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Cortés Rodriguez, Francisco J. "Aspectual features in Role and Reference Grammar." Revista Española de Lingüística Aplicada/Spanish Journal of Applied Linguistics 27, no. 1 (2014): 23–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/resla.27.1.02cor.

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The kernel of the semantic representation of a predicate in Role and Reference Grammar (RRG) is based on its characterization in terms of an Aktionsart typology based on Vendler’s (1957) classes plus some additional elements from Smith (1997) and Dowty (1979). This means that event structures are mainly considered a lexical phenomenon pertaining to predicates, and only occasionally higher predicational structures are considered in event construction. Even though this approach is adequate to a great extent, there are still some problems in the approach taken in RRG. The most significant drawbac

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Martínez Fernández, Beatriz. "Syntactic Valence in Role and Reference Grammar." Journal of English Studies 5 (May 29, 2008): 233. http://dx.doi.org/10.18172/jes.130.

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Transitivity has traditionally been equated with the number of syntactic arguments that a verb takes. However, Role and Reference Grammar (RRG) puts forward a new approach that defines transitivity in terms of macroroles, leaving the notion of syntactic valence aside. It is perhaps for this reason that the notion of syntactic valence has not received sufficient attention in this framework, and, consequently, some inconsistencies have been identified in its definition. To mention only a few, there is no proper definition of the criteria that determine the notion of syntactic valence, and many o

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Nolan, Brian. "Theoretical and computational considerations of linking constructions in Role and Reference Grammar." Review of Cognitive Linguistics 12, no. 2 (2014): 410–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/rcl.12.2.06nol.

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This paper proposes a view of the linguistic construction in Role and Reference Grammar (RRG) in which constructions are posited to be structured grammatical objects with a unique constructional signature that uniquely identifies them. We argue that the construction has an input and an output, and that it contains a local workspace in which the processing of the various lexical and grammatical rules applies, according to the constraints within the constructional object. In recent years there has been a growing recognition that the RRG account of constructions is an under-utilised resource that

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Mairal-Usón, Ricardo. "Constructional meaning representation within a knowledge engineering framework." Review of Cognitive Linguistics 13, no. 1 (2015): 1–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/rcl.13.1.01mai.

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FunGramKB is a multipurpose lexico-conceptual knowledge base for natural language processing systems, and more particularly, for natural language understanding. The linguistic layer of this knowledge-engineering project is grounded in compatible aspects of two linguistic accounts, namely, Role and Reference Grammar (RRG) and the Lexical Constructional Model (LCM). RRG, although originally a lexicalist approach, has recently incorporated constructional configurations into its descriptive and explanatory apparatus. The LCM has sought to understand from its inception the factors that constrain le

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Nakamura, Wataru. "An Optimality-Theoretic Account of the Japanese Case System." Studies in Language 23, no. 3 (1999): 597–649. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/sl.23.3.06nak.

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This paper provides an Optimality-Theoretic account of the Japanese case system within the framework of Role and Reference Grammar [RRG] (Van Valin 1993; Van Valin and LaPolla 1997). It is shown that a particular ranking of universal constraints may accommodate not only the regular case marking patterns of Japanese, but the irregular ones displayed by inversion, causative, and a variety of double-nominative constructions. Finally, it is suggested that characterizing case systems in terms of the way universal constrainst are ranked opens up a way to a principled typology of case systems.

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Generalova, Valeria. "Towards an RRG analysis of constructions with a morphologcal causaive in some Altaic languages." Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics 22, no. 2 (2020): 97–120. http://dx.doi.org/10.31178/bwpl.22.2.5.

