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...

Introduction. The study explores the social processes that influence the construction by academic (information behaviour) researchers of the meaning(s) and significance of an author and her work prominent in the literature of their field (Brenda Dervin). Methods. Semi-structured qualitative interviews, based in part on the 'LifeLine' and 'Time-line' techniques developed by Dervin and her collab...

Four constructions of constant mean curvature (CMC) hypersurfaces in S are given, which should be considered analogues of ‘classical’ constructions that are possible for CMC hypersurfaces in Euclidean space. First, Delaunay-like hypersurfaces, consisting roughly of a chain of hyperspheres winding multiple times around an equator, are shown to exist for all values of the mean curvature. Second, ...

The main contribution of this work has been the establishment of an institution independent theory of composition of hierarchic specifications. Hierarchic specifications consist of formulas (“defaults”) from an underlying logic (institution), organized by priority levels (related by a partial order). These formulas can be defeated when in contradiction with more reliable information (at more im...

INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE This Medical Policy provides assistance in interpreting UnitedHealthcare benefit plans. When deciding coverage, the enrollee specific document must be referenced. The terms of an enrollee's document (e.g., Certificate of Coverage (COC) or Summary Plan Description (SPD)) may differ greatly. In the event of a conflict, the enrollee's specific benefit document supersedes this ...

There is cross-linguistic variation in the choice of the verbal copula used to express the HAVE relation. Many languages use be instead of have. For example, Turkish and Latin use be systematically and most other languages (including English) do so at least in certain constructions. There are also languages where a copula is not required (some Bantu languages, Malagasy for certain constructions...

1. Coordination: basic concepts and terms 1.1. Coordination 1.2. Basic patterns 1.3. Semantic types of coordination 2. The position of the coordinator(s) 3. Category-sensitivity of coordinating constructions 4. Semantic distinctions in conjunction 5. From comitative to conjunctive marker 6. Semantic maps 7. Inclusory constructions 8. Disjunction 9. Extraction from coordinating constructions 10....

INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE This Medical Policy provides assistance in interpreting UnitedHealthcare benefit plans. When deciding coverage, the enrollee specific document must be referenced. The terms of an enrollee's document (e.g., Certificate of Coverage (COC) or Summary Plan Description (SPD)) may differ greatly. In the event of a conflict, the enrollee's specific benefit document supersedes this ...

We present an account of analytic verb forms in a treebank of Czech texts. According to the Czech linguistic tradition, description of periphrastic constructions is a task for morphology. On the other hand, their components cannot be analyzed separately from syntax. We show how the paradigmatic and syntagmatic views can be represented within a single framework.