Liberty University
University of Kentucky
University of the Philippines Manila
Washington University in St. Louis
University of Fribourg
Cedarville University
University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Rollins College
Grand Valley State University
Georgia State University
The Emptiness Of The Present: Fronting Constructions As A Window To The Semantics Of Tense,
2020
University of Massachusetts Amherst
The Emptiness Of The Present: Fronting Constructions As A Window To The Semantics Of Tense, Petr Kusliy
Doctoral Dissertations
This dissertation is devoted to the temporal interpretation of fronting constructions in English and the phenomenon of the Sequence of Tense. It provides and analyzes previously unobserved data from verb phrase fronting constructions in which the simultaneous interpretation of a present tense embedded under a matrix past tense is available. These data are theoretically unexpected and challenging because most theories of English tense disallow this interpretation for Present-under-Past configurations.
An account that captures the new data is proposed. It establishes a connection between the simultaneous interpretation of Present-under-Past and the mode of semantic composition between a verb and its complement ...
Talking About Her(Self): Ambiguity Avoidance And Principle B. A Theoretical And Psycholinguistic Investigation Of Romanian Pronouns,
2020
UMass Amherst
Talking About Her(Self): Ambiguity Avoidance And Principle B. A Theoretical And Psycholinguistic Investigation Of Romanian Pronouns, Rudmila-Rodica Ivan
Doctoral Dissertations
This dissertation answers a deceivingly simple question: why can her in Hermione talked about her refer to the sentence subject in Romanian, but not in English? The Romanian facts, which are surprising for both classic and competition-based accounts of the Binding Theory over the last 40 odd years, bring us to the following overarching question: what are the constraints on pronominal reference? To address these main questions, I carry out a psycholinguistic investigation of Romanian pronouns and argue that the distribution and interpretation of pronominal forms is jointly determined by pragmatic and morphosyntactic constraints.
I discuss evidence from four experiments ...
Representing Context: Presupposition Triggers And Focus-Sensitivity,
2020
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Representing Context: Presupposition Triggers And Focus-Sensitivity, Alexander Goebel
Doctoral Dissertations
This dissertation investigates the role of Focus-sensitivity for a typology of presupposition triggers. The central hypothesis is that Focus-sensitive triggers require a linguistic antecedent in the discourse model, whereas presuppositions of triggers lacking Focus-sensitivity are satisfied as entailments of the Common Ground. This hypothesis is supported by experimental evidence from two borne out predictions. First, Focus-sensitive triggers are sensitive to the salience of the antecedent satisfying their presupposition, as operationalized via the Question Under Discussion, and lead to interference-type effects, while triggers lacking Focus-sensitivity are indifferent to the QUD-structure. Second, Focus-sensitive triggers are harder to globally accommodate than triggers lacking ...
Language Learning From The Developmental And Neurocognitive Perspective: An Examination Of The Impact Of Music On Second Language Acquisition,
2020
Murray State University
Language Learning From The Developmental And Neurocognitive Perspective: An Examination Of The Impact Of Music On Second Language Acquisition, Shelby Grimm
Honors College Theses
This literature review aims to analyze the influence of music as a learning tool throughout the process of second language acquisition. Through the compilation and analysis of recent research conducted on the academic, cultural, and linguistic impacts of music on the four modes of language, which include reading, speaking, writing, and listening, this thesis will demonstrate the effects of incorporating music into the second language learning curriculum. Definitions of both music and language, as well as a description of the components of both areas will be included. An examination of the neurocognitive relationship between music and language, as well as ...
La Dialogicidad En La Tesis Doctoral Y El Artículo De Investigación Escritos En Inglés Y Español En Medicina,
2020
CUNY New York City College of Technology
La Dialogicidad En La Tesis Doctoral Y El Artículo De Investigación Escritos En Inglés Y Español En Medicina, David Sánchez-Jiménez
Publications and Research
Resumen
Esta investigación presenta una perspectiva intercultural (español e inglés) en el ámbito de la escritura científica médica sobre la interacción que ocurre entre el escritor y la audiencia que recibe el texto. De modo más específico, se estudian las diferencias dialógicas que ocurren en los géneros de la tesis doctoral y el artículo de investigación en Medicina desde el modelo metadiscursivo interpersonal propuesto por Hyland (2005, 2008). El corpus se compone de 40 textos, divididos en 20 escritos expertos (artículos) y 20 de posgrado (tesis). Se analizan los rasgos pragmalingüísticos que contribuyen a la construcción y la negociación de ...