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The present paper examines Bashkir and Kalmyk construction formed from transitive verbs by means of causative suffixes1. We refer to these constructions to “constructions with a morphological causative”. The paper also references other Altaic languages (Mishar Tatar, Nanai, Tuvinian, Khakas). The main focus of the paper is on the valence-increasing behavior of causatives. Primary attention is drawn to the case marking of the Causee since Altaic languages allow several options for that. The paper describes in detail the existing alternation and reviews prior explanations of this phenomenon. It

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ROWLAND, CAROLINE F., and JULIAN M. PINE. "The development of inversion in wh-questions: a reply to Van Valin." Journal of Child Language 30, no. 1 (2003): 197–212. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0305000902005445.

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Van Valin (Journal of Child Language29, 2002, 161–75) presents a critique of Rowland & Pine (Journal of Child Language27, 2000, 157–81) and argues that the wh-question data from Adam (in Brown, A first language, Cambridge, MA, 1973) cannot be explained in terms of input frequencies as we suggest. Instead, he suggests that the data can be more successfully accounted for in terms of Role and Reference Grammar. In this note we re-examine the pattern of inversion and uninversion in Adam's wh-questions and argue that the RRG explanation cannot account for some of the developmental facts it was

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Buysse, Manon. "Clause linking in L2 English." EUROSLA Yearbook 15 (July 31, 2015): 41–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/eurosla.15.02buy.

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The development of clause linkage in a second language has been studied extensively in the fields of applied linguistics and second language research. Several studies have focused on the development of specific types of complex structures, essentially based on the development of different classes of subordinate clauses distinguished by traditional grammar. The present contribution uses as a theoretical framework Role and Reference Grammar. RRG’s model of clause linkage proposes a different array of possible relations between combined clauses, adding the concept of cosubordination to the tradit

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González, Luis. "Discrete Entailment-Based Linking and -EE Nouns in English." Research in Language 5 (December 18, 2007): 51–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10015-007-0002-6.

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Barker (1998) argues that since the referent of an -ee noun can be an indirect object, a direct object, a prepositional object, or a subject, -ee nouns cannot be described as a syntactic natural class. Portero Muñoz (2003) concurs and offers a semantic analysis based on Logical Structure (LS) in the framework of Role and Reference Grammar (RRG). This article proposes that RRG’s macroroles (Actor and Undergoer) can be derived with two entailments and without any need for LS. Its analysis improves Portero Muñoz’s, presenting additional evidence that subjects that allow -ee noun formation are Und

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Mairal-Usón, Ricardo, and Francisco Cortés-Rodríguez. "Automatically Representing TExt Meaning via an Interlingua-based System (ARTEMIS). A further step towards the computational representation of RRG." Journal of Computer-Assisted Linguistic Research 1, no. 1 (2017): 61. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/jclr.2017.7788.

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Within the framework of FUNK Lab – a virtual laboratory for natural language processing inspired on a functionally-oriented linguistic theory like Role and Reference Grammar-, a number of computational resources have been built dealing with different aspects of language and with an application in different scientific domains, i.e. terminology, lexicography, sentiment analysis, document classification, text analysis, data mining etc. One of these resources is ARTEMIS (<span style="text-decoration: underline;">A</span>utomatically <span style="text-decoration: underline;">R<

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Felices Lago, Ángel M., and Pedro Ureña Gómez-Moreno. "Conceptualización de entidades terminológicas en una subontología de derecho penal: análisis del concepto superordinado +DRUG_00 en FunGramKb." Revista de Lingüística y Lenguas Aplicadas 15, no. 1 (2020): 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/rlyla.2020.12772.

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<p>This article describes some phases in the process of constructing a term-based Satellite Ontology within the architecture of the Core Ontology integrated in FunGramKB (a lexico-conceptual knowledge base for the computational processing of natural language). The semantic decomposition of complex terminology is implemented following the COHERENT methodology (a stepwise method for formalizing specialized concepts). For that purpose, we have selected the superordinate concept +DRUG_00 as well as other subordinate concepts in the domain of drugs such as $METHAMPHETAMINE_00, $CANNABIS_00, a

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Ojanguren López, Ana Elvira. "The lexical representation of English verbs of action. Complex predicates and structures." Revista de Lingüística y Lenguas Aplicadas 14, no. 1 (2019): 131. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/rlyla.2019.11080.

