scholarly journals Just because: In search of objective criteria of subjectivity expressed by causal connectives

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 132-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Levshina ◽  
Liesbeth Degand
Keyword(s):  
Linguistic Context ◽  
Contextual Variables ◽  
Contextual Cues ◽  
English Sentence ◽  
Causal Relations ◽  
Semantic Class ◽  
Semantic Cues ◽  
Part Of Speech ◽  
Verbal Predicate ◽  
The Subject

The connective because can express both highly objective and highly subjective causal relations. In this, it differs from its counterparts in other languages, e.g. Dutch, where two conjunctions omdat and want express more objective and more subjective causal relations, respectively. The present study investigates whether it is possible to anchor the different uses of because in context, examining a large number of syntactic, morphological and semantic cues with a minimal cost of manual annotation. We propose an innovative method of distinguishing between subjective and objective uses of because with the help of information available from an English/Dutch segment of a parallel corpus, which is accompanied by a distributional analysis of contextual features. On the basis of automatic syntactic and morphological annotation of approximately 1500 examples of because, every English sentence is coded semi-automatically for more than twenty contextual variables, such as the part of speech, number, person, semantic class of the subject, modality, etc. We employ logistic regression to determine whether these contextual variables help predict which of the two causal connectives is used in the corresponding Dutch sentences. Our results indicate that a set of semantic and syntactic features that include modality, semantics of referents (subjects), semantic class of the verbal predicate, tense (past vs. non-past) and the presence of evaluative adjectives, are reliable predictors of the more subjective and objective uses of because, demonstrating that this distinction can indeed be anchored in the immediate linguistic context. The proposed method and relevant contextual cues can be used for identification of objective and subjective relationships in discourse.

scholarly journals IDENTIFICATION PART OF SPEECH OF ENGLISH WORD BEFORE

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-67
Author(s):  
Tiara Arista
Keyword(s):  
Noun Phrase ◽  
American English ◽  
English Word ◽  
Research Data ◽  
The Other ◽  
English Sentence ◽  
Word Category ◽  
Part Of Speech ◽  
The Subject

The study analyzes the fact that before lead to different categories based on their distribution in English sentence; the study focuses on examining the occurrence of before as a particular word category in sentence. Thus, this study aims to discuss the categories of before and to identify what constituent that determines the categories of before and According to those aim, this study takes a title, ‘Identification Part of Speech of English Words Before.’ For this study, the data were collected from COCA (Corpus of Contemporary American English) as the main source of research data. The data were identified by observing the sentence that contained word before, and then were classified into their specific categories. Lastly, the data were analyzed using Radford’s theory (2004). The results of the study show that there are three categories of words before; those are, prepositions, adverbial, and conjunctions. After analyzing comprehensively, the results are: (1) the word before as adverb is following the other adverb or verb (2) the word before as the conjunction are followed by clause that is constituted by subject and verb, (3) the word before as the preposition is followed by the noun phrase. However in this article the word before as conjunction can be preposition when the subject and the verb of the clause are reduced.

scholarly journals Schaalvergroting in het syntactische alternantieonderzoek : Een nieuwe analyse van het presentatieve er met automatisch gegenereerde predictoren

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-123
Author(s):  
Dirk Speelman ◽  
Stefan Grondelaers ◽  
Benedikt Szmrecsanyi ◽  
Kris Heylen
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Manual Annotation ◽  
Distributional Analysis ◽  
Syntactic Variation ◽  
Semantic Class ◽  
Semantic Classes ◽  
Reference Corpus ◽  
Lexical Collocations ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Pragmatic Factor

Abstract In this paper, we revisit earlier analyses of the distribution of er ‘there’ in adjunct-initial sentences to demonstrate the merits of computational upscaling in syntactic variation research. Contrary to previous studies, in which major semantic and pragmatic predictors (viz. adjunct type, adjunct concreteness, and verb specificity) had to be coded manually, the present study operationalizes these predictors on the basis of distributional analysis: instead of hand-coding for specific semantic classes, we determine the semantic class of the adjunct, verb, and subject automatically by clustering the lexemes in those slots on the basis of their ‘semantic passport’ (as established on the basis of their distributional behaviour in a reference corpus). These clusters are subsequently interpreted as proxies for semantic classes. In addition, the pragmatic factor ‘subject predictability’ is operationalized automatically on the basis of collocational attraction measures, as well as distributional similarity between the other slots and the subject. We demonstrate that the distribution of er can be modelled equally successfully with the automated approach as in manual annotation-based studies. Crucially, the new method replicates our earlier findings that the Netherlandic data are easier to model than the Belgian data, and that lexical collocations play a bigger role in the Netherlandic than in the Belgian data. On a methodological level, the proposed automatization opens up a window of opportunities. Most important is its scalability: it allows for a larger gamut of alternations that can be investigated in one study, and for much larger datasets to represent each alternation.

