Background. Kinds can be derived by either the nominalization operator ∩ (Chierchia 1998) or the ι-operator (Dayal 2004). ι is only available if ∩ is undefined. It is assumed that ∩ is defined for pluralities, but not for singularities, and that the lexicalization patterns of these operators vary cross-linguistically. The resultant system predicts that if a language possesses a definite article...

Nominalization is a highly productive phenomena in most languages. The process of nominaliza-tion ejects a verb from its syntactic role into a nominal position. The original verb is often replaced by a semantically emptied support verb (e.g., make a proposal). The choice of a support verb for a given nomi-nalization is unpredictable, causing a problem for language learners as well as for natura...

Among factors that might manipulate translators’ mind while producing a text is the notion of ideology transmission through text or talk. Adopting Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) with particular emphasis on the framework of Van Dijk (1999), the present investigation is an attempt to shed light on the relationship between language and ideology involved in translation in general, and more speci...

Chierchia [2, 3, 4], pointed out the inadequacy of Montague’s approach in the analysis of certain natural language constructions, such as nominalization and propositional attitude reports. The problem seems to be related to the strong typing of Montague’s Intensional Logic, and its interpretation of propositions as sets of possible worlds. Turner in [9], following Bealer’s intuitions [1], offer...

This paper presents an analysis of Slovenian deverbal external argument nominalizations in a syntactic approach, where the focus is on Slovenian agentive and instrumental deverbal nominalizations in -(V)lec, the most numerous and productive class in the language according to Stramljič Breznik (1999). It is proposed that these nominals fall in three distinct classes according to the type of the ...

We present a method of finding and analyzing shifts in grammatical relations found in diachronic corpora. Inspired by the econometric technique of measuring return and volatility instead of relative frequencies, we propose them as a way to better characterize changes in grammatical patterns like nominalization, modification and comparison. To exemplify the use of these techniques, we examine a ...

This study investigates brain potentials to derived word forms in Spanish. Two experiments were performed on derived nominals that differ in terms of their productivity and semantic properties but are otherwise similar, an acceptability judgment task and a reading experiment using event-related brain potentials (ERPs) in which correctly and incorrectly formed derived words were presented in sen...

In this paper, I provide an easy road to nominalism which does not rely on a Field-type nominalization strategy for mathematics (Field 1980). According to this proposal, applications of mathematics to science, and alleged mathematical explanations of physical phenomena, only emerge when suitable physical interpretations of the mathematical formalism are advanced. And since these interpretations...

In this study, we examine exocentric compounds in Berom; a minority Niger-Congo language that is spoken parts of central Nigeria and describe the structural semantic properties N-V compounds. Basically, study designed to achieve three aims: contribute documentation Berom, provide classification semantics Contrary nominalization process defining lexical class languages, show Berom compounding, v...