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<p>This article aims at proposing a lexical representation for a set of English verbs of action. The analysis is carried out on the grounds of Role and Reference Grammar (RRG) and includes aspects like <em>Aktionsart </em>type, macrorole and syntactic function assignment, linking, as well as nexus and juncture. Against this background, the meaning components of the verbs in question are analysed, in such a way that a logical structure based on a lexical representation is defined for each verbal class. Conclusions fall on both the descriptive and the theoretical side. From the

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Panesar, Kulvinder. "An Evaluation Of A Linguistically Motivated Conversational Software Agent Framework." Journal of Computer-Assisted Linguistic Research 3, no. 1 (2019): 41. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/jclr.2019.11118.

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<p>This paper presents a critical evaluation framework for a linguistically motivated conversational software agent (CSA). The CSA prototype investigates the integration, intersection and interface of the language, knowledge, and speech act constructions (SAC) based on a grammatical object, and the sub-model of belief, desires and intention (BDI) and dialogue management (DM) for natural language processing (NLP). A long-standing issue within NLP CSA systems is refining the accuracy of interpretation to provide realistic dialogue to support human-to-computer communication. This prototype

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Caesar, Regina Oforiwah. "The participle form of causative verbs in Dangme." Buckingham Journal of Language and Linguistics 9 (May 31, 2017): 91–114. http://dx.doi.org/10.5750/bjll.v9i0.1174.

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AbstractThis paper presents a descriptive analysis of verbs with the participle marking affixes in expressing causatives in Dangme, a language that belongs to the Kwa group of the Niger-Congo family of languages. The paper examines the syntax and the semantic perspectives of the participialized form of causative verbs in the Role and Reference Grammar’s (RRG) theory in Dangme. The participle is an affix which expresses the completion at the final stage of a process. As a verbal affix, it can take objects and have tense or aspect in languages. They also indicate active agency (actor) and an age

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Decio, Gabriel, and Robert D. van Valin. "Advances in Role and Reference Grammar." Language 71, no. 4 (1995): 853. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/415784.

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Haspelmath, Martin. "Advances in role and reference grammar." Lingua 97, no. 4 (1995): 287–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0024-3841(95)90011-x.

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Evans, Cheryl A., and David C. Redfern. "How can employee engagement be improved at the RRG Group? Part 1." Industrial and Commercial Training 42, no. 5 (2010): 265–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00197851011057564.

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PurposeThis is the first of two papers that concern employee engagement, this one aims to review the literature and the second, to be in the next edition, aims to look at a detailed study at a large UK motor vehicle retailer the RRG Group.Design/methodology/approachThe aim was to assess the main factors encouraging or preventing employee engagement, with specific reference to those employed within certain branches. The methods used were: assessing the qualitative data through attitudinal surveys, analyzing complete customer satisfaction (CCS) scores and telephone interviews with former employe

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Butler, Christopher S. "Focusing on focus: A comparison of Functional Grammar, Role and Reference Grammar and Systemic Functional Grammar." Language Sciences 27, no. 6 (2005): 585–618. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.langsci.2005.07.004.

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Rejeb, Suliman. "Sentence Elements in Terms of Role and Reference Grammar." humanities Journal of University of Zakho 7, no. 1 (2019): 01–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.26436/hjuoz.2019.7.1.456.

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Butler, Christopher S. "Syntactic functions in Functional Discourse Grammar and Role and Reference Grammar: an evaluative comparison." Language Sciences 34, no. 4 (2012): 480–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.langsci.2012.03.002.

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Whaley, Lindsay, and Julia Jolly. "Prepositional Analysis within the Framework of Role and Reference Grammar." Language 69, no. 3 (1993): 626. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/416722.

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Ortigosa Pastor, Ana. "Complex structures in Role and Reference Grammar : some problematic cases." Journal of English Studies 3 (May 29, 2002): 165. http://dx.doi.org/10.18172/jes.75.

