Thesis. 1978. Ph.D.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND HUMANITIES. / Bibliography: leaves 211-217. / Ph.D.

Thesis. 1980. Ph.D.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND HUMANITIES. / Vita. / Bibliography: leaves 321-326. / Ph.D.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy, 1982. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND HUMANITIES / Bibliography: leaves 500-510. / by Kenneth Safir. / Ph.D.

Shin Mi-kyong. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 90-94). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Contents --- p.3 / List of Figures --- p.4 / List of Tables --- p.5 / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.6 / Chapter 1.1 --- Nominalizers in some East Asian languages --- p.7 / Chapter 1.2 --- Forms and functions of four East Asian nominalizers --- p.8 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Linker --- p.8 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- Pronominalization --- p.12 / Chapter 1.3 --- Grammaticalization of East Asian nominalizers --- p.14 / Chapter 1.4 --- Research questions and organization of the thesis --- p.15 / Chapter 1.5 --- Abbreviation --- p.16 / Chapter 2 --- Development of Korean nominalizing system --- p.17 / Chapter 2.1 --- Two distinct properties of Korean nominalizers --- p.17 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- "Korean Linking morphemes -n, -neun, -l" --- p.18 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- """Bound noun"" geot" --- p.19 / Chapter 2.2 --- Degrees of nominalization --- p.21 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Linker to Pronominal --- p.21 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Pronominal to Nominalizer --- p.24 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Nominalizer to Stance marker --- p.26 / Chapter 2.3 --- Competition from other nominalizers --- p.28 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Nominalizer -(o/u)m --- p.28 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Competition with Middle Korean *-n/do/ --- p.30 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Korean Linkers -eui and -n --- p.31 / Chapter 2.4 --- Summary --- p.33 / Chapter 3 --- Development of Japanese no --- p.35 / Chapter 3.1 --- Syntactic behavior of no --- p.36 / Chapter 3.2 --- Diachronic perspectives on no --- p.40 / Chapter 3.3 --- Summary --- p.44 / Chapter 4 --- Mandarin de and Cantonese ge --- p.45 / Chapter 4.1 --- Synchronic descriptions --- p.46 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Dual properties of Mandarin de and Cantonese ge --- p.46 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Zhu's classification of Mandarin de --- p.47 / Chapter 4.1.3 --- [Demonstrative + Classifier] structure in Cantonese --- p.49 / Chapter 4.1.4 --- ge insertion after Classifier in Cantonese --- p.50 / Chapter 4.1.5 --- Nominalization and further development in Mandarin de --- p.50 / Chapter 4.2 --- Diachronic perspectives --- p.53 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Competition between Classifier and Demonstrative pronoun --- p.54 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- From Classifier to nominalizer: Cantonese go --- p.55 / Chapter 4.3 --- Summary --- p.56 / Chapter 5 --- Some solutions on their incompatibilities --- p.58 / Chapter 5.1 --- Definiteness in Nominalizers --- p.59 / Chapter 5.1.1 --- Type I Determiners: Linking morphemes --- p.59 / Chapter 5.1.2 --- Type II Determiners: Pronominals --- p.64 / Chapter 5.2 --- Nominalized complementation in Japanese and Korean --- p.68 / Chapter 5.3 --- Further extension to Cleft and Stance --- p.74 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Unidirectional pathway view --- p.74 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Sentential pronominal to Cleft construction --- p.76 / Chapter 5.3.3 --- Cleft to stance --- p.78 / Chapter 5.4 --- Tense/Aspect reflected on Adnominal systems --- p.80 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- Spell-outs of time in Korean linking morphemes --- p.80 / Chapter 5.4.2 --- Infinitival RC --- p.82 / Chapter 5.5 --- Summary --- p.83 / Chapter 6 --- Conclusion --- p.85 / References --- p.87