On The Acquisition Of The Aspects In Italian,
2020
Groningen University
On The Acquisition Of The Aspects In Italian, Angeliek Van Hout, Bart Hollebrandse
Semantics of Under-Represented Languages in the Americas
No abstract provided.
Perfect And Perfective Aspect In African-American English,
2020
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Perfect And Perfective Aspect In African-American English, J. Michael Terry
Semantics of Under-Represented Languages in the Americas
No abstract provided.
Quantification Without Qualification Without Plausible Dissent,
2020
University of Connecticut
Quantification Without Qualification Without Plausible Dissent, Koji Sugisaki, Miwa Isobe
Semantics of Under-Represented Languages in the Americas
No abstract provided.
Two Positions With Distinct Semantic Interpretations In Asl,
2020
The University of Texas at Austin
Two Positions With Distinct Semantic Interpretations In Asl, Christian Rathmann
Semantics of Under-Represented Languages in the Americas
No abstract provided.
The Scopal Properties Of Distributive Quantifier Phrases In Brazilian Portuguese,
2020
Universidade de São Paulo
The Scopal Properties Of Distributive Quantifier Phrases In Brazilian Portuguese, Esmeralda Vailati Negrão
Semantics of Under-Represented Languages in the Americas
No abstract provided.
Genericity And The Denotation Of Common Nouns In Brazilian Portuguese,
2020
University of São Paulo
Genericity And The Denotation Of Common Nouns In Brazilian Portuguese, Ana Müller
Semantics of Under-Represented Languages in the Americas
No abstract provided.
A Salish Stage In The Acquisition Of English Determiners: Unfamiliar 'Definites',
2020
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
A Salish Stage In The Acquisition Of English Determiners: Unfamiliar 'Definites', Lisa Matthewson, Tim Bryant, Tom Roeper
Semantics of Under-Represented Languages in the Americas
No abstract provided.
The Interpretation Of Cuzco Quechua Relative Clauses,
2020
Cornell University
The Interpretation Of Cuzco Quechua Relative Clauses, Rachel Hastings
Semantics of Under-Represented Languages in the Americas
No abstract provided.
Navajo Classification And Coercion,
2020
Swarthmore College
Navajo Classification And Coercion, Theodore B. Fernald, Mary Ann Willie
Semantics of Under-Represented Languages in the Americas
No abstract provided.
The Problem Of Quechua -Nka Distributivity Vs. Group Forming,
2020
Stanford University
The Problem Of Quechua -Nka Distributivity Vs. Group Forming, Martina Faller
Semantics of Under-Represented Languages in the Americas
No abstract provided.
Multiple Questions In And About Yiddish,
2020
Cornell University
Multiple Questions In And About Yiddish, Molly Diesing
Semantics of Under-Represented Languages in the Americas
No abstract provided.
Discontinuous Qps And Lf Interference Effects In Passamaquoddy,
2020
University of Delaware
Discontinuous Qps And Lf Interference Effects In Passamaquoddy, Benjamin Bruening, Vivian Lin
Semantics of Under-Represented Languages in the Americas
No abstract provided.
Argument And Event Structure In Yukatek Verb Classes,
2020
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
Argument And Event Structure In Yukatek Verb Classes, J. Bohnemeyer
Semantics of Under-Represented Languages in the Americas
No abstract provided.
Plurality In Sk̲Wx̲Wú7mesh (Squamish Salish): A Look At Reduplication,
2020
University of British Columbia
Plurality In Sk̲Wx̲Wú7mesh (Squamish Salish): A Look At Reduplication, Leora Bar-El
Semantics of Under-Represented Languages in the Americas
No abstract provided.
Front Matter,
2020
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Front Matter, Ji-Yung Kim, Adam Werle
Semantics of Under-Represented Languages in the Americas
No abstract provided.