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This paper addresses the issue of complex structures in the framework of Role and Reference Grammar (Van Valin and LaPolla, 1997). These authors establish an explicit and clear-cut typology of complex constructions for English highlighting the role of operators (modality, aspect, tense, etc.). However, after analyzing a 1000-example corpus, several cases will turn out to be quite ambiguous and not so definite as regards clausal selection. Consequently, such examples will prove that the boundaries between complex structures as established by Van Valin and LaPolla (1997) cannot be considered as

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Cutting, Lincoln Ward. "Semantic Parameters of Basque Split Intransitivity in Role and Reference Grammar." Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society 20, no. 1 (1994): 145. http://dx.doi.org/10.3765/bls.v20i1.1468.

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Maulana, Khabib Akbar, та Moh Masrukhi. "The Syntactic Role of Arabic Language on Accusative Adjunct in The Book Nashā'iḥul-‘Ibād: An Overview to The Grammar Role and Reference". Jurnal CMES 14, № 1 (2021): 47. http://dx.doi.org/10.20961/cmes.15.1.49604.

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<p>This research explains the categories and syntactic roles of Arabic in the book <em>Nashâ? Iħul-ʕIbâd</em> by Syekh Nawawi Al-Bantani based on the theory of roles and references grammar. This research is a descriptive qualitative with a purposive sampling method of presenting data that is separated from 112 data. The research method used in this study is the Agih method with basic techniques for direct elements using advanced techniques in the form of markup reading techniques on lingual element in Arabic grammar. The theory for determining the accusative adjunct markers o

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MUÑOZ, CARMEN PORTERO. "Derived nominalizations in -ee: a Role and Reference Grammar based semantic analysis." English Language and Linguistics 7, no. 1 (2003): 129–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1360674303211059.

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Fanego, Teresa. "English remember and role and reference grammar: On Van Valin and Wilkins (1993)." Lingua 99, no. 1 (1996): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0024-3841(96)90001-7.

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Fanego, T. "English remember and Role and Reference Grammar: On Van Valin and Wilkins (1993)." Lingua 99, no. 1-2 (1996): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0024-3841(95)00042-9.

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Fumero-Pérez, María del Carmen, and Ana Díaz-Galán. "Designing the Lexical Rules for the Parsing of ASD-STE100 Function Words in ARTEMIS from a Role and Reference Grammar Perspective." Journal of English Studies 17 (December 18, 2019): 149. http://dx.doi.org/10.18172/jes.3935.

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ARTEMIS (Automatically Representing Text Meaning via an Interlingua-based System), is a natural language processing device, whose ultimate aim is to be able to understand natural language fragments and arrive at their syntactic and semantic representation. Linguistically, this parser is founded on two solid linguistic theories: the Lexical Constructional Model and Role and Reference Grammar. Although the rich semantic representations and the multilingual character of Role and Reference Grammar make it suitable for natural language understanding tasks, some changes to the model have proved nece

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Kim, Hye-Kyung. "The Effectiveness of Correcting Grammatical Errors in Writing Classes: An EFL Teacher’s Perspective." International Journal of Literacy, Culture, and Language Education 1 (March 5, 2012): 227–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.14434/ijlcle.v1i0.26836.

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The role of grammar instruction to help students reduce errors in L2 writing is under debate: Truscott (1996, 1999, 2007) claims that error correction is largely ineffective and harmful, whereas Ferris (1997, 1999, 2004) argues that students need feedback on their grammatical errors. Grammar correction is considered to be one of the most important forms of feedback. This paper examines the role of grammar correction in L2 writing on the basis of these controversies and discusses some pedagogical implications of error correction for teaching writing, with particular reference to my own experien

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François, Jacques. "La Role and Reference Grammar, une grammaire de l'interface entre syntaxe, sémantique et pragmatique." Linx, no. 48 (June 1, 2003): 77–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.4000/linx.208.

