In contrast to the "designer logic" approach, this paper shows how the attribute-value feature structures of unification grammar and constraints on them can be axiomatiz...
A compositional semantics for focusing subjuncts-words such as only, even, and also--is developed from Rooth's theory of association with focus. By adapting the theory so tha...
Referring expressions and other object descriptions should be maximal under the Local Brevity, No Unnecessary Components, and Lexical Preference preference rules; otherwise, they ...
We analyse the computational complexity of phonological models as they have developed over the past twenty years. The major results ate that generation and recognition are undecid...
Subjectivity and meaning are both important properties of language. This paper explores their interaction, and brings empirical evidence in support of the hypotheses that (1) subj...