In this paper, we introduce a system for reducing the visibility of infrequently used user interface items by increasing their transparency, thus increasing the visibility of frequently used items. We believe this system to be a superior alternative to the common method of completely removing infrequently used items from view. We discuss applications of this system to menus, toolboxes and deskt...

Generalized semantic roles, variously known as semantic macroroles or proto-roles, play a central role in the syntax-semantics interface in many monostratal syntactic theories. This paper reviews the major phenomena which have motivated the postulation of generalized semantic roles and evaluates critically some of the specific proposals that have been made, with special focus on the function th...

Natural language interfaces to computers must deal with wide variation in real-world input. This paper proposes that, in order to handle real-world input robustly, a natural language interface should be constructed in accord with principles of integrated processing: processing syntax and semantics at the same time, processing syntax and semantics using the same mechanisms, and processing langua...

This research revises, develops and offers empirical evidence to two assumptions discussed in Pesetsky & Torrego’s (2007) theory which claims that tense feature [T] is associated with expressed on DPs syntax. Investigating the syntax of a T-marker tau, used Najdi Arabic, contexts where tau interacts spine clause, provided assumed be generated spelled out at PF. takes place by minimalist str...

What is an interface? Talk of interfaces arises when one is confronted with some boundary phenomenon that sits at a point of contact between two domains. In my area of study, namely syntax, people talk about the “syntax-phonology interface”, the “syntax-morphology interface”, or the “syntax-semantics interface”. So an interface can be understood as a borderline between two domains. This metapho...

The wide availability of digital reading material online is causing a major shift in everyday reading activities. Readers are skimming instead of reading in depth [Nielson 1997]. Highlights are increasingly used in digital interfaces to direct attention toward relevant passages within texts. In this paper, we study the eye-gaze behavior of subjects using both keyword highlighting and ScentHighl...

Recent studies on L2 acquisition focus how interface-related properties are acquired at the end state grammars. Proposed as part of this theme, Interface Hypothesis (Sorace & Filiaci, 2006; Sorace, 2011) claims that syntax-discourse interface is particularly challenging to acquire, irrespective L1 and speakers. On other hand, Full Transfer / Access (Schwartz Sprouse, 1996) predicts L1-const...