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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"kratzer"”.
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On the semantics of phi features on pronouns
… Following previous studies (Cooper 1983, Heim & Kratzer 1998), I claim that they are presupposition triggers. Based on this assumption, I show that predicates containing bound gendered pronouns have an assertive meaning that does not entail the gender presupposition, and further point out that …
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A study of vibrating-rotating motions of polyatomic molecules
… variationally by using harmonic oscillator, Kratzer oscillator, and pendulum functions as basis functions. Our approach is computationally efficient and our results agrees with those published in the literature.
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Introducing arguments
… the external argument introducing head Voice (Kratzer 1994). The thesis shows that the properties of applicative constructions are such that they can only be predicted by a theory in which the external argument is also "additional", i.e. not a true argument of the verb.
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Scope theory revisited : lessons from pied-piping in wh-questions
… (e.g. pointwise composition (Hamblin, 1973; Kratzer and Shimoyama, 2002; Cable, 2010), choice functions (Reinhart, 1997, 1998)) and adopting a richer representation of intensionality (e.g. in-situ binding of world/situation-denoting pronouns (Percus, 2000)). This thesis argues that a closer …
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Aspects of modality
… accessibility relations (cf. Lewis 1973, Kratzer 1981). Equally robust, however, are the phenomena that suggest that epistemics and a subset of deontics are interpreted higher than the remaining flavors (subsumed under the label 'root modals'). The goal of this dissertation is to show that …
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The structure of attitude reports : representing context in grammar
… subordination use by adopting the proposal in Kratzer (2006), which argues that the modal quantification component of attitude reports is in the complementizer, rather than the attitude predicate, as is commonly assumed. I also analyze two unique properties of these reportative complementizer …
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Using Mesocosms to Model Optimal Levels of Body Size Variation in Larval Spotted Salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum)
Body size is a critical aspect of an organism’s biological identity mediated by various biotic and abiotic factors. Body size historically been approached through “single optima” approaches, but body size variation modifies both inter- and intraspecific interactions and impacts competition-driven …
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Movement out of focus
… framework for focus interpretation based on Kratzer (1991) which I apply to structures involving copy chains, combined with new facts regarding the projection behavior of the scalar inference of even. After presenting my proposal, I discuss its implications for the internal structure of DPs …
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Modal auxiliary verbs and contexts
… depending on the context in which they occur (Kratzer 1981). The sentence `Jess could fry the fish' can mean that, in a time previous to the utterance of the sentence, Jess had the ability to fry the fish, or it can mean that, at the time of the utterance, Jess frying the fish is a possible …
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Transform-based quantum potential reconstruction from sparse spectral data: generalized Bertlmann-Martin moment inequalities
… potentials (Coulomb, harmonic oscillator, Kratzer, Hulthen, and the canonical hyperbolic molecular well) plus supplementary hyperbolic variant and intermediate cases. Within that scope, the dissertation uses common baselines and transform-aware diagnostics to identify where continuation, …
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Anatomy of an Attitude
… in the left periphery of embedded clauses (cf. Kratzer 2006, Bogal-Allbritten 2016, a.o.), and clauses differ in whether they have ContP and thus displacement. I also argue for equality semantics of displacement (Moulton 2009, Elliott 2017): clausal embedding does not involve semantics of a …
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Positive Polarity and Exhaustivity in Sinhala: A Study of its Implications for Grammar
… of Hamblin semantics (cf. Hamblin (1973); Kratzer and Shimoyama (2002); Alonso-Ovalle (2006)) to keep domain alternatives separated and application of an alternative sensitive exhaustivity (Exh) operator (cf. the grammatical approach) to derive implicatures. Obligatory exhaustivity is …
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A methodological approach for conducting a Business Case Analysis for the Advanced Technology Ordnance Surveillance (ATOS) Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD)
The purpose of this thesis is to provide a methodological approach for conducting a Business Case Analysis (BCA) for the Advanced Technology Ordnance Surveillance (ATOS) Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD). This study compares the cost savings over time of having an ATOS infrastructure …
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Reengineering a human-like uricase for the treatment of gout
There is an unmet medical need in the treatment of gout. This type of inflammatory arthritis can be efficiently alleviated by the enzyme uricase. This enzyme breaks down uric acid, the causative agent of gout, so it can be flushed from the body. In humans and the other great apes, uricase is a …
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Entwicklung einer High-Throughput-Sequenzierungsmethode für die Proteomanalytik
Ziel dieser Arbeit sollte die Entwicklung einer automatisierten, hochparallelen und nachweis-starken Sequenzierungsmethode für Proteine im Rahmen der Proteomanalytik sein. Zur Kon-zeption der Methodik sollte dabei mit der sogenannten Leitersequenzierung eine Kopplung aus enzymatischem …
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Revisiting Lockhart: A Case for a Conditional Operator
<p>This thesis presents a case for a binary modal conditional 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 …