The paper investigates the pragmatic effects of word order variation in German, specifically concerning the ordering of adverb and nominal arguments. The behaviour of verbs of creation in combination with adverbs and indefinite object NPs proves that the allegedly neutral word order NP Adverb Verb is not really presupposition free. I claim that indefinite object NPs to the left of manner adverb...

In this work, we discuss the scattering theory of local, relativistic quantum fields with indefinite metric. Since the results of Haag–Ruelle theory do not carry over to the case of indefinite metric [4], we propose an axiomatic framework for the construction of inand outstates, such that the LSZ asymptotic condition can be derived from the assumptions. The central mathematical object for this ...

We present theory and algorithms for the equality constrained indefinite least squares problem, which requires minimization of an indefinite quadratic form subject to a linear equality constraint. A generalized hyperbolic QR factorization is introduced and used in the derivation of perturbation bounds and to construct a numerical method. An alternative method is obtained by employing a generali...

This study investigates how native Turkish-speaking participants of different ages produce new referents in narrative discourse about a 6-frame picture series. Turkish does not obligatorily encode the distinction between indefinite and definite reference with a formal article system. The expression of indefiniteness is instead achieved through a conglomeration of devices, including an optional ...

This paper mainly studies nonnegativity decision of forms based on variable substitutions. Unlike existing research, the paper regards simplex subdivisions as new perspectives to study variable substitutions, gives some subdivisions of the simplex Tn, introduces the concept of convergence of the subdivision sequence, and presents a sufficient and necessary condition for the convergent self-simi...

Canonical forms are developed for several sets of matrices that are normal with respect to an indefinite inner product induced by a nonsingular Hermitian, symmetric, or skewsymmetric matrix. The most general result covers the case of polynomially normal matrices, i.e., matrices whose adjoint with respect to the indefinite inner product is a polynomial of the original matrix. From this result, c...

In 4 experiments, we used self-paced reading and eye tracking to demonstrate that readers are, under some conditions, sensitive to the presuppositions of definite versus indefinite determiner phrases (DPs). Reading was faster when the context stereotypically provided a single possible referent for a definite DP or multiple possible referents for an indefinite DP than when context and DP definit...