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Baldi, Philip H. – Classical Outlook, 1980
The partitive genitive and other types of genitive are examined to show that despite Latin's rigid, well-defined case system, irregularities in the functioning of the system occur. This allows the system to maximize structural characteristics to offset potential ambiguities. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Ambiguity, Form Classes (Languages), Grammar
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Rouchota, Villy – Journal of Linguistics, 1994
Explores the semantics and pragmatics of indefinite descriptions. It is argued that indefinite descriptions are not semantically ambiguous and that their various interpretations may be explained on the basis of general communicative principles. He shows that his proposed analysis can account for generic and predicative interpretations. (45…
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Communication (Thought Transfer), Descriptive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis
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MacDonald, Maryellen C. – Language and Cognitive Processes, 1997
Reviews some history of how lexical representations have acquired an important role in sentence processing research. Discusses relevant issues, including the importance of timecourse information in theorizing; the importance of frequency information in theories of sentence processing; and the question of the grain of frequency information. (42…
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Form Classes (Languages), Language Processing, Language Research
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Tabor, Whitney; And Others – Language and Cognitive Processes, 1997
Proposes a dynamical systems approach to parsing in which syntactic hypotheses are associated with attractors in a metric space. The experiments discussed documented various contingent frequency effects that cut across traditional linguistic grains, each of which was predicted by the dynamical systems model. (47 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Ambiguity, College Students, Form Classes (Languages), Grammar