Possession as Non-Verbal Predication

Non-Verbal Predication and Head-Movement

This thesis surveys the interaction between non-verbal predication in matrix clauses and processes of head-movement. Focusing mainly on the syntax of Modern Irish nominal predicates, it is claimed that matrix non-verbal predication can occur without any verbal support. When this happens, non-verbal predicates bear inflectional features directly and behave just like verbs with respect to process...

Two types of non-verbal predication in Modern Irish

In this paper, I present syntactic evidence from copular constructions in Irish to show that there are two distinct semantic "be" constructions: a predicative construction and an equative one. The task of isolating different semantic structures is made especially difficult by virtue of the fact that we can have no direct evidence for them. All semantic structure is mediated through syntactic ph...

Possession as Linear Knowledge

Epistemic logic analyzes reasoning governing localized knowledge, and is thus fundamental to multiagent systems. Linear logic treats hypotheses as consumable resources, allowing us to model evolution of state. Combining principles from these two separate traditions into a single coherent logic allows us to represent localized consumable resources and their flow in a distributed system. The slog...

Predication 1 Predication

Non - Verbal

This version is made available in accordance with publisher policies. Please cite only the published version using the reference above. Abstract The process by which adults develop competence in symbolic mathematics tasks is poorly understood. Non-human animals, human infants, and human adults all form non-verbal representations of the approximate numerosity of arrays of dots, and are capable o...