To analyze crossdialectal variation between the use of a Present Perfect form (Pretérito Perfecto Compuesto) and Perfective Past Indefinido) in Spanish, we make two converging methodologies: (i) parallel corpus research, where compare different translations same text (Harry Potter Philosopher’s Stone) into specific standardized written varieties Spanish (Peninsular, Mexican, Argentinian), (ii) ...

this study compares and contrasts tense and inherent aspect in english and persian lan-guage from a semantic and syntactic point of view. the aspectual verb system in both english and persian are semantically interpreted alike. however, in persian a group of stative verbs are grammaticalized by the imperfective obligatory morpheme mi-, while in english all sta-tive verbs perfective. furthermore...

Arabic Subject Markers are interface phenomena (specifically between morphology and syntax). In this paper, I describe them briefly, I give my linguistic analysis within the framework of the Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar and I show how I implement them in the LKB system. I show that this system, despite its strength, does not allow for a proper implementation of these units. Standard Ara...

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...