Mainly based on data from Old Spanish and Modern Francoprovençal, this paper discusses a hitherto underresearched use of the Romance definite article that cannot straightforwardly be explained by recurring to any standard analyses semantic definiteness, i.e., maximality and/or familiarity. We show such weakly referential definites are with representative object interpretations licensed kind-ori...

Given any infinite structureM with a decidable first-order theory, we give a sufficient condition in terms of the Gaifman graph of M, which ensures that M can be expanded with some non-definable predicate in such a way that the first-order theory of the expansion is still decidable. LACL Technical Report 2007-06

The triple factorization of a group $G$ has been studied recently showing that $G=ABA$ for some proper subgroups $A$ and $B$ of $G$, the definition of rank-two geometry and rank-two coset geometry which is closely related to the triple factorization was defined and calculated for abelian groups. In this paper we study two infinite classes of non-abelian finite groups $D_{2n}$ and $PSL(2,2^{n})$...

let $g$ be a finite group‎. ‎a subset $x$ of $g$ is a set of pairwise non-commuting elements‎ ‎if any two distinct elements of $x$ do not commute‎. ‎in this paper‎ ‎we determine the maximum size of these subsets in any finite‎ ‎non-abelian metacyclic $2$-group and in any finite non-abelian $p$-group with an abelian maximal subgroup‎.

the triple factorization of a group $g$ has been studied recently showing that $g=aba$ for some proper subgroups $a$ and $b$ of $g$, the definition of rank-two geometry and rank-two coset geometry which is closely related to the triple factorization was defined and calculated for abelian groups. in this paper we study two infinite classes of non-abelian finite groups $d_{2n}$ and $psl(2,2^{n})$...