Elizabeth A Cowper
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 745746 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Elizabeth A Cowper |
| PRENOMES | Elizabeth A |
| SOBRENOME | Cowper |
| ASSINATURA | COWPER E A |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 8 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 8 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1979 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2005 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
The Geometry of Interpretable Features
This article proposes a feature-geometric analysis of the interpretable features of Infl, using MINIMALIST syntax and DISTRIBUTED MORPHOLOGY . A small universal set of monovalent interpretable features and a set of entailment relations among them provide the basis for a principled account of the tense systems of English and Spanish. While each feature, each lexical item, and each vocabulary item has a unified representation, surface polysemy is s…
Grammatical aspect in English
This paper proposes a theory of grammatical aspect based on the Davidsonian event-place e. Eventive sentences are shown to include e, while stative sentences lack e. Parsons' (1990) arguments for an analogous element in stative sentences are shown to be incorrect. The appearance of e is shown to be independent of the choice of verb, transitivity, object case-marking and telicity. It is thus argued to project independently in the syntax. The inter…
English Participle Constructions
This article provides an analysis of participial constructions in English, within the feature-checking approach to inflectional morphology. It argues for a unified treatment of the perfect, passive and adjectival uses of the past participle, involving a monosemous inflectional head checking a monosemous affix. There are two classes of constructions with - ing , each of which is given a unified treatment. The analysis requires the assumption that …
Syntactic Theory
Infinitival Complements of Have
This paper provides a syntactic and semantic analysis of sentences such as those in (1). (1) a. Mary has to leave early. b. I have a paper to write/a dress to wear. c. Mary has only/but to call, and Fred comes running. d. We have yet to figure out why the car won’t start
Pied Piping, Feature Percolation and the Structure of the Noun Phrase
Ross (1967) showed that in relative clauses, not only may the WH-phrase be fronted, but an NP or PP containing the WH-phrase may also be fronted, as shown in (1): (1) a. This is the child [who] i I’ve been hearing stories about t i . b. This is the child [about whom] i I’ve been hearing stories t i . c. This is the child [stories about whom] i I’ve been hearing t i . Ross called this phenomenon “pied piping”. His statement of the pied piping conv…
Are phonosyntactic rules necessary
Selkirk (1986) proposes that rules of the phrasal phonology apply to a structure called P-structure that is derived from, but not isomorphic to, syntactic structure. While Selkirk claims that most rules of external sandhi fall into the category of P-structure rules, there are three rules that she suggests may still require direct reference to syntactic structure. These are Mende Consonant Mutation (Conteh et al. 1986), Kimatuumbi Vowel Shortening…
Missing Np’s in Japanese
The following four sentences illustrate the phenomenon which, for convenience, we shall call Missing NP’s in Japanese: The variation in the possible referents for Δ must be accounted for, whether Δ arises by a rule deleting NP’s, or is present in deep structure and interpreted by a rule of coreference assignment
The Geometry of Interpretable Features
This article proposes a feature-geometric analysis of the interpretable features of Infl, using MINIMALIST syntax and DISTRIBUTED MORPHOLOGY . A small universal set of monovalent interpretable features and a set of entailment relations among them provide the basis for a principled account of the tense systems of English and Spanish. While each feature, each lexical item, and each vocabulary item has a unified representation, surface polysemy is s…
Are phonosyntactic rules necessary
Selkirk (1986) proposes that rules of the phrasal phonology apply to a structure called P-structure that is derived from, but not isomorphic to, syntactic structure. While Selkirk claims that most rules of external sandhi fall into the category of P-structure rules, there are three rules that she suggests may still require direct reference to syntactic structure. These are Mende Consonant Mutation (Conteh et al. 1986), Kimatuumbi Vowel Shortening…
Missing Np’s in Japanese
The following four sentences illustrate the phenomenon which, for convenience, we shall call Missing NP’s in Japanese: The variation in the possible referents for Δ must be accounted for, whether Δ arises by a rule deleting NP’s, or is present in deep structure and interpreted by a rule of coreference assignment
Pied Piping, Feature Percolation and the Structure of the Noun Phrase
Ross (1967) showed that in relative clauses, not only may the WH-phrase be fronted, but an NP or PP containing the WH-phrase may also be fronted, as shown in (1): (1) a. This is the child [who] i I’ve been hearing stories about t i . b. This is the child [about whom] i I’ve been hearing stories t i . c. This is the child [stories about whom] i I’ve been hearing t i . Ross called this phenomenon “pied piping”. His statement of the pied piping conv…
Are phonosyntactic rules necessary
Selkirk (1986) proposes that rules of the phrasal phonology apply to a structure called P-structure that is derived from, but not isomorphic to, syntactic structure. While Selkirk claims that most rules of external sandhi fall into the category of P-structure rules, there are three rules that she suggests may still require direct reference to syntactic structure. These are Mende Consonant Mutation (Conteh et al. 1986), Kimatuumbi Vowel Shortening…
Infinitival Complements of Have
This paper provides a syntactic and semantic analysis of sentences such as those in (1). (1) a. Mary has to leave early. b. I have a paper to write/a dress to wear. c. Mary has only/but to call, and Fred comes running. d. We have yet to figure out why the car won’t start
Syntactic Theory
English Participle Constructions
This article provides an analysis of participial constructions in English, within the feature-checking approach to inflectional morphology. It argues for a unified treatment of the perfect, passive and adjectival uses of the past participle, involving a monosemous inflectional head checking a monosemous affix. There are two classes of constructions with - ing , each of which is given a unified treatment. The analysis requires the assumption that …
Grammatical aspect in English
This paper proposes a theory of grammatical aspect based on the Davidsonian event-place e. Eventive sentences are shown to include e, while stative sentences lack e. Parsons' (1990) arguments for an analogous element in stative sentences are shown to be incorrect. The appearance of e is shown to be independent of the choice of verb, transitivity, object case-marking and telicity. It is thus argued to project independently in the syntax. The inter…
The Geometry of Interpretable Features
This article proposes a feature-geometric analysis of the interpretable features of Infl, using MINIMALIST syntax and DISTRIBUTED MORPHOLOGY . A small universal set of monovalent interpretable features and a set of entailment relations among them provide the basis for a principled account of the tense systems of English and Spanish. While each feature, each lexical item, and each vocabulary item has a unified representation, surface polysemy is s…
Linguistics (8 obras) · Philosophy (7 obras) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (7 obras) · Computer Science (6 obras) · Natural Language Processing Techniques (4 obras) · Feature (linguistics) (3 obras) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (3 obras) · Mathematics (3 obras) · Natural language processing (3 obras) · Physics (3 obras)