A linearization account of either … or constructions

A Unified Account of English Fronting Constructions

Portmanteau Constructions, Phrase Structure, and Linearization

In bilingual code-switching which involves language-pairs with contrasting head-complement orders (i.e., head-initial vs. head-final), a head may be lexicalized from both languages with its complement sandwiched in the middle. These so-called "portmanteau" sentences (Nishimura, 1985, 1986; Sankoff et al., 1990, etc.) have been attested for decades, but they had never received a systematic, form...

A Model of Irreversible Electro-Oxidation Inhibited by Either Adsorption or Surface Complexation of the Product

Theoretical models of irreversible electro-oxidation of dissolved reactant giving dissolved product on the stationary planar electrode are developed for the conditions of staircase cyclic voltammetry. In the first model it is assumed that the product is adsorbed on the electrode surface and that the adsorbate prevents the transfer of electrons. In the second model it is assumed that the electro...

A Dynamic Semantic Account of Causative Psych Verb Constructions*

A Multi-Level Account of Cleft Constructions in Discourse

This pal~;r presents an analysis and synthesis of the factors relevant to the decision to use a cleft construction in discourse. The model described, based on a corpus of 587 naturally-occurring cleft constructions in written and spoken discourse, consists of two stages. The first stage concerus the decision to use a cleft construction rather than a non-cleft; the second describes the factors r...