Clause linking in Japhug

Inference by Clause Linking

We present a novel theorem proving method based on the idea of never combining parts of different assertions (clauses) into a single assertion. This avoids some comb ina,. torial problems with other existing strategies. We mention some refinements of this idea which improve its performance. Results of an implementation are discussed, including tests on logic puzzles, set theory problems, and te...

Clause - level vs . predicate - level linking

Argument demotion in Japhug Rgyalrong

What’s No? Focus and Clause Linking in Malagasy

Contrastively focused constituents in Malagasy, a verb-initial language, occur at the left edge of the clause, separated from the remainder of the clause by the particle no (previous work has shown that no forms a constituent with what follows it, here called the NO-PHRASE). The Malagasy focus construction is usually analyzed as a pseudo-cleft: the focus phrase constitutes the main predicate of...

Relative clause attachment ambiguity resolution in Persian

The present study seeks to find the way Persian native speakers resolve relative clause attachment ambiguities in sentences containing a complex NP of the type NP of NP followed by a relative clause (RC). Previous off-line studies have found a preference for high attachment in the present study, an on-line technique was used to help identify the nature of this process. Persian speakers were pre...