In this paper, we study the subjunctive relative clause as a means to understand the relation between (non)veridicality, existence and event actualization. I argue that the subjunctive in the relative clause carries a presupposition of epistemic uncertainty as to the existence of a referent for the modified NP. This uncertainty can only be satisfied in non-veridical contexts, hence the distribu...

One of the main objectives of self-adaptive systems is to reduce maintenance costs through automatic adaptation. Self-healing is a self-adapting property that helps systems return to a normal state after a fault or vulnerability exploit has been detected. The problem is intuitively appealing as a way to automate the different type of maintenance processes (corrective, adaptive and perfective) a...

The perfective aspect marker in Chinese is partly functionally similar to inflectional suffixes Indo-European languages but non-inflectional and lexical nature, lying thus at the semantics–syntax interface. This provides us with opportunity compare directly syntactic semantic constraints during second language (L2) sentence processing. present study explored how L2 learners as their first (L1s)...

The goals of this paper are threefold: First, to review some recent syntactic accounts of cross-linguistic differences in the expression of telicity in Slavic vs. Germanic languages. Second, I will argue that the parametric variation in the encoding of telicity cannot be based on a unidirectional specifier head agreement between the verbal functional head linked to the telicity of the VP and th...

The combination of perfective aspect and present tense is frequently considered as an example semantically incompatible grams. If verbal forms including markers both do exist in a language, they tend not to express resp. the strict sense. Thus, Russian such usually convey future, napishu ‘I will write’. article discusses specific type contexts where these develop less trivial meaning what can b...

This work presents an implementation strategy which exploits separation of concerns and reuse in a multi-tier architecture to improve the security (availability, integrity, and confidentiality) level of an existing application. Functional properties are guaranteed via wrapping of the existing software modules. Security mechanisms are handled by the business logic of the middle-tier: availabilit...

This study investigates the ability of a group of eight Greek-speaking adolescents with Down Syndrome (DS) (aged 12.1-18.7) to handle the perfective past tense using an acceptability judgement task. The performance of the DS participants was compared with that of 16 typically-developing children whose chronological age was matched with the mental age of the DS group. For existing verbs, both gr...