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The study of the interaction between syntax and information
structure has attracted a great deal of attention since the
publication of foundational works on this subject such as Enric
Vallduvi's (1992) The Informational Component and Knud Lambrecht's
(1994) Information Structure and Sentence Form. The book inserts
itself in this contemporary interest by providing a collection of
articles on different aspects of the syntax-pragmatics interface in
the indigenous languages of The Americas. The first chapter
provides a brief introduction of the some of the basic descriptive
issues addressed in them, and of some of the theoretical tools that
have been developed to analyze them. The reader finds articles that
focus mostly on empirical issues, while others are mostly oriented
to theoretical issues. Diverse theoretical approaches are
addressed, including Minimalism, Optimality-theoretic syntax, and
Meaning-Text Theory. The volume includes articles on the following
topics: the grammatical means to encode pragmatic notions in
Tariana (A. Aikhenvald); the relation between clause structure and
information structure in Lushootseed (D. Beck); the split
distribution of null subjects in Shipibo (J. Camacho and J.
Elias-Ulloa); the syntactic structure of left-peripheral
discourse-related functions in Kuikuro (B. Franchetto and M.
Santos), an agglutinative and head final language; word order and
focus patterns in Yaqui (L. Guerrero and V. Belloro); SVO and
topicalization in Yucatec Maya (R. Gutierrez-Bravo and J.
Monforte); the structure of the left-periphery in Karaja (Maia) and
the interaction between the wh-words and polarity sensitivity in
Southern Quechua (L. Sanchez).
Models of theoretical linguistics now emphasize the meeting points,
or interfaces, between different aspects of our language capacity.
Syntactic operations include structure-building, checking
long-distance relationships between units, and connecting
alternative word orders. This volume presents a collection of
original studies that explore the mapping between these operations
and other language-related areas such as word meanings, discourse
contexts, the construction of meaning for larger units, and the
alternative expressions of word order. It differs from previous
traditional research on interfaces by bringing together studies and
analyses from a range of languages, using monolingual varieties
that include second language phenomena. Case studies of different
types of interfaces, as well as studies based on lesser known sets
of linguistic data, provide important examples that propose a new
view of the connections between syntactic processes and other areas
of grammar.
Written in Spanish by an experienced instructor, this textbook
introduces students with no prior background in linguistics to the
syntax of Spanish, exploring the building blocks of complex
linguistic expressions. Variations across Spanish are highlighted
and varieties spoken by bilinguals are included. New concepts are
clearly presented through a gradual progression from simpler to
more complex concepts, with definitions of key terms highlighted in
boxes. Recent theoretical developments are presented in a
theory-neutral framework, offering students a balanced perspective.
Chapter learning objectives, numerous detailed examples, and
summaries, enable students to build a solid knowledge and
understanding of syntactic ideas from scratch. Both advanced and
introductory exercises are included in every chapter, allowing
students at all levels to put concepts into practice. Further
reading suggestions, and expansion boxes highlight more complex
developments, providing students with a platform for further
exploration. This is an essential resource for introductory courses
on Spanish syntax and linguistics.
Embeddings have undoubtedly been one of the most influential
research areas in Natural Language Processing (NLP). Encoding
information into a low-dimensional vector representation, which is
easily integrable in modern machine learning models, has played a
central role in the development of NLP. Embedding techniques
initially focused on words, but the attention soon started to shift
to other forms: from graph structures, such as knowledge bases, to
other types of textual content, such as sentences and documents.
This book provides a high-level synthesis of the main embedding
techniques in NLP, in the broad sense. The book starts by
explaining conventional word vector space models and word
embeddings (e.g., Word2Vec and GloVe) and then moves to other types
of embeddings, such as word sense, sentence and document, and graph
embeddings. The book also provides an overview of recent
developments in contextualized representations (e.g., ELMo and
BERT) and explains their potential in NLP. Throughout the book, the
reader can find both essential information for understanding a
certain topic from scratch and a broad overview of the most
successful techniques developed in the literature.
Models of theoretical linguistics now emphasize the meeting points,
or interfaces, between different aspects of our language capacity.
Syntactic operations include structure-building, checking
long-distance relationships between units, and connecting
alternative word orders. This volume presents a collection of
original studies that explore the mapping between these operations
and other language-related areas such as word meanings, discourse
contexts, the construction of meaning for larger units, and the
alternative expressions of word order. It differs from previous
traditional research on interfaces by bringing together studies and
analyses from a range of languages, using monolingual varieties
that include second language phenomena. Case studies of different
types of interfaces, as well as studies based on lesser known sets
of linguistic data, provide important examples that propose a new
view of the connections between syntactic processes and other areas
of grammar.
Written in Spanish by an experienced instructor, this textbook
introduces students with no prior background in linguistics to the
syntax of Spanish, exploring the building blocks of complex
linguistic expressions. Variations across Spanish are highlighted
and varieties spoken by bilinguals are included. New concepts are
clearly presented through a gradual progression from simpler to
more complex concepts, with definitions of key terms highlighted in
boxes. Recent theoretical developments are presented in a
theory-neutral framework, offering students a balanced perspective.
Chapter learning objectives, numerous detailed examples, and
summaries, enable students to build a solid knowledge and
understanding of syntactic ideas from scratch. Both advanced and
introductory exercises are included in every chapter, allowing
students at all levels to put concepts into practice. Further
reading suggestions, and expansion boxes highlight more complex
developments, providing students with a platform for further
exploration. This is an essential resource for introductory courses
on Spanish syntax and linguistics.
This volume presents a comprehensive representation of the papers
delivered at the fourteenth West Coast Conference on Formal
Linguistics held at the University of Southern California. Topics
range from child language to the transitivity of verbs, determiners
and context sets. The languages covered range from Cree to Hindi to
German.
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