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Conversion vs coercion in the nominal domain : two phenomena at the lexis-grammar interface Ghent University
La linguistique française en Flandre Ghent University
How abstract are logical representations? The role of verb semantics in representing quantifier scope Ghent University
Language comprehension involves the derivation of the meaning of sentences by combining the meanings of their parts. In some cases, this can lead to ambiguity. A sentence like Every hiker climbed a hill allows two logical representations: One that specifies that every hiker climbed a different hill and one that specifies that every hiker climbed the same hill. The interpretations of such sentences can be primed: Exposure to a particular reading ...
Syntactic productivity under the microscope : the lexical and semantic openness of Dutch minimizing constructions Ghent University
This paper investigates different aspects of syntactic productivity and its relation to semantics. Based on a case study of 43 Dutch minimizing constructions, the correlations between nine different variables are examined: metrics of lexical openness (TypeTokenRatio, HapaxTokenRatio, HapaxTypeRatio), measures of conventionalization (FrTop1, MeanFrTop3, SDTop3), characteristics of the frequency distribution (Alpha parameter of the Zipf curve) and ...
Introduction : Pierre Swiggers, architect and maître d’œuvre in linguistics and grammatical historiography Ghent University
Introduction : du prédicat à l'argument Ghent University
The (?) superfluous marking of the resultative phrase with verbs of chromatic change in Dutch Ghent University
Les langues satellite-framed acceptent facilement des constructions résultatives dans lesquelles l’attribut adjectival exprime le résultat du procès (Ed hammered the metal flat). Les langues romanes, quant à elles, y sont plus rétives, et, si elles les acceptent, c’est en principe avec le concours de prépositions, le résultat étant exprimé par un syntagme prépositionnel (Il a peint la porte en rouge). Cette généralisation n’est cependant pas ...