in this paper, after reviewing the classification of quantifiers, we aim toanswer the question of whether the merge position of quantifiers kheili and ba’zi is in the dp. contra moazzami (2006) and samiian (1983), we show that these quantifiers do not originate  in the dp. by appealing to the preference of merge over move and in the light of giusti (1991), we propose that these elements merge a...

Cross-linguistically, missing object constructions are sometimes analyzed as involving long-distance dependencies, similar to the dependencies found in whquestion or relative clause constructions. Other missing object constructions have been analyzed as involving complex predicate formation. We propose that both classes of missing object constructions are found in English, exemplified by the ca...

We propose in this paper a new approach for representing the prosody/syntax interface. We use for this a particular formalism, called Property Grammars, in which all information is represented by means of constraints. We show how alignment constraints can implement such an interface. One of the interests of these constraints, in comparison with other approaches such as optimality theory, is the...

Superlative expressions (such as “the tallest boy”) single out entities by comparing them to others with respect to a set of properties. Therefore, a proper semantics for a superlative expression requires a correct computation of the comparison set. In most of the cases, this can be done in a compositional fashion (leaving contextual influences aside). When superlative adjectives occur in preno...

This study investigates of-constructions in the predicates of two verbs, demonstrate and show, in academic discourse. A construction perspective is taken to examine how the two predicate constructions (‘demonstrate N1 of N2’ and ‘show N1 of N2’) would differ when the information-weighting of N1 and N2 are considered. The noun phrases were compared following Sinclair’s (1991) conception of seman...

This article discusses a number of complex appositive constructions, and compares them to regular nonrestrictive relative clauses and appositions in some Romance, Germanic and Slavic languages. Special attention is paid to the existence of so-called additional head NPs, and additional pronouns and determiners in appositive constructions. It is argued that almost all of the constructions under d...

We present a novel method for detecting the compositionality of English verbparticle constructions (VPCs), based on the assumption that compositionality can be modelled with semantic similarity between VPCs and their base verb in isolation. We also evaluate the contribution of components in compositional VPCs using semantic overlap.

Profit Sharing and Training We analyze the impact of profit sharing on the share of workers receiving training. An effect is plausible because: 1) profit sharing is a credible commitment by firms to reward firmspecific skills acquired by formal or informal training, 2) profit sharing may reduce turnover and increase the returns to training, 3) a common payment for the whole workforce leads to p...

In this paper, a number of different versions of the basic calculus of constructions that have appeared in the literature are compared and the exact relationships between them are determined. The biggest differences between versions are those between the original version of Coquand and the version in early papers on the subject by Seldin. None of these results is very deep, but it seems useful ...