In this paper we present a logical system able to compute the semantics of both declarative and interrogative sentences. Our proposed analysis takes place at both the sentential and at the discourse level. We use syntactic inference on the sentential level for declarative sentences, while the discourse level comes into play for our treatment of questions. Our formalisation uses a type logic sen...

In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in the motivations behind, and the function of, infant pointing behaviour. Many studies have converged on the view that early pointing reflects a motivation to share attention and interest with others. Under one view, it is the sharing of attention itself that is the ultimate function of pointing, and is an early manifestation of a uniquel...

This discourse study aims to analyze the structure and function of modes in speech characters The Grass is Singing concerning white domination over black people. a qualitative with critical analysis approach. findings conform Fairclough’s theory (1989) that mood structure, whether declarative, interrogative, or imperative, can show speaker's dominance power. In declarative mode, speaker person ...

The formation of abilities and skills work with scientific texts in the process language training for higher education students is an actual problem modern pedagogy, as bachelor’s mastering technologies to these allows develop competence future specialist. At classes on educational discipline «Ukrainian by professional direction» main attention paid graduates interact freely sphere communicatio...

Abstract We model the conventional meaning of utterances that combine two distinct clause types: a (positive) declarative or imperative (in rare cases, interrogative) anchor and (negative) interrogative tag, such as won’t you? . argue express single speech act, in fact, update conversational scoreboard. The proposed this effect is straightforward extension prior proposals for semantics declarat...

In this paper I wish to discuss an interesting constraint on the interpretation of the Italian infinitive in subordinate clauses introduced by an interrogative or relative phrase (for short, "wh-infinitives"). Firstly, observe that in an infinitival declarative complement, as in (1), the compound infinitive describes an event which is temporally located before the event or state described by th...

To design for users’ values, one must first elicit those values. This paper describes research on detection of values in texts and describes applications to design. Expert, crowdsourced, and automatic content analysis offer non-intrusive ways of learning about users’ values that can serve as accompaniments or alternatives to interrogative methods such as surveys, interviews, and focus groups.

A formal theory based on a binary operator of directional associative relation is constructed in the article and an understanding of an associative normal form of image constructions is introduced. A model of a commutative semigroup, which provides a presentation of a sentence as three components of an interrogative linguistic image construction, is considered.

Current unit selection speech synthesis voices cannot produce emphasis or interrogative contours because of a lack of the necessary prosodic variation in the recorded speech database. A method of recording script design is proposed which addresses this shortcoming. Appropriate components were added to the target cost function of the Festival Multisyn engine, and a perceptual evaluation showed a...