The aim of this paper is to evaluate several linguistic constraints as predictors of the frequency with which word order variants of double object sentences occur, as well as of the processing ease associated with these structures. We will provide corpus data and behavioural data from completion questionnaires and self-paced reading experiments that address the validity of the Dative constraint...

We consider the problem of characterizing entrywise functions that preserve the cone of positive definite matrices when applied to every off-diagonal element. Our results extend theorems of Schoenberg [Duke Math. J. 9], Rudin [Duke Math. J, 26], Christensen and Ressel [Trans. Amer. Math. Soc., 243], and others, where similar problems were studied when the function is applied to all elements, in...

b. [akoi]pivot nom.1sg [ang nom s〈um〉ukat perf.av.measure ___i ng gen kabilugan circumference ng gen ulo head ni gen John]cle f t John I’m the one that measured the circumference of John’s head. ∗With thanks to Geraldine Baniqued, Johann Carlos Sulit Barcena, Luvee Hazel Calventas-Aquino, Jo Castro, Joe-Bren Consuelo, Karlo Jorge Dizon, Valerie Gamao, Edward Ross, and Catherine Tadina for their...

The role of UG in generative linguistics Generative linguistics is essentially the exploration of the properties of UG. Current conceptions of UG take it to be comprised of: Principles of representation, computation, and interface with language-external systems. Parameters of variation between languages affecting particularly aspects of representation and computation. Acquisition “device” of so...

I discuss group averaging as a method for quantising constrained systems whose gauge group is a noncompact Lie group. Focussing on three case studies, I address the convergence of the averaging, possible indefiniteness of the prospective physical inner product and the emergence of superselection sectors.