The effects of discourse processing with regard to syntactic and semantic cues: A competition model study

2004 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 587-601 ◽  
Author(s):  
I-RU SU
Keyword(s):  
Sentence Processing ◽  
Context Effects ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Competition Model ◽  
English Sentence ◽  
Discourse Context ◽  
Semantic Cues ◽  
Model Study ◽  
Intended Interpretation ◽  
Chinese And English

Based on Bates and MacWhinney's competition model, the present study aims to examine the effects of discourse context on sentence interpretation. In my previous study it was found that both Chinese and English monolinguals paid less attention to context than to intrasentential cues that have been identified as the determinants for Chinese and English sentence processing. The conclusions obtained in that study have to be considered tentative because the contextual sentences were short and might not have been sufficiently biasing toward the intended interpretation. Hence, the present study was undertaken to further examine the context effects by elaborating the contents of the contextual sentences. The results show that English native speakers rely on discourse context in interpreting their native language to a greater extent than the previous research has suggested and that Chinese native speakers make use of context information to a greater degree than do their English counterparts.

People, Clothing, Music, and Arousal as Contextual Retrieval Cues in Verbal Memory

2008 ◽  
Vol 107 (2) ◽  
pp. 523-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lionel G. Standing ◽  
Kristin E. Bobbitt ◽  
Kathkyn L. Boisvert ◽  
Kathy N. Dayholos ◽  
Anne M. Gagnon
Keyword(s):  
Verbal Memory ◽  
Piano Music ◽  
Test Session ◽  
Arousal Level ◽  
High Heart Rate ◽  
Contextual Cues ◽  
Learning Session ◽  
Retrieval Cues ◽  
Verbal Recall ◽  
The Subject

Four experiments ( N = 164) on context-dependent memory were performed to explore the effects on verbal memory of incidental cues during the test session which replicated specific features of the learning session. These features involved (1) bystanders, (2) the clothing of the experimenter, (3) background music, and (4) the arousal level of the subject. Social contextual cues (bystanders or experimenter clothing) improved verbal recall or recognition. However, recall decreased when the contextual cue was a different stimulus taken from the same conceptual category (piano music by Chopin) that was heard during learning. Memory was unaffected by congruent internal cues, produced by the same physiological arousal level (low, moderate, or high heart rate) during the learning and test sessions. However, recall increased with the level of arousal across the three congruent conditions. The results emphasize the effectiveness as retrieval cues of stimuli which are socially salient, concrete, and external.

scholarly journals PREDICATES OF COERCION AS A MEANS OF CATEGORICAL EXPRESSION OF WILL IN THE SEMANTIC-SYNTACTIC STRUCTURE OF THE ENGLISH SENTENCE

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (11(79)) ◽  
pp. 229-232
Author(s):  
Oksana Derevianko ◽  
Andrii Tron
Keyword(s):  
Syntactic Structure ◽  
Negative Component ◽  
English Sentence ◽  
Modal Verbs ◽  
Constituent Part ◽  
Modal Component ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The One ◽  
Semantic Differentiation ◽  
Negative Connotation

The article highlights the semantics of coercion predicates as one of the main means of expressing debitive modality (along with the modality of expediency, obligation, necessity, compulsion and inevitability). Predicates of coercion, in our opinion, contain in their structure the modal component of ‘will’, as one of the main modal meanings. Coercion is analyzed as a predetermined need to act contrary to smb’s own will or desire. The main means of expressing coercion semantics is the predicate to force. All coercion predicates denote the forced action of different intensity, that is, there is a semantic differentiation of coercion predicates. They are characterized by a negative connotation, since the action is undesirable, forced for the subject, contrary to their interests, will. The negative component is a constituent part of the semantics of coercion predicates. The predicates of coercion are closely related to predicates of compulsion. Thus, the predicates of coercion to constrain, to compel and to oblige can denote both the situations of coercion and compulsion. In addition, in sentences with causative verbs of coercion like to force, the positional structure differs from the one where the predicate is the modal verbs to have to, to be to. This is due to the fact that in constructions with the objective infinitive, more than one situation is explicated.

