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Ontogenesis Model of the L2 Lexical Representation Open
We introduce the blueprint of the Ontogenesis Model of the L2 Lexical Representation (OM) that focuses on the development of lexical representations. The OM has three dimensions: linguistic domains (phonological, orthographic, and semantic…
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A Semiotic Theory of Language Open
I. The Aim and Structure of the Semiotic Theory of Language1. A Semiotic Definition of Language 2. The Principle of Semiotic Relevance and Homonymy 3. Saussure's Notion of the Sign 4. Linguistics as a Part of Semiotics 5. The Goals of Ling…
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A Survey of Lexical Functional Grammar in the Arabic Contex Open
Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG) plays a vital role in the area of Natural Language Processing (NLP).LFG is considered as the constraint-based philosophy of grammar.C-structure and F-structure are the two basic forms of LFG.We have perceiv…
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Reflexive verbs in Hebrew: Deep unaccusativity meets lexical semantics Open
Reflexive verbs in Modern Hebrew show specific morphological marking: only one of the seven verbal templates in the language can be used for reflexives. Yet this morphological marking also appears on anticausative verbs, which have differe…
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The Lexicon Open
What is the lexicon, what does it contain, and how is it structured? What principles determine the functioning of the lexicon as a component of natural language grammar? What role does lexical information play in linguistic theory? This ac…
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Grammatical versus lexical words in theory and aphasia: Integrating linguistics and neurolinguistics Open
The distinction between grammatical and lexical words is standardly dealt with in terms of a semantic distinction between function and content words or in terms of distributional distinctions between closed and open classes. This paper arg…
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Semantics and Morphosyntactic Variation : Qualities and the Grammar of Property Concepts Open
Systematic variation in form between semantic equivalents across languages is a key explanandum of linguistic theory. Two contrasting views of the role of lexical semantics in the analysis of such variation can be found in the literature: …
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Planning and production of grammatical and lexical verbs in multi-word messages Open
Grammatical words represent the part of grammar that can be most directly contrasted with the lexicon. Aphasiological studies, linguistic theories and psycholinguistic studies suggest that their processing is operated at different stages i…
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On prepositions and particles: a case for lexical representation in systemic functional linguistics Open
The focus of this paper is on lexical items which are traditionally referred to as \nprepositions, adverbs and particles, grouped here under the term P-items. It is argued that the \nrelative lack of detail concerning lexical representatio…
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Types of Lexical Sets in Structural-Semantic, Cognitive-Discursive and Lexicographic Coverage: Dynamics of Interpretations Open
The dynamics of understanding lexical sets in theoretical and practical aspects over the past 50 years is provided, highlighting the main stages of their identification, study and interpretation features in the light of various scientific …
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APPLICATION OF ALGORITHMIC ALGEBRA SYSTEM FOR GRAMMATICAL ANALYSIS OF SYMBOLIC COMPUTATION EXPRESSIONS OF PROPOSITIONAL LOGIC Open
The architecture and implemented a software system parsing schemes of algebraic algebra and their interpretation. The software systemallows to generate automated in such schemes create a program and debug the relevant schemes. A clear divi…
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The developmental trajectories of L2 lexical-semantic networks Open
This study explored the developmental trajectories of L2 Lexical-semantic networks by comparing the structure of lexical-semantic networks of Chinese EFL learners at two levels of English: intermediate and advanced. Analyses of data from s…
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Investigating Lexical Progression through Lexical Diversity Metrics in a Corpus of French L3 Open
This article presents a corpus-based evaluation of 13 lexical diversity metrics as measures of longitudinal progression in written productions of learners of French as third language (L3). Our case study (24 learners, 3 productions per lea…
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A flexible lexicon for Functional Discourse Grammar Open
This article discusses the organization of the lexicon component in Functional Discourse Grammar with special attention to the representation of lexical meaning. After a brief introduction,
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Adpositions in Media Lengua: Quichua or Spanish? – Evidence of a Lexical-Functional Split Open
After decades of debate in linguistic theory, the lexical/functional status of adpositions is still controversial. Lexicon-Grammar mixed languages such as Media Lengua, spoken in Northern Ecuador, are excellent testing cases for such gramm…