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Pastra, Katerina, and Yiannis Aloimonos. "The minimalist grammar of action." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 367, no. 1585 (2012): 103–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2011.0123.

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Language and action have been found to share a common neural basis and in particular a common ‘syntax’, an analogous hierarchical and compositional organization. While language structure analysis has led to the formulation of different grammatical formalisms and associated discriminative or generative computational models, the structure of action is still elusive and so are the related computational models. However, structuring action has important implications on action learning and generalization, in both human cognition research and computation. In this study, we present a biologically insp

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Ojanguren López, Ana Elvira. "Old English verbs of prohibition. Grammatical behaviour and class membership." SELIM. Journal of the Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature. 24, no. 1 (2019): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.17811/selim.24.2019.1-28.

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The aim of this article is to determine if the Old English verbs bewerian, forbēodan, foresacan, forwiernan, stīeran and tōcweþān constitute a unified class of prohibition. The theoretical model is provided by the framework of verb classes and alternations, as well as by Role and Reference Grammar. Class membership requires not only similar meaning components but also shared grammatical behaviour. While bewerian, forbēodan and forwyrnan are found in three syntactic configurations, and in the Nominalisation and Undergoer alternations, foresacan, stīeran and tōcweþān occur in one syntactic confi

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Ullrich, Jan. "Complex Predicates with Nouns and Stative Verbs in Lakota: A Role and Reference Grammar Analysis." International Journal of American Linguistics 86, no. 3 (2020): 407–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/708833.

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Peng, Yanghua. "A Survey of Grammar Instruction from Scholastic Perspective." English Language Teaching 10, no. 5 (2017): 76. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/elt.v10n5p76.

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The study of grammar has been paid much attention and the grammar instruction becomes an emphasis and key problem in English language teaching and learning. How to instruct students grammar appropriately becomes controversial for some English teachers increasingly. Some linguistics, theorist and teachers hold that the grammar instruction should be taught traditionally and normally. There should be a standard in classroom instruction. However, others argue that grammar instruction should be approached scholastically, especially in cultural or religious practice since scholastic grammar is of gr

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RODRÍGUEZ-JUÁREZ, Carolina. "Accounting for the Alternating Behaviour of Location Arguments from the Perspective of Role and Reference Grammar." Atlantis: Journal of the Spanish Association for Anglo-American Studies 39, no. 02 (2017): 169–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.28914/atlantis-2017-39.2.09.

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Haig, Geoffrey, and Diana Forker. "Agreement in grammar and discourse: A research overview." Linguistics 56, no. 4 (2018): 715–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ling-2018-0014.

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Abstract Agreement is among the most widely-researched issues in theoretical linguistics. In this introduction, we critically review some of the key issues, focussing on typological approaches to agreement, the role of agreement in establishing and maintaining reference, and the emergence of agreement diachronically. We point to the interplay of semantic, pragmatic and syntactic factors in shaping the way agreement systems function, and emphasize the need for more usage-based research in understanding the impact of extra-syntactic factors. We also argue for greater attention to lesser-research

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Hernández-Pastor, Diana, and Carlos Periñán-Pascual. "Developing a knowledge base for preposition sense disambiguation: A view from Role and Reference Grammar and FunGramKB." Onomázein Revista de lingüística, filología y traducción, no. 33 (August 5, 2016): 251–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.7764/onomazein.33.16.

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Buysse, Manon, Alex Housen, and Michel Pierrard. "A Role and Reference Grammar Account of Clause Linkage Development in Second Language: An Application to English and French." Studia Linguistica 72, no. 2 (2017): 472–508. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/stul.12067.

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Martín Arista, Javier. "Review of Kailuweit, Wiemer, Staudinger & Matasović (2008): New applications of Role and Reference Grammar: Diachrony, grammaticalization, Romance languages." Functions of Language 18, no. 1 (2011): 96–107. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/fol.18.1.06mar.

