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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"functional category"”.
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The ezafat suffix: The syntax-semantics interface
… Ezafat. I hypothesize that Ezafat belongs to a functional category which is base-generated under D and its function is to mark nouns for genitive case. In addition, the analysis of Ezafat entails the classification of most Dari prepositions as a subcategory of noun. My analysis of Ezafat takes …
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Proteomic Approaches to Study the Mode of Action of Safeners for Chloroacetamide Herbicides in Triticum Tauschii
… expression patterns and further categorized into functional groups. The largest functional category of safener-responsive proteins belongs to xenobiotic detoxification and metabolism (Phases I, II and IV). The major category of herbicide regulated-proteins belongs to stress and defense response, …
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A functional approach for studying technological progress : extension to wireless telecommunications technology
… metrics are developed by following the broad functional category approach. The analysis performed is both qualitative and quantitative. Firstly, the quantitative study provides a general perspective of how the technology has evolved through history, looking for signs of constant evolution …
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The acquisition of tense and agreement by early child second language learners
… were largely omitted. This suggests that the functional category [Infl] is already in place in the L2 initial state and that syntax acts as a trigger for the acquisition of overt morphology. The Separation Hypothesis is consequently supported.
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Causativity in Chinese and its representations in English, Japanese and Korean speakers' L2 Chinese grammars.
… and compound causative constructions involve a functional category AspP. An empirical study is conducted to look into the mental representations of these Chinese verbs and constructions in English-, Japanese- and Korean-speaking learners' L2 Chinese grammars. The aim of the research is to find …
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An Analysis of Perceptual Differences and Congruities between California Community College Chancellors and Presidents in Multi-College Districts Regarding the Decision-Making Role of the Presidents
… of chancellors and presidents overall, by functional category and for each item at the college and districtwide levels of decision-making. The professional background questionnaire and district profile provided anecdotal information with which to compare the statistical findings. Findings …
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GeneSieve: A Probe Selection Strategy for cDNA Microarrays
… and linked with sequence databases and known functional category schemes such as MIPS and GO. The database is made available via a web interface. A biologist is able to select large number of EST probes based on annotations or functional categories in a quick and easy way.
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The Syntax of Relative Clauses and Related Phenomena in Proto-Indo-European
… that together they reflect what was a unitary functional category: the relative pronoun, *REL. Relative clauses across the ancient IE languages exhibit grammaticalised fronting of the relative pronoun, traditionally referred to as “wh-movement”. To analyse the nature of this movement, I provide …
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Discovery of gene interactions in regulatory networks using genomic data mining and computational intelligence methods
… expression analysis range from the assignment of functional categories for genes of unknown biological function (based on the analysis of genes with already established biological role), to precise and early diagnosis of different tumor malignancies. However, the main goal of computational …
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Floating and Non-floating Quantifiers in Hijazi Arabic: an HPSG Analysis
… quantifiers are categorically Nouns, and not a functional category Determiner (D) or Quantifier (Q). They differ from ‘ordinary nouns’ in terms of their agreement behaviours and semantic properties. • Definiteness in HA is a head feature and is associated with no lexical category, and for that …
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Fifth graders' conceptualization of basal reader vocabulary
… three categories of word definitions: abstract, functional and verbalism. The abstract category was interpreted to be abstract conceptualization and consisted of word definitions that involved either synonyms, antonyms or classifications. The functional category was interpreted to be concrete …
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Evaluating an androgynous brand extension: the gender identity/ gendered brand relationship and influencing factors
… this central relationship: self-concept, product category and the gender of the parent brand. With regard to these moderators, it was posited that first, if the brand's image aligned with one's self-concept the evaluation of the androgynous brand extension would be more favourable. Distinction was …
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On the Formal Flexibility of Syntactic Categories
… only provides templatic guidance for syntactic category formation and organization but leaves many other issues open, including issues internal to a single category and issues at the intercategorial, system level: these points that UG "does not care about" turn out to enrich the categorial …