Interpreting anaphoric shell nouns (ASNs) such as this issue and this fact is essential to understanding virtually any substantial natural language text. One obstacle in developing methods for automatically interpreting ASNs is the lack of annotated data. We tackle this challenge by exploiting cataphoric shell nouns (CSNs) whose construction makes them particularly easy to interpret (e.g., the ...

Abstract This study used shell noun as the starting point to analyze language activities that word shì shí shàng ‘in fact’ by Internet users on PTT , understand truth event this empty signifies; and identify characteristics of pragmatic practice in texts screened noun. Through Tool, posts with more than 100 comments Gossip board during level 3 alert were first out, after which “in fact” identif...

Many types of verb in English permit a that-clause complement, including factual and suasive verbs like acknowledge, point out, recommend, suggest, etc.: (1) I assume she acknowledges that it was a blunder (2015, COCA) I refer to this construction as ‘V + that’. Other transitive verbs like advance, contest, contradict, endorse, highlight, moot, pose, put forward, propound, uncover are not suppo...

The significance of error analysis for the learner, the teacher and the researcher is now widely recognized. Earlier studies of error analysis concentrated on intersystematic comparison of the “native language” and the “target language” and drew the required data largely from intuitions and impressionistic observations. This study was conducted on the basis of the following observations: (1) to...

The article deals with the characteristics of noun phrases functioning in pre-position. Pre-noun modifiers, or attributive modifiers, are among the high-capacity structures in the contemporary English language, as they enable to devoid of prepositions and to describe objects in a laconic way. The goal of this research was to analyze the way scholars interpret this linguistic structure today, as...