We present a dynamic deontic model for the interpretation of imperative sentences in terms of Obligation (O) and Permission (P). Under the view that imperatives prescribe actions and unlike the so-called “standard solution” (Huntley, 1984) these operators act over actions rather that over statements. Then by distinguishing obligatory from non obligatory actions we tackle the paradox of Free Cho...

Children's productions of the affix -ed in past tense and past participle contexts (e.g., the boy kicked the ball vs. the ball was kicked) were examined in spontaneous conversations and elicited productions. The performances of 7 children with specific language impairment (SLI) were compared with those of 2 control groups of typically developing children (age matches, MLU matches). Children wit...

Measurements are obligatory steps in every production process. Quality of products is closely related to the measurements and these links are given in the cycle of quality assurance. Inspection and measurements of products are carried out in all phases of product development. Control and measurements are undivided part of production in automatized and mass production. Every type of production c...

Since the earliest days of generative grammar, control has been distinguished from raising: the latter the product of movement operations, the former the result of construal processes relating a PRO to an antecedent. This article argues that obligatory control structures are also formed by movement. Minimalism makes this approach viable by removing D-Structure as a grammatical level. Implementi...