This thesis surveys the interaction between non-verbal predication in matrix clauses and processes of head-movement. Focusing mainly on the syntax of Modern Irish nominal predicates, it is claimed that matrix non-verbal predication can occur without any verbal support. When this happens, non-verbal predicates bear inflectional features directly and behave just like verbs with respect to process...

This paper describes on-going work on extending the annotation of the Swedish Sign Language Corpus (SSLC) with a level of syntactic structure. The basic annotation of SSLC in ELAN consists of six tiers: four for sign glosses (two tiers for each signer; one for each of a signer’s hands), and two for written Swedish translations (one for each signer). In an additional step by Östling et al. (2015...

The morphosyntactic categories of tense, aspect and mood are traditionally considered to be properties of verbs. However, the morphological expression of these categories within the nominal system is attested across a range of languages. Drawing on data from a number of languages, we provide a preliminary sketch of the phenomenon of nominal tense with nominal scope that is, cases in which nomin...

This article argues that phrase structure configurations play a more significant role in the organization of the syntax of many Papuan languages than has hitherto been acknowledged. Much of what has been described in the literature as ‘(free) variation’ in the order of constituents (and treated in the same spirit of the analysis of free nominals versus bound pronominals by Jelinek and Demers 19...

A Sign-Based Phrase Structure Grammar for Turkish Şehitoğlu, Onur Tolga MS., Department of Computer Engineering Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Dr. Cem Bozşahin January 1996, 97 pages This study analyses Turkish syntax from an informational point of view. Sign based linguistic representation and principles of HPSG (Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar) theory are adapted to Turkish. The basic informa...

In this paper we describe the results of unsupervised (clustering) and supervised (classification) learning experiments with the purpose of recognising the function of singular neuter pronouns in Danish corpora of written and spoken language. Danish singular neuter pronouns comprise personal and demonstrative pronouns. They are very frequent and have many functions such as non-referential, cata...

This paper annotates the English corresponding units of Chinese clauses in Chinese-English translation and statistically analyzes them. Firstly, based on Chinese clause segmentation, we segment English target text into corresponding units (clause) to get a Chinese-to-English clause-aligned parallel corpus. Then, we annotate the grammatical properties of the English corresponding clauses in the ...

Balkan varieties of Turkic, particularly those on the periphery Turkic spread area in region, such as Gagauz and West Rumelian Turkish, are commonly observed to have head-initial verb phrases. Based a wide survey, this paper attempts more precise description pattern VP directionality across shows that there is considerable variation how prevalent VX order is, turns out be complex than previous ...