The research investigated the time course of integrative semantic processing during sentence processing. Reading time was measured on sentences containing an NP composed of an adjective and a noun whose combined meaning was plausible or anomalous (Experiment 1) or was typical or atypical (Experiment 2). The noun in the NP was either plural or singular. Plural nouns were expected to be more rapi...

We describe the non–commutative extension of the computer algebra system Singular, called Plural. In the system, we provide rich functionality for symbolic computation within a wide class of non– commutative algebras. We discuss the computational objects of Plural, the implementation of main algorithms, various aspects of software engineering and numerous applications. Singular:Plural or, short...

The semantics of natural language plurals poses a number of intricate problems – both from a formal and a computational perspective. In this thesis I investigate problems of representing, disambiguating and reasoning with plurals from a computational perspective. The work defines a computationally suitable representation for important plural constructions, proposes a tractable resolution algori...

This paper addresses the question of how to model the application of vague predicates like tall and bald to plural subjects like John and Mary and the men. In other words, we are interested in developing a logical analysis for natural language sentences like Mary is tall and The men are bald. In the past 30 years, much research has been devoted to finding the proper logical framework to model t...

Those numeral classifier languages like Korean, Japanese, and Chinese mobilize classifiers together with numerals in naming and counting objects in the world. Classifiers serve to classify objects according to their shape, function and other semantic features often culturally defined. Discrete (or fuzzy) numerals are used to count the number of objects. In Korean and Japanese, plural marking al...

In this paper, my primary objective is to present a formal semantic analysis of pluractionality, or plurality in the verbal domain, in Upriver Halkomelem (Coast Salish, BC; UH henceforth). Unlike most of the better-studied Indo-European languages, UH exhibits a robust pattern of plural marking on verbs. Galloway (1993: 323) identifies a range of interpretations that are associated with plural m...

Two studies investigated 3- to 5-year-olds' trust in a reliable informant when judging novel labels and novel plural and past tense forms. In Study 1, children (N = 24) endorsed the names of new objects given by an informant who had earlier labeled familiar objects correctly over the names given by an informant who had labeled the same objects incorrectly. In Study 2, children (N = 24) endorsed...

Recent explorations in formal pragmatics provide ample argumentation and some experimental support to the claim that plural nominal morphology does not lexically encode plurality but rather triggers a plurality inference of a pragmatic nature (Sauerland 2003, Sauerland, Andersen & Yatsushiro 2005; Spector 2007; Sauerland 2008; Magri 2014, Ivlieva 2013, Tieu et al 2014, Mayr 2015). This claim is...

Traditional centralized business process management approaches pose difficulties in coping with rapid changes and evolving process models. We developed the Plural method to allow for decentralized modeling of processes. The Plural method enables process participants, rather than a centralized group of process engineers or managers, to model and maintain their processes. In previous works, we in...

T LNDERLXNG CATEGORY OF PLURAL, along with its morphological expression by way of the suffix -s, has been considered a robust, if variable, feature of African-American English grammar at least since Harrison (1884) observed that "the Negro forms the plural regularly by addition of s or 2." (225). Subsequent empirical research on different varieties of contemporary African-American Vernacular En...