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Park, Chongwon. "Reference-point and blending in Korean non-nominative subject constructions." Studies in Language 38, no. 4 (2014): 717–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/sl.38.4.03par.

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This article examines three types of Korean constructions: case stacking and two types of non-nominative subject constructions. Relying on an independently established descriptive construct known as reference-point, I argue that the complex forms of these constructions reflect their meanings and functions. I further argue that the reference-point-based analysis of these constructions offers a unified account of a substantial range of phenomena when it is combined with the notion of conceptual and constructional blending. In providing technical analyses of the phenomena, I adopt the Cognitive G

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TALLERMAN, MAGGIE. "Phrase structure vs. dependency: The analysis of Welsh syntactic soft mutation." Journal of Linguistics 45, no. 1 (2009): 167–201. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022226708005550.

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Most familiar syntactic frameworks recognize the category ‘phrase’, and are built around phrase structure relationships. However, the Word Grammar dependency model does not acknowledge the category ‘phrase’ as a primitive in the grammar; instead, all relationships are word-based, with phrases having no syntactic status. Here, I investigate the theoretical validity of the notion ‘phrase’ by examining the phenomenon in Welsh known as syntactic soft mutation, contrasting a phrase-based account with a dependency account. I conclude that an empirically adequate analysis of syntactic soft mutation m

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Nolan, Brian. "Word Order Alignment in Three-Argument Constructions of Irish." Roczniki Humanistyczne 69, no. 11 Zeszyt specjalny (2021): 149–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.18290/rh216911-8s.

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This study examines the ordering of the actor (A), theme (T) and recipient (R) arguments in three-argument clauses, the prepositional ditransitive constructions of Irish. The ordering of the A, T and R arguments in three-argument clauses is an area where linguistic complexity is manifest in the Irish grammar. Across languages, the factors which influence word order adjustments, from a basic word order of A-T-R, are known to include iconicity, information structure and topicalisation, the distinction between given and new information, the effects of the various referential hierarchies, and synt

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Li, Xiaoshi, and Robert Bayley. "Lexical frequency and syntactic variation." Asia-Pacific Language Variation 4, no. 2 (2018): 135–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/aplv.17005.li.

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Abstract With the rise of exemplar theory, the role of lexical frequency in language variation has been the object of considerable study. Recently, Erker and Guy (2012) extended the analysis of frequency to morphosyntactic variation and examined the role of frequency in variation between null and overt subject personal pronouns (SPPs) in Spanish. Their results suggest that frequency either activates or amplifies the effects of other constraints, such as co-reference. This study extends the study of frequency effects on SPP variation to Mandarin Chinese. Results of multivariate analysis of 6,69

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PARK, CHONGWON, and DANIEL TURNER. "When Richard met CG: reference-point and English copy-raising." Language and Cognition 9, no. 3 (2016): 473–500. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/langcog.2016.25.

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abstractThe aim of this paper is to develop a Cognitive Grammar-based analysis of English Copy-raising (CR) constructions such as Richard seems like he is dancing. We argue that the notion of reference-point plays a crucial role in licensing the matrix-subject of the construction. In CR, with the epistemic verbs seem and appear, the matrix-subject functions as a reference-point in relation to the pronominal copy (if a copy exists) in the embedded clause. The aboutness topicality of the matrix-subject in CR is expected, owing to its reference-point property. The epistemic CR construction is acc

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Roberts, John R. "Serial verbs in English." Functions of Language 19, no. 2 (2012): 201–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/fol.19.2.03rob.

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Serial verb constructions (SVCs) are found in Creole languages and in the languages of West Africa, Southeast Asia, Amazonia, Oceania, and New Guinea. In this article we examine catenative verb constructions (CVCs) in English from a Role and Reference Grammar perspective and compare them with SVCs. More specifically, based on the set of syntactic and semantic properties of SVCs proposed by Kroeger (2004: 229–230), it will be demonstrated that CVCs in English have all of the characteristic syntactic and semantic properties of SVCs.

