Construction in Selected South Asian Languages
… as a contribution to the study of syntax and semantics of the Passive construction in six South Asian languages (i.e., five Indo-Aryan languages - Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Kashmiri, Punjabi, and one Dravidian language - Kannada). The major points of focus are as follows: (1) Chapter II …
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Parameterized monads in linguistics
This dissertation follows the formal semantics approach to linguistics. It applies recent developments in computing theories to study theoretical linguistics in the area of the interaction between semantics and pragmatics and analyzes several natural language phenomena by parsing them in these …
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The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Dohok: A Comparative Grammar
… sub-branch of Neo-Aramaic – a group of dialects and languages used by Jews and Christians in parts of Turkey, Iraq and Iran. Like many other linguistic varieties from the North-Eastern branch, the dialect of Dohok now faces imminent extinction. This work is based on a language questionnaire and a …
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But and its Arabic Counterparts: A Relevance Theoretic Account
… the framework of Relevance Theory (RT), the semantics and pragmatics of the discourse connective but in English and its counterparts in Modern Standard Arabic, namely lākinna , lākin, and bal. The study focuses mainly on Blakemore’s (2002) relevance-theoretic account of but in which she …
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Situation aspect and viewpoint aspect : from Salish to Japanese
This thesis investigates lexical and grammatical aspect in two unrelated languages, Sencoten(the Saanich dialect of Straits Salish) and Japanese. In particular, the main focus is on how various perfect readings are derived in the two languages, which show striking similarities in this respect. In …
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On the grammar of optative constructions
… or 'dismay'. The goal is to better understand the way in which syntax, semantics and pragmatics interact in order to yield the meanings and uses that these constructions have. The core claim is that we can understand optative constructions by virtue of exploring three properties that they …
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Experimental Investigations into how Children and Adults Process the Implicature Associated with the Scalar Term Some
… little is known about scalar implicature and the literature contains seemingly contradictory findings and untested assumptions. The primary aim of this thesis was to investigate the quantifier some in order to clarify and extend our existing knowledge of the scalar implicature associated …
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Case Assignment on Adverbial NPs in Korean
… D/F adverbials can surface with Case-marking and that the adverbials may receive direct Case as long as they are SITUATION DELIMITERS (W&L 1996) indicating the non-delimiting function of Case on non-arguments. I suggest that the addition of the Case particle on adverbial NPs results in …
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Amount Superlatives and Measure Phrases
… semantic constraints on measure constructions, and the internal structure of the extended nominal phrase. I analyze the quantity words, <em>most, least</em>,<em> </em>and<em> fewest </em>as superlatives of quantificational adjectives (Q-adjectives), but argue that these are often embedded inside …
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Fighting Words: Slurs, Semantics, and the Law
… excellence</em>. Their power to incite conflict and inflict emotional injury is unmatched by that of other, more commonplace insults. But what is it that makes oppressive slurs such potent verbal weapons? A commonplace view among both philosophers and legal theorists is that slurs make such …
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Revisiting Lockhart: A Case for a Conditional Operator
… operator compatible with both circumstantial and epistemic modal bases. Certain contexts involving <em>might</em> conditionals require <em>might</em> to take wide-scope over a conditional proposition. A restrictor-view analysis of conditionals is unable to derive both the intuitive meaning of …
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Prepositional Phrase Attachment Ambiguities in Declarative and Interrogative Contexts: Oral Reading Data
… to be prone to mis-parsing of a kind that is standardly called a “garden path.” The mis-parse stems from the temporary ambiguity of the first prepositional phrase (PP1: <em>in the drawer</em>), which tends to be interpreted initially as the goal argument of the verb <em>cram</em>. If the …
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Shifting Semantic Activation via Context: A Study of Aging and Semantic Network Dynamics in Word Production
… the locus of word retrieval deficits in aging, and how aging modifies the relationship between contextual processing and word production. Thematic relations among words (e.g., “sun” and “shell” are exemplars of the thematic category “beach”) are of particular interest in this domain because …
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On the Temporal Interpretation of Epistemic Modals: Evidence from Palestinian Arabic
<p>This thesis aims to contribute to the understanding of temporal interpretation of epistemic modals in Palestinian Arabic (PA), and develop a cross-linguistic analysis. The epistemic necessity modal <em>akeed</em> and the epistemic possibility modal <em>yimkin</em> in PA exhibit similar temporal …
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Processing Coercion in a First, Non-Dominant Language: Mandarin-English Heritage Bilinguals
… investigate the roles of language dominance and pragmatic competence in how heritage speakers of Mandarin Chinese process aspectual coercion in their non-dominant home language, as compared to late bilinguals. Specifically, constructions that vary in acceptability and salience in input …
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Liberal Attitude Reports
… proposes a novel analysis of such belief reports and leverages it to argue that the main function of belief reports is not to make sense of people’s behavior, but to learn from them. Chapter 2 presents the results of a survey experiment probing ordinary people’s intuitions about liberal belief …
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