In Combinatory Categorial Grammar (CCG) [Ste90, Ste91], semantic function-argument structures are compositionally produced through the course of a derivation. These structures identify, interalia, which entities play the same roles in different events for expressions involving a wide range of coordinate constructs. This sameness of role (i.e., thematic) information is not identified, however, a...

This paper uses the realisation of locative-related roles in Balinese to show that there is no clear-cut distinction between arguments and adjuncts, supporting the gradient nature of grammatical functions (cf. Croft 2001; Langacker 1987; Aarts 2007). It argues that argumenthood is not wholly a property of a lexical head predicate and that a purely lexically based projectionist approach to synta...

Texts in natural language contain a lot of temporal information, both explicit and implicit. Verbs and temporal adjuncts carry most of the explicit information, but for a full understanding general world knowledge and default assumptions have to be taken into account. We will present a theory for describing the relation between, on the one hand, verbs, their tenses and adjuncts and, on the othe...

In an effort to reduce labor costs, higher education, like many other sectors of the economy, has increasingly relied on part-time, temporary employees. In the case of colleges, this has translated into dramatic increases in the use of adjunct instructors. Critics argue that adjuncts reduce educational quality because they often have less education. On the other hand, adjuncts may specialize in...

The standard HPSG analysis of Germanic verb clusters can not explain the observed narrowscope readings of adjuncts in such verb clusters. We present an extension of the HPSG analysis that accounts for the systematic ambiguity of the scope of adjuncts in verb cluster constructions, by treating adjuncts as members of the sul)eat list. The extension uses powerNl reeursive lexical rules, implemente...

Three drugs are approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for treating alcoholism: disulfiram, naltrexone, and acamprosate. Drugs approved for other indications that are being used experimentally or "off-label" include nalmafene, topiramate, and ondansetron. As we learn more about the pathophysiologic basis of alcoholism, it is hoped that novel drugs can be developed to help people with a...

Words differ in the subcategorisation frames in which they occur, and there is a strong correlation between the semantic arguments of a given word and its subcategorisation frame, so that all its arguments should be included in its subcategorisation frame. One problem is posed by the ambiguity between locative prepositional phrases as arguments of a verb or adjuncts. As the semantics for the ve...

Evidence-Based Answer Phentermine and diethylpropion are appetite suppressants approved for use in the United States as adjuncts in the treatment of obesity. These agents demonstrate a modest weight loss benefit when combined with dietary modifications and exercise. (Strength of Recommendation: B, based on a randomized trial and a meta-analysis.) No current evidence is available on the long-ter...

and Introduction Abstract LDL cholesterol is the primary target of therapy to lower cardiovascular risk. Statins are medications of first choice to lower LDL cholesterol, but cannot be tolerated in up to 10% of individuals. Intermittent dosing strategies for statins can help reduce muscle symptoms in some patients. A Mediterranean-type diet supplemented with plant stanols and sterols, fiber and...

Dear Editor, The problem of whether some systemic pharmacological adjuncts confer significant benefit to the healing process of chronic venous ulcers has been widely discussed in several narrative surveys and in a number of consensus conferences, systematic reviews and meta-analyses. The most relevant are the extensive and detailed survey by Nelson 1 and the multi-society consensus on the manag...