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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"temporal interpretation"”.
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Temporal interpretation and cross-linguistic variation
This thesis investigates temporal and aspectual reference in the typologically unrelated African languages Hausa (Chadic, Afro–Asiatic) and Medumba (Grassfields Bantu). It argues that Hausa is a genuinely tenseless language and compares the interpretation of temporally unmarked sentences in Hausa …
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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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The Syntax of Temporal Interpretation in Embedded Clauses
… I argue that verbs in embedded clauses are temporally interpreted by being bound to the temporal arguments of AspP and VP in the matrix clause. I build up this claim by proposing that (i) Reichenbach’s relation of association can be expressed in terms of Binding Theory in the syntax, (ii) …
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The Syntax of Temporal Interpretation in Embedded Clauses
… I argue that verbs in embedded clauses are temporally interpreted by being bound to the temporal arguments of AspP and VP in the matrix clause. I build up this claim by proposing that (i) Reichenbach’s relation of association can be expressed in terms of Binding Theory in the syntax, (ii) …
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On the Temporal Interpretation of Epistemic Modals: Evidence from Palestinian Arabic
… 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
… are given two comprehension tasks: 1) Temporal interpretation, and 2) Judgment of acceptability. Answers are compared to Mandarin-dominant late bilinguals’ judgments to derive accuracy and probability of accepting ungrammatical forms, while listening time is taken as a proxy for …
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The Interpretation of Bilateral Tax Treaties: Changing Tax Law – Unchanging Treaty Obligations?
… legal framework that may guide the resolution of temporal questions of interpretation arising from central features of model-based bilateral income tax treaties. It does so through extensive analyses of principles for temporal treaty interpretation drawn from international law, and as enumerated …
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Toward a Criticism of Theological Reason : Time and Timelessness as Primordial Presuppositions
… shows that the structure of reason requires the interpretation of Being's dimensionality which determines its basic meaning and functioning. Moreover, it shows that Being's dimensionality has been interpreted in two ways: as timeless and as temporal.</p> <p>The theological context, through the …
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The Verb in the Amarna Letters from Canaan
… forms. These aspectual forms receive a default temporal interpretation in the past (yaqtul and qatal) and in the present-future (yaqtulu). Within the qatal paradigm, two forms are to be distinguished: the perfective verbal qatal and the nominal predicative qatal of the lexically stative verbs. …
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TEMPORAL PROPERTIES IN JAPANESE (TENSE, CONDITIONALS).
… as (r)u ("non-past") and ta ("past"), and their temporal interpretation. The goal of the research reported here is to establish a simple overall theory. The analysis focuses on the following sentence types: simple sentences, complex sentences (without conditional sentences), conditional complex …