Termination clauses in partnerships

Action Relations In Rationale Clauses And Means Clauses

Communicat ion among agents collaborating on a task often involves complex ut terances about multiple actions. In this paper, we analyze two part icular multiaction constructions, ut terances with means clauses and utterances with rationale clauses. We present the distinctive features of these constructions, describe their logical form, and define interpretation rules for deriving their meaning...

small clauses in persian

the persian morpheme ra has attracted the attention of many linguists including karimi (1989), dabir-moghaddam (1990) and ghomeshi (1996) among others. karimi takes ra as the accusative case marker, the presence of which on subjects and objects of prepositions render the sentence ungrammatical. according to ghomeshi (1996), it marks dps functioning as vp-level topics. dabir-moghaddam (1990) ana...

Labelled Clauses

We add labels to first-order clauses to simultaneously apply superpositions to several proof obligations inside one clause set. From a theoretical perspective, the approach unifies a variety of deduction modes. These include different strategies such as set of support, as well as explicit case analysis, e.g., splitting. From a practical perspective, labelled clauses offer advantages in the case...

Relative Clauses

In this chapter, we examine the typology of relative clauses. We will define relative clauses as follows: (1) A relative clause (RC) is a subordinate clause which delimits the reference of an NP by specifying the role of the referent of that NP in the situation described by the RC. Since the NP whose reference is being delimited is in the matrix clause, we will call it NP mat , and we will call...

"Conscience clauses" or "unconscionable clauses": personal beliefs versus professional responsibilities.