In this paper, I attempt to investigate two forms of verb phrase fronting constructions in Korean: 1) doubling VP and 2) do-support constructions. First, lay out common properties the show that Korean involve phrasal movement rather than being base-generated left-periphery. Furthermore, observe exhibit differences regarding types negation. argue these are caused by variation size targeted mater...

Language ability of 20 patients with probable Alzheimer's disease (AD) was evaluated. Analysis of spontaneous speech revealed a normal range and frequency of syntactic constructions but poor lexical use. A writing task showed a similar divergence, with the ability to use syntactic cues significantly more intact than the ability to use semantic cues. The results are taken to indicate that syntac...

We propose a unified syntactic-semantic account of passive sentences and sentences with an unspecified object (John read). For both constructions, we employ option types for introducing implicit arguments into the syntactic-semantic categorial mechanism. We show the advantages of this approach over previous proposals in the domains of scope and unaccusatives. Unlike pure syntactic treatments, o...

The notion of coherent and incoherent in nitive constructions was introduced by Bech (1955) to distinguish between two classes of control constructions in German which di er systematically in their syntactic behavior. In this paper, we propose an HPSG analysis for these two constructions which can account for a wide range of their syntactic properties. The analysis is built on our previous work...

Implicit type shifting, or coercion, appears to indicate a modular grammatical architecture, in which the process of semantic composition may add meanings absent from the syntax in order to ensure that certain operators, e.g., the progressive, receive suitable arguments (Jackendo¤ 1997; De Swart 1998). I will argue that coercion phenomena actually provide strong support for a sign-based model o...

In Construction Grammar, rules of syntactic combination (descriptions of local trees, e.g., a verb phrase and its daughters) have meanings. These meanings are represented by syntactic, semantic and usage features that attach to the mother or daughter nodes in these trees (Sag 2007, 2008). A construction defines the distinctive properties of a mode of combination that is part of the grammar of a...

In Construction Grammar, rules of syntactic combination (descriptions of local trees, e.g., a verb phrase and its daughters) have meanings. These meanings are represented by syntactic, semantic and usage features that attach to the mother or daughter nodes in these trees (Sag 2007, 2008). A construction defines the distinctive properties of a mode of combination that is part of the grammar of a...

Abstract Finnish nonfinite clauses constitute a complex grammatical class with seemingly chaotic mix of verbal and nominal properties. Thirteen constructions, their selection, control, thematic role assignment, agreement, embedded subjects, syntactic status were targeted for analysis. An analysis is proposed which derives semantic properties by relying on computational model human information p...

This squib highlights a fundamental tension between the representations required for case syncretism versus priority. Case is captured with feature decomposition based on patterns established in Caha 2009. However, different priority relations, which are instantiated Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian (BCS) numeral constructions and BCS German relative constructions. The proposes that this conflict can b...

This paper addresses serial verb constructions (SVCs) in English and Mandarin. Although Mandarin and English is different in the total number of SVC types, three so-called SVC types are found to be common across English and Mandarin: purposive SVCs (e.g. go eat); causative SVCs (e.g. I made him laugh); perceptive SVCs (e.g. I saw him laugh). This paper has demonstrated typical SVCs have unique ...