Minimal Answers

Author : Ana Lúcia Santos
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027289766

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Minimal Answers by Ana Lúcia Santos Pdf

This book offers a new contribution to the debate concerning the acquisition of the syntax-discourse interface. It provides evidence that children acquiring European Portuguese have a very early ability to spontaneously produce VP ellipsis as answers to yes-no questions. It is also argued that the distribution of VP ellipsis in European Portuguese (including its co-existence with Null Complement Anaphora) supports the hypothesis that the identification condition on ellipsis is derivable from some innate knowledge of the syntax-discourse interface. Answers to yes-no questions also provide evidence concerning children’s interpretation of questions containing a cleft or the operator só ‘only’. The analysis of spontaneous production is complemented by a comprehension experiment, showing that children have two problems in the interpretation of these questions: (i) they do not understand that the cleft and só introduce a presupposition and (ii) they start with a default focus assignment strategy and may not access other focus interpretations.

Author : Deborah Schiffrin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1988-02-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781316582305

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Discourse Markers by Deborah Schiffrin Pdf

Discourse markers - the particles oh, well, now, then, you know and I mean, and the connectives so, because, and, but and or - perform important functions in conversation. Dr Schiffrin's approach is firmly interdisciplinary, within linguistics and sociology, and her rigourous analysis clearly demonstrates that neither the markers, nor the discourse within which they function, can be understood from one point of view alone, but only as an integration of structural, semantic, pragmatic, and social factors. The core of the book is a comparative analysis of markers within conversational discourse collected by Dr Schiffrin during sociolinguistic fieldwork. The study concludes that markers provide contextual coordinates which aid in the production and interpretation of coherent conversation at both local and global levels of organization. It raises a wide range of theoretical and methodological issues important to discourse analysis - including the relationship between meaning and use, the role of qualitative and quantitative analyses - and the insights it offers will be of particular value to readers confronting the very substantial problems presented by the search for a model of discourse which is based on what people actually say, mean, and do with words in everyday social interaction.

Author : Arbee L. P. Chen,Frederick H. Lochovsky
Publisher : Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers(IEEE)
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Database management
ISBN : 0769500846

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Proceedings, 6th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications : April 19-21, 1999, Hsinchu,Taiwan by Arbee L. P. Chen,Frederick H. Lochovsky Pdf

These conference papers cover the 6th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications. They examine topics such as the World Wide Web, workflow management and specification management, visualization and multimedia databases, spatial databases, and index techniques."

Author : Kostis Sagonas
Publisher : Springer
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-25
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642452840

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Practical Aspects of Declarative Languages by Kostis Sagonas Pdf

This book constitutes the refereed post-proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Practical Aspects of Declarative Languages, PADL 2013, held in Rome, Italy, in January 2013, co-located with POPL 2013, the 40th Symposium on Principles of Programming Languages. The 17 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 33 submissions. The volume features original work emphasizing new ideas and implementation techniques for all forms of declarative concepts, including functional, logic and constraints.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Database searching
ISBN : UOM:39015047933992

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Flexible Query Answering Systems by Anonim Pdf

Author : Pamela Shakespeare
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781136684609

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Aspects of Confused Speech by Pamela Shakespeare Pdf

Based on research focusing on the experience of having confused speech and being with confused speakers, this book begins with everyday, commonly understood ideas such as "talking too much" and examines how confused speech is "brought off" as a collaborative activity by the people involved. The author became involved in this project because she was interested in how "confusion" seemed to be something that everyone is not only involved in but also recognizes as part of ordinary life. At the same time, "confusion" is a word that is used somewhat as a blanket category for some people considered permanently incompetent and "set apart" from ordinary members of society. Her study analyzes how talk between confused and normal speakers throws light on this tension.

Author : Alice Freed,Susan Ehrlich
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 019804190X

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Why Do You Ask? by Alice Freed,Susan Ehrlich Pdf

The act of questioning is the primary speech interaction between an institutional speaker and someone outside the institution. These roles dictate their language practices. "Why Do You Ask?" is the first collected volume to focus solely on the question/answer process, drawing on a range of methodological approaches like Conversational Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Discursive Psychology, and Sociolinguistics-and using as data not just medical, legal, and educational environments, but also less-studied institutions like telephone call centers, broadcast journalism (i.e. talk show interviews), academia, and telemarketing. An international roster of well-known contributors addresses such issues as: the relationship between the syntax of the question and its discourse function; the kind of institutional work that questions perform; the degree to which the questioner can control the direction of the conversation; and how questions are used to repackage responses, to construct meaning, and to serve the institutional goals of speakers. Why Do You Ask? will appeal to linguists and others interested in institutional discourse, as well as those interested in the grammatical/pragmatic nature of questions.

