This paper proposes a two-level model that integrates tense and aspect information, based on theories by both Hornstein (in the spirit of Reichenbach) and Allen, with lexicai-semantic information based on an extended version of $ackendoff's theory that includes a verb classification system proposed by Dowty and Vendler. The model is intended to be extensible to realms outside of the temporal do...

Throughout this paper, the semantic domain under scrutiny will be designated by the acronym ATAM (i.e., Actionality / Temporality / Aspect / Modality). This involves a modification of the usual practice, where TAM (or TMA) is routinely used. As will soon become clear, however, the actionality category cannot be neglected, considering its role in the semantics and acquisition of tense and aspect...

It has been shown across several languages that verb inflection is difficult for agrammatic aphasic speakers. In particular, Tense inflection is vulnerable. Several theoretical accounts for this have been posed, for example, a pure syntactic one suggesting that the Tense node is unavailable due to its position in the syntactic tree (Friedmann & Grodzinsky, 1997); one suggesting that the interpr...

How do children cope with the general regularities that govern language while keeping track of the exceptions to them? This question has been the subject of debate for many years and it is still an open question. In particular, learning the English past tense has been studied in depth given that it is a simple problem that combines a rulelike process with many irregularities. In this paper we t...

Human learners are known to exploit statistical dependencies of language elements such as syllables or words during acquisition and processing. Recent research suggests that underlying computations relate not only to adjacent but also to nonadjacent elements such as subject/verb agreement or tense marking in English. The latter type of computations is more difficult and appears to work under ce...

extended abstract 1. introduction in arabic, words or letters that are considered to be jazm particles affecting a present tense are divided into two general categories: jazm particles affecting a single verb and those affecting two verbs. abbas hassan introduces particles such as iza, kayfa, lou, etc., which bear a conditional connotation, as a third factor for occurrence of jazm (al-nahv al-w...

Grammaticalized expressions of time are found across languages. In particular, temporal information can be conveyed through tense morphology, which indicates an event’s location of time based on a referent event (Comrie, 1985) and through aspect morphology, which indicates “ways of viewing the internal temporal constituency of a situation” (e.g., is an event ongoing or completed; Comrie, 1976, ...

The influence of the mother tongue on second language acquisition is well-known. Pakistan a multi-lingual country with scores tongues, yet their English writing has not been investigated properly. This error-analysis study contributes in this regard by finding out syntactical and semantical errors committed Pakistani students different tongues. It also if there were any patterned differences or...

extended abstract 1. introduction mazinan, a village and the center of a rural district, is a subdivision of sabzevar city located in the eastern part of razavi-khorasan province. the fact that this village has been mentioned and described as a cultivated town in hodud al-alam men al-mašriq ila l-maqrib (see sotudeh, 1983) written in the10th century a.d. indicates that mazinan is at least15 cen...