Towards a semantic typology of specific determiners

This paper investigates properties of a class of determiners which can be loosely la- belled specific in that their distribution falls in between maximally-quantifying definite determiners and indefinites which only contribute existential quantification. Based on a sample which includes data from Buryat, Komi, Mari, Mordvin, and Turkish, I propose that suffixal determiners form a semantically natural class in that their distribution can be modelled by means of a relational component in the semantics of the determiners which relates the denotation of the noun to an antecedent. I derive the observed distributional differences between languages from the range of values available for the interpretation of this component. In particular, whether a relation of identity falls within the range of val- ues has consequences for whether a suffixal determiner triggers existence presupposition, which, in turn, has consequences both for the interpretation of the DP in question and for the inter-paradigm competition in a language

Taraldsen’s generalization in diachrony : evidence from a diachronic corpus

International audienceWe present the first large scale quantitative investigation of the syncretisation of verbal subject agreement in Medieval French and test a classic analysis which relates non-syncretic agreement and null subjects as parts of the same grammar (e.g. Rizzi 1986, Adams 1987, Alexiadou & Anagnostopoulou 1998, Roberts 2010, Sheehan to appear). We show that agreement syncretisation and the emergence of overt pronominal subjects proceeded at the same rate. On the Constant Rate Hypothesis of Kroch (1989), which states that a grammatical change has the same rate in different contexts, these results are compatible with the traditional analysis. However, we show that this analysis also generates a number of predictions which are not borne out by the quantitative data. We conclude that a more complex model of interaction of subject and inflection parameters is needed

Humanization as pedagogical phenomenon

The world community necessities intense changes in social, economic and cultural life of our country. The problem of humanization has always been humankind's central problem. At the beginning of the XXI century under the influence of global transformations the necessity to change the system of values of society formation of the strategy of education is practically becoming the necessary condition of culture dialogue. We believe that humanization of education means creation of such an educational social system which corresponds to the humanistic values and ideals

Terminology of clinical medicine

The present paper offers an up-to-date view of the status of Latin as the language of medicine, especially in its terminological component. Latin terminology is used originally as an international language of scholars and persisted within some areas, e.g. anatomy and pharmacy. Its universal usage ensures its continuation. When you are citing the document, use the following link http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/3466