scholarly journals The origins of theoretical comprehension of adjective as a part of speech

Litera ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 203-209
Author(s):  
Zera Asanova
Keyword(s):  
Parts Of Speech ◽  
The Past ◽  
Part Of Speech ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Linguistic Research ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Level Of Understanding ◽  
Crimean Tatar ◽  
Descriptive Method

The subject of this article is the examination theoretical approaches towards studying adjective as a part of speech, since the description of this lexical and grammatical group in the Crimean Tatar linguistics is incomplete. The aim goal consists in tracing the origins of theoretical comprehension of adjective as an independent part of speech. This linguistic research is based on the descriptive method. Methodological framework is comprised of the fundamental writing of prominent scholars: O. Jespersen, A. Potebnja, V. V. Vinogradov, A. M. Shcherbak, D. N. Shmelyov, and others. As a result, it was determined that the the word is attributed to a particular part of speech is in accordance with the scripted rules introduced by the linguists in the past. Languages and methods of their research have undergone significant changes. Accentuation of adjective among the parts of speech was related to the logical separation of the characteristic of thing from itself, on the level of understanding self-sufficiency of the characteristic as an empirical phenomenon, and the existence of special adjective words as names of quality. The acquired results and materials can be applied in basic and specialized educational courses on theoretical and practical grammar of the modern Crimean Tatar language in the section of “Morphology”.

scholarly journals EVOLUTION OF ABSOLUTE PARTICIPIAL CONSTRUCTION IN LANGUAGES OF ROMANCE, GERMANIC, AND SLAVIC GROUPS

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 1182-1192
Author(s):  
Yu.V. Bogoyavlenskaya
Keyword(s):  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Controversial Issues ◽  
Semantic Features ◽  
Binary Structure ◽  
Part Of Speech ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Logical Subject ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Absolute

The study was carried out within the framework of the current problems associated with the evolution of the absolute participial construction in several living and extinct languages of the Romance, Germanic and Slavic groups. The controversial issues, versions of the origin and development of the structure in these languages ("Latin", "Greek" and "autochthonous") are discussed. The structural and semantic features of the absolute participial construction are compared. It has been established that in the languages under study, the construction has a binary structure that includes a name (noun or pronoun) playing the role of a logical subject, and a participle in the role of a logical predicate. Together with the main sentence, the construction forms a paratactic syntactic complex, the constituents of which are not connected with each other by means of service words. Similarities include the ability to express definitively or syncretically temporary meaning; as for the differences, they are the expression in some languages of a causal, conditional, concessive, target, connecting meaning. Depending on the peculiarities of the development of grammatical systems of languages, the structure may include participles of different types, prepositions may be present, the structure may take both the general case form and another case fixed by the language for this type of structures. The words order, which can be either direct or inverse or depend on the transmitted meaning or part of speech of the subject, also differs in the languages. In conclusion, the necessity of further comprehensive analysis of this type of structures is substantiated.

scholarly journals Löytyä-verbin konstruktioiden yhteydessä esiintyvä subjektin sijanvaihtelu

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-39
Author(s):  
Rodolfo Basile ◽  
Ilmari Ivaska
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Word Order ◽  
Random Variable ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Case Alternation ◽  
Part Of Speech ◽  
Subject Number ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Semantic Variables ◽  
The Relationship