A transformação entre linguagens, ou entre diferentes formatos de uma mesma linguagem, é um assunto que desperta interesse há vários anos e desta forma alguns trabalhos tem surgido para tentar automatizar o processo de transformação entre notações diferentes. Este trabalho descreve as Gramáticas Transformacionais empregados para descrever as transformag6es necessárias para converter uma notação em uma linguagem fonte (LF) para uma notação equivalente em uma linguagem objeto (LO). Nesta Gramática é embutido o conceito de Gramáticas de Atributos, criando assim as Gramáticas Transformacionais com Atributos (GTAs). Para validação das GTAs é apresentado um protótipo de ferramenta transformacional, que gera um tradutor, de LF para LO, a partir da descrição da gramática da LF e das regras de transformações para a LO. Tanto a LF quanto a LO são gramáticas do tipo LALR(1). Como objetivo de construir a ferramenta mais genérica possível, foram realizados estudos sobre três ferramentas, com as quais as transformações são possíveis. São elas: YACC, SINLEX e GG. É feita uma breve descrição destas três ferramentas e uma comparação com o protótipo implementado. / Languages transformation or transformation among differents formats of the same language is a subject that , has had a lot of interest for t many years. Thus, research has been done aiming to automatize the proccess of transformation from one notation to another. This work describes the use of Transformation Grammars to describe the necessary transformations to convert from a Source Language (SL) notation to an equivalent Object Language (OL). The concept of Attribute Grammars is embbeded to these grammars, defining an Attributed Transformation Grammar (ATG). A transformation tool prototype to evaluate the ATGs is presented. This tool generates a translator from SL to OL using the SL grammar description and the corresponding transformation rules to the OL. Both the SL and OL are LALR(1) grammars. Studies on YACC, SINLEX and GG (tools wich allow transformations) were done trying to reach the most generic tool. A brief descriptions of these tools and a comparision with the prototype is presented.

Thesis (M. A. (African Languages)) -- University of Limpopo, 2004 / Refer to document

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This thesis is concerned with the perception and production of lexical tone. In the first experiment, categorical perception of asymmetric synthetic tone continua was examined in speakers of tonal (Thai, Mandarin, and Vietnamese) and non-tonal (Australian English) languages. It was observed that perceptual strategies for categorisation depend on language background. Specifically, Mandarin and Vietnamese listeners tended to use the central tone to divide the continuum, whereas Thai and Australian English listeners used a flat no-contour tone as a perceptual anchor; a split based not on tonal vs. non-tonal language background, but rather on the specific language. In the second experiment, tonal (Thai) and non-tonal (Australian English) language speaking musicians and non-musicians were tested on categorical perception of two differently shaped synthetic tone continua. Results showed that, independently of language background, musicians learn to identify tones more quickly, show steeper identification functions, and display higher discrimination accuracy than non-musicians. Experiment three concerns the influence of language aptitude, musical aptitude, musical memory, and musical training on Australian English speakers‟ perception and production of non-native (Thai) tones, consonants, and vowels. The results showed that musicians were better than non-musicians at perceiving and producing tones and consonants; a ceiling effect was observed for vowel perception. Musical training per se did not determine acquisition of novel speech sounds, rather, musicians‟ higher accuracy was explained by a combination of inherent abilities - language and musical aptitude for consonants, and musical aptitude and musical memory for tones. It is concluded that tone perception is language dependent and strongly influenced by musical expertise - musical aptitude and musical memory, not musical training as such. / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

This research traces the trajectory of those methods of teaching grammar that five different teachers in Swedish from Stockholm municipality use in their practice. Their both constructive and negative attitudes towards grammar were in fokus when looking after the connection between their own experience of learning/teaching native language grammar and the methods that they are actually using in their own classes. I was trying to gain knowledge and achieve the purpose of this research by means of a qualitativ method. My empirical data consists of five interviews with the pedagogues who are teaching Swedish. I was also reviewing the scientific research related to the topic. This study has scratched the surface of the systemic funktional grammar (SFG) pedagogy. SFG is a model of grammar developed by the British linguist Michael Halliday. The meta-language informed by SFG seems to be the keyword of the model because of its implicit meaning. Only one of five teachers has been incorporating SFG into the teaching of history. When working with the third grade pupils the teacher has been using the modeling and deconstruktion of the kids own texts. the other four teachers have never heard about SFG before. The methods they are using are not updated that much, it is also easy to notice that they stich to the teaching of grammar as a separate part of language.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sheffield. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 360-378).