The present study investigates whether a minimal manipulation in task demands can induce core linguistic combinatorial mechanisms to extend beyond the bounds of normal grammatical phrases. Using magnetoencephalography, we measured neural activity evoked by the processing of adjective-noun phrases in canonical (red cup) and reversed order (cup red). During a task not requiring composition (verif...

The present study investigates whether a minimal manipulation in task demands can induce core linguistic combinatorial mechanisms to extend beyond the bounds of normal grammatical phrases. Using magnetoencephalography, we measured neural activity evoked by the processing of adjective-noun phrases in canonical (red cup) and reversed order (cup red). During a task not requiring composition (verif...

Contra previous uniform approaches for wh-phrases, the current paper argues that there is a clear asymmetry between in-situ argument and adjunct wh-phrases with respect to Intervention Effects (IEs) in Korean and Japanese. Based on the categorical (nominal vs. adverbial) dichotomy evidenced by structural case attachment tests and formation of complex wh-expressions, different base locations for...

In the paper, we address the problem of recognition of non-domain phrases in terminology lists obtained with an automatic term extraction tool. We focus on identification of multi-word phrases that are general terms and discourse function expressions. We tested several methods based on domain corpora comparison and a method based on contexts of phrases identified in a large corpus of general la...

Abstract In this paper, we discuss two types of dimensional adjectives in Nuosu Yi (Tibeto-Burman), which refer to as Positive (PAs) and Equative Adjectives (EAs). We show that PAs EAs are subject different distributions gradation structures: only admissible structures can be associated with measure phrases, include differential comparatives (e.g., Ayi is 2 cm taller than Aguo.) degree question...

This paper investigates whether and how natural language processing and data mining techniques can be utilized for locating desired knowledge in a large text collection. This task amounts to finding cue words and phrases indicating the location of knowledge, where the challenge is to establish a methodology that can cope with the diversity of expressions. We examine the feasibility of mining cu...

In this paper, I present a version of Categorial Grammar reinforced with subcategorizing and operational features. Employing the features allows the further specification of combinatory restrictions in natural languages. I show also that by assigning higher-order categories to words, such irregular expressions as "ago" and "last" and controversial constructions such as the formal subject "it," ...

This paper investigates whether and how natural language processing and data mining techniques can be utilized for locating desired knowledge in a large text collection. This task amounts to finding cue words and phrases indicating the location of knowledge, where the challenge is to establish a methodology that can cope with the diversity of expressions. We examine the feasibility of mining cu...

This article discusses humorous phraseological units, which make up a large part of the French fund, and level their study by phraseologists in field linguistics, as well structural semantic features expressions that can be studied from scientific practical point view. At same time, they analyze asymmetry lexical actualizers process expression real events, particularly forms funny proverbs phra...

Recent research has shown that when people combine verbal probabilistic forecasts from two sources, they are not simply averaged but can reinforce each other; so advisors both said an event was “rather likely,” some listeners concluded the “quite likely”. Conversely, unlikely,” it unlikely.” The present studies demonstrate direction of this effect is evoked by high versus low probabilities, dir...