Abstrakti. Artikkeli tarkastelee löytyä-verbin konstruktioiden nominatiivi- ja partitiivisubjektin vaihtelua. Aineistona on korpuksista poimittu 779 havainnon satunnaisotos, jota tarkastellaan sekä kvantitatiivisesti tilastollisin menetelmin että kvalitatiivisesta näkökulmasta. Tutkimus pyrkii selvittämään, mitkä muuttujat vaikuttavat löytyä-verbin sisältävien lauseiden subjektien sijanvalintaan. Valikoidut muuttujat ovat subjektin luku, subjektin jaollisuus, subjektin sanaluokka, sanajärjestys, aikamuoto, subjektin ja verbin välinen kongruenssi sekä subjektin lemma, joka toimii satunnaismuuttujana. Regressioanalyysin keinoin subjektin sijanvalintaa ennustetaan mainittujen muuttujien ja niiden välisten vuorovaikutussuhteiden avulla. Laadullisessa analyysissa käsitellään myös näiden morfosyntaktisten ja semanttisten seikkojen vaikutusta lauseen eksistentiaalisuuden sekä subjektin kvantiteetin ja definiittisyyden tulkintaan. Abstract. Rodolfo Basile, Ilmari Ivaska: Subject case alternation in constructions containing the Finnish verb löytyä. This article examines the nominative-partitive subject alternation occurring with constructions containing the Finnish verb löytyä. The material used is taken from corpora and consists of a random sample of 779 observations, analyzed both quantitatively by means of statistical methods, and from a qualitative point of view. The research aims at investigating which variables influence the case alternation of subjects of constructions containing the verb löytyä. The chosen variables are subject number, subject divisibility, subject part of speech, word order, tense, agreement and subject lemma, the only random variable. With the help of regression analysis, the subject case is predicted on the basis of said variables and of interactions between them. The qualitative analysis will also discuss the relationship these morphosyntactic and semantic variables have with the existential interpretations of the clause as well as with the subject quantity and definiteness. Kokkuvõte. Rodolfo Basile, Ilmari Ivaska: Subjekti käändevaheldus löytyä-verbiga konstruktsioonides. Artiklis uuritakse nominatiivi- ja partitiivikujulise subjekti vaheldumist soome keele löytyä-verbi sisaldavates konstruktsioonides. 779 vaatlust sisaldavat korpustest pärinevat juhuvalimit analüüsitakse nii kvantitatiivsete kui ka kvalitatiivsete meetoditega. Uurimuse eesmärk on välja selgitada, millised tegurid löytyä-verbi sisaldavate konstruktsioonide subjekti käändevalikut mõjutavad. Käsitletavad tegurid on subjekti arv, loendatavus, sõnaliik, konstruktsiooni sõnajärg, ajavorm ning subjekti ja verbi ühildumine. Juhusliku muutujana kaasatakse ka subjekti lemma. Regressioonanalüüsi abil ennustatakse subjekti käändevalikut mainitud tegurite ja nendevaheliste koosmõjude kaudu. Kvalitatiivse analüüsi käigus arutletakse ka selle üle, milline on nimetatud morfosüntaktiliste ja semantiliste tegurite mõju lause eksistentsiaalsele tõlgendusele ning subjekti kvantiteedile ja definiitsusele.

Pendampingan Pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris Dasar Pada Eks-TKI Di Dusun Sumberwaru Desa Tamanagung Kecamatan Cluring Kabupaten Banyuwangi

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
Sutami Dwi Lestari
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
English Language ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Part Of Speech ◽  
Learning Assistance ◽  
Service Activity ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Basic English ◽  
District Administration

English is an international language that is used as the language of world communication. Indonesian migrant workers and eks-migrant workers need the ability to communicate in English because it can affect their level of success while working in other countries. This community service activity aims to provide basic English language learning assistance to eks-TKI in sub village of Sumberwaru village, Tamanagung sub-district, Cluring, Bbanyuwangi district which is 30 kilometers from the center of the district administration. The training was attended by 12 people with four face-to-face meetings each with a duration of 2 hours. Face-to-face meetings are conducted with lecture and demonstration methods, followed by practice / practice. The subject presented was divided into three discussion materials, namely Part of speech, Tenses, and Sentences. The obstacles faced in the activity were relatively short training times and varied material capture of the participants. In general, this activity went well and received enthusiastic welcome from the participants who participated in the training completely.

Varia: On distinguishing between the predicative and the subject complement

Proglas ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Nedev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Lexical Meaning ◽  
Verbal Predicate ◽  
Concept Combination ◽  
The Subject

In this article we review the current concepts of the Compound Nominal Predicate and the combinations of the Verbal Predicate and the Subject Complement. There are several aspects that need further investigation. We suggest that the combinations of verbs with diminished lexical meaning and a nominal, describing a property of the subject, be removed from the concept of Compound Nominal Predicate and included into a new concept: “Combination of Verbal Predicate and Subject Complement”. Thus the term “Compound Nominal Predicate” will be reserved for combinations of the verb “sam” (resp. its synonyms “bada”, „bivam”, “predstavliavam”, “sastavliavam” and “iaviavam se”) and a nominal describing the entity denoted by the subject of the sentence. In all other instances of a verb and a nominal, describing the subject of the sentence, they will be considered a Verbal Predicate and a Subject Complement, which are secondary parts of the sentence.

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