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Ferrari, Giacomo. "METAPHORICAL CHAINS AND REFERENCE USAGE IN NEWSPAPERS: A MECHANISM FOR TEXTUAL COHESION." JOURNAL OF LINGUISTIC AND INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION 12, no. 3 (2019): 59–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.29302/jolie.2019.12.3.4.

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This article examines the phenomenon of metaphor in newspapers, focusing on the use of multiple metaphors of the same type used to form a coherent chain. These metaphoric chains are treated within the frame of Halliday’s Systemic Function Grammar (SFG) as a feature of textual cohesion. The different cohesion features recognised by SFG are briefly presented. Features including pronominal anaphora, ellipsis, and reference by definite noun phrases are, in different studies, believed to play the same role as generic ‘referencing’. On the other hand, as different words or expressions chosen within

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Bibis, Nick. "On the Marginal Functions and Features of Object Clitics, with Special Reference to Modern Greek." Revue québécoise de linguistique 28, no. 1 (2009): 73–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/603187ar.

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ABSTRACTWritten within the minimalist program approach to grammar (Chomsky 1995), this paper examines the nature of θ-role requirements in three types of object clitic constructions:idiomaticandaffected accusativein Modern Greek, andaffected dativein Modern Greek and French. I do not treat the idiomatic clitic constructions as lexically listed VPs, but as being derived syntactically. Furthermore, I argue that these constructions contain Tense and Person intrinsic features that are not visible to the syntax, and an obligatory θ-feature [EXPERIENCER] checked in the syntax by means of the operati

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Cortés-Rodríguez, Francisco J., and Carolina Rodríguez-Juárez. "The syntactic parsing of ASD-STE100adverbials in ARTEMIS." Revista de Lingüística y Lenguas Aplicadas 14, no. 1 (2019): 59. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/rlyla.2019.11007.

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<p>This paper seeks to offer an update of the syntactic representation of adverbials in the Lexical Constructional Model and the multipurpose lexico-conceptual knowledge base, FunGramKB, and to implement the conditions that are necessary for an effective parsing of such constituents within ARTEMIS, a NLP prototype within FunGramKB for the computational treatment of the syntax and semantics of sentences. As regards the status of adverbials in the Layered Structure of the Clause (LSC) proposed in Role and Reference Grammar, it is striking that they have been somewhat sidelined, despite the

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Utami, Rizka. "DEVELOPMENT OF TEXTBOOK FOR GRAMMATICAL MATERIAL BASED ON SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO IMPROVE WRITING SKILLS | تطوير الكتاب التعليمي في مادة التراكيب على أساس المدخل العلمي لترقية مهارة الكتابة". Abjadia 5, № 2 (2020): 178–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.18860/abj.v5i2.9937.

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Teaching and learning process can not be separated from textbooks that play an important role as a reference for teachers and students. A good textbook must be representative of the curriculum that applies both the material and teaching methods so that learning objectives are achieved. Arabic textbooks in the 2013 curriculum use a scientific approach, but grammar material has not been explained in detail so that it affects students' competence to improve language skills. So the researcher developed a book for grammar material based on a scientific approach to improve writing skills. This study

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Yang, Xiaolong, and Yicheng Wu. "Efficiency in shaping grammars." Pragmatics and Society 12, no. 2 (2021): 223–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/ps.17031.yan.

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Abstract Hawkins (1994, 1999, 2004, 2014a) proposes a performance-grammar correspondence hypothesis, claiming that grammars can be shaped by processing systems with reference to the degree of preference in communication. Given that Hawkins’s proposal mainly highlights the role of efficiency in language comprehension, this paper demonstrates that parsing principles can also be employed to account for language production. Based on an analysis of the production mechanism behind multiple occurrences of the Chinese reflexive ziji ‘self’ in a single clause, it shows that the notion of intersubjectiv

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