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Distributional Semantics Meets Construction Grammar. towards a Unified Usage-Based Model of Grammar and Meaning Open
In this paper, we propose a new type of semantic representation of Construction Grammar that combines constructions with the vector representations used in Distributional Semantics. We introduce a new framework, Distributional Construction…
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A lexical network approach to second language development Open
This study investigates lexical development in second language (L2) learning from the perspective of complex dynamic system theory (CDST) using a complex network method. Based on authentic written output texts from L2 Chinese learners of d…
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2. Frameworks of lexical decomposition of verbs Open
Starting from early approaches within Generative Grammar in the late 1960s, the article describes and discusses the development of different theoretical frameworks of lexical decomposition of verbs. It presents the major subsequent concept…
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Lexical processing in simplified Chinese: an investigation using a new large-scale lexical database Open
This dissertation presents a new large-scale lexical database for simplified Chinese, the Chinese Lexical Database (CLD). The CLD contains a large number of categorical and numerical lexical variables for 30,000 one and two character words…
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Computational Syntax-Semantics Interface with Type-Theory of Acyclic Recursion for Underspecified Semantics Open
The paper provides a technique for algorithmic syntax-semantics interface in computational grammar with underspecified semantic representations of human language.The technique is introduced for expressions that contain NP quantifiers, by u…
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Frame modeling of fragments of lexical-derivational nests with the ‘disease’ semantics Open
И.В.Евсеева, Г.Е
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From Lexical Bundles to Lexical Frames: Uncovering the Extent of Phraseological Variation in Academic Writing Open
The contextual knowledge of a word is closely related to the knowledge of phraseological sequences as words are often used in the phraseological forms, either continuous or discontinuous. Much has been done to examine the continuous phrase…
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When the Generative Lexicon meets Computational Semantics Open
HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci-entific research documents, whether they are pub-lished or not. The documents may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or…
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Perceptions on L2 Lexical Collocation Translation with a Focus on English-Arabic Open
This paper aims to shed light on recent research concerning translating English-Arabic lexical collocations. It begins with a brief overview of English and Arabic lexical collocations with reference to specialized dictionaries. Research vi…
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Lexical Verbs in Verb-Noun Collocations: Empirical Evidence from a Malay ESL Learner Corpus Open
The struggle for gender equity, among other \nthings, is to get the right to make important derision. This kind of struggle is also done by female Indonesian \nwriters. One of them is Lily Yulianti Farid. Her short story titled Makkunrai t…
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Lexical Phrases: An Essential Brain-Adaptive Requisite for Second Language Acquisition Open
In the incessant attempts to overcome second language (L2) acquisition difficulties and to improve second language proficiency, most of the proposed methodological approaches which address this issue place high value on individual vocabula…
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Lexical Factorization and Syntactic Behavior Open
In this paper, we examine the correlation between lexical semantics and the syntactic realization of the different components of a word’s meaning in natural language. More specifically, we will explore the effect that lexical factorization…
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Structures and Functions of Lexical Bundles in Findings and Discussion Sections of Graduate Students’ Thesis Open
Lexical bundles is a combination of words which consists of three or even more words that frequently occur together in particular registers. It is seen as an important aspect that should be mastered in order to create a qualified text. Thi…
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Essence of grammar according to modern linguistics and Afghan linguists’ perspectives Open
The paper explored views in modern linguistic theories and Afghan linguist perspectives about essence of grammar, its original source, its function in language use and the relationship between mental rules and their description in grammar …
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Tractable Lexical-Functional Grammar Open
The formalism for Lexical-Functional Grammar (LFG) was introduced in the 1980s as one of the first constraint-based grammatical formalisms for natural language. It has led to substantial contributions to the linguistic literature and to th…