Author : Neil V. Murray
Publisher : Springer
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2003-07-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540487548

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Automated Reasoning with Analytic Tableaux and Related Methods by Neil V. Murray Pdf

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Analytic Tableaux and Related Methods, TABLEAUX'99, held in Saratoga Springs, NY, USA, in June 1999. The volume presents 18 revised full papers and three system descriptions selected from 41 submissions. Also included are system comparisons and abstracts of an invited paper and of two tutorials. All current issues surrounding mechanization of reasoning with tableaux and similar methods are addressed - ranging from theoretical foundations to implementation and systems development and applications, as well as covering a broad variety of logic calculi. As application areas, formal verification of software and computer systems, deductive databases, knowledge representation, and systems diagnosis are covered.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Comparative linguistics
ISBN : UVA:X006197193

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Journal of Portuguese Linguistics by Anonim Pdf

Author : Acrisio Pires,Jason Rothman
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Bilingualism
ISBN : 9783110215342

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Minimalist Inquiries Into Child and Adult Language Acquisition by Acrisio Pires,Jason Rothman Pdf

The volume is a collection of original articles that present new research on first and second language acquisition from the perspective of current generative linguistics, using a detailed case study of Portuguese as a first, second and third language. The book focuses on studies exploring both empirical/experimental and theoretical aspects of the acquisition of syntax and its interfaces with morphology, with semantics/pragmatics, and language change. The volume includes chapters on the child and adult acquisition of European and Brazilian Portuguese, and several chapters that also compare and contrast the two varieties from these different perspectives.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1935
Category : Child care
ISBN : MINN:31951000674774O

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Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development by Anonim Pdf

Author : Clifford A. Pickover
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2001-01-04
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780199881109

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Wonders of Numbers by Clifford A. Pickover Pdf

Who were the five strangest mathematicians in history? What are the ten most interesting numbers? Jam-packed with thought-provoking mathematical mysteries, puzzles, and games, Wonders of Numbers will enchant even the most left-brained of readers. Hosted by the quirky Dr. Googol--who resides on a remote island and occasionally collaborates with Clifford Pickover--Wonders of Numbers focuses on creativity and the delight of discovery. Here is a potpourri of common and unusual number theory problems of varying difficulty--each presented in brief chapters that convey to readers the essence of the problem rather than its extraneous history. Peppered throughout with illustrations that clarify the problems, Wonders of Numbers also includes fascinating "math gossip." How would we use numbers to communicate with aliens? Check out Chapter 30. Did you know that there is a Numerical Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder? You'll find it in Chapter 45. From the beautiful formula of India's most famous mathematician to the Leviathan number so big it makes a trillion look small, Dr. Googol's witty and straightforward approach to numbers will entice students, educators, and scientists alike to pick up a pencil and work a problem.

Author : Remko Jan Hendrik Scha
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Question-answering systems
ISBN : UCAL:B2714678

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Logical Foundations for Question Answering by Remko Jan Hendrik Scha Pdf

Author : S. Ross,G. Kasper
Publisher : Springer
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781137003522

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Assessing Second Language Pragmatics by S. Ross,G. Kasper Pdf

The first book-length collection of studies on the assessment of pragmatic competencies in a second or foreign language. Grounded in theoretical perspectives on communicative and interactional competencies, it examines the reception and production of speech acts through a variety of assessment methods and quantitative and qualitative analyses.

Author : Aria Adli,Marco García García,Göz Kaufmann
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110346855

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Variation in Language: System- and Usage-based Approaches by Aria Adli,Marco García García,Göz Kaufmann Pdf

Where is the locus of language variation? In the grammar, outside the grammar or somewhere in between? Taking up the debate between system- and usage-based approaches, this volume provides new discussions of fundamental issues of language variation. It includes several highly insightful theoretical contributions as well as innovative empirical studies considering different types of data, the role of priming in language change and rare phenomena.