Semantics/Pragmatics interface

La grammaire fonctionnelle-discursive : stratification et interfaces

by Lachlan Mackenzie

Co-authored with Kees Hengeveld; translated by myself. In Jacques François (ed.), L'architecture des théories linguistiques, les modules et leurs interfaces (Mémoires de la Société Linguistique de Paris, Nouvelle Série 20). Louvain : Peeters, 2011. 155-182.

La Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Discursive (la GFD) est une théorie de la structure des langues d’inspiration typologique.... more La Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Discursive (la GFD) est une théorie de la structure des langues d’inspiration typologique. Elle s’organise de haut en bas dans le but d’atteindre l’adéquation psychologique, et considère l’acte de discours comme unité d'analyse de base. Bien que la GFD soit un modèle strictement grammatical, elle interagit avec des composants conceptuel, contextuel et de sortie afin d'améliorer sa compatibilité avec une théorie plus vaste de l'interaction verbale.

Is Gödel a plagiarist? Building Blocks for a New Experimental Semantics.

by Carlos M. Muñoz-Suárez

DRAFT.

Rock Band: a case study in the design of embodied interface experience

by Joshua Tanenbaum

Tanenbaum, J., & Bizzocchi, J. (2009) Rock Band: A Case Study in the Design of Embodied Interface Experience. In the Proceedings of ACM SIGGRAPH 2009, New Orleans, August 4-8.

There has been a recent surge of novel interface devices available for home gaming systems. With the rise in... more There has been a recent surge of novel interface devices available for home gaming systems. With the rise in popularity of games like Guitar Hero and consoles such as Nintendo's Wii comes new opportunities for game design at the interface level. In this paper we propose three interrelated dimensions for the analysis of embodied and gestural game interface hardware devices. We demonstrate how gestural and embodied interactions can be understood as ludic, kinesthetic and narrative experiences. We ground this discussion in a close analysis of the interface affordances of the game Rock Band and demonstrate how these three dimensions allow us to understand more clearly the place of the interface in the design and the experience of games.

How motion verbs are special: The interaction of semantic and pragmatic information in aspectual verb meanings

by Carol Tenny

WHEN SEMANTICS MEETS PHONETICS: ACOUSTICAL STUDIES OF SECOND-OCCURRENCE FOCUS

by T. Florian Jaeger

http://www.bcs.rochester.edu/people/fjaeger/papers/E_BeaverETAL07_SOF.pdf

(2011a) A New Syntax for Raising Verbs

by Diego Gabriel Krivochen

Second version, corrected and more in tone with Radical Minimalism papers.

(Written in English) In this paper we analyze the phenomenon of raising-to-subject. After a very brief introduction to... more (Written in English) In this paper we analyze the phenomenon of raising-to-subject. After a very brief introduction to the topic, we deal with two main problems: the underlying Relational Semantic Structure (Mateu, 2000, 2002, 2008) and its relevance to syntax, and the "narrow syntax" of raising. In the end, we propose a radically minimalist theory of raising in which we claim that we only have one clause with a Split TP instead of what has been traditionaly proposed, the presence of two clauses and an extraction from a subordinate TP or phi-domain (Chomsky, 1999, Hornstein, 2003, Grohmann, 2003, 2004), that is, we claim that there is no raising at all: "raising verbs" are in fact Modality expressions. Comments will be welcome.

(2010d) Prolegómenos a una teoría de la mente (Prolegomena to a Theory of Mind)

by Diego Gabriel Krivochen

Written in Spanish

This is an article written from the convergence between formal linguistics and cognitive science. The aim of the paper... more This is an article written from the convergence between formal linguistics and cognitive science. The aim of the paper is to provide (neuro)biological basis for some of the taken-for-granted notions in modern generative linguistic theory, such as Merge, Tranfer and Phases. We will try to outline a general model of the mind-brain, describing and explaining the semantics-syntax-semantics interfaces, following the model outlined in Krivochen (2010a, b, c). Our framework will be not only the Minimalist Program but also Relevance Theory wthin a Massively Modular mind-brain. We would like to thank Juan Stamboni and Angel Gallego for discussing with us some of the notions presented in this paper. Comments will be welcome.

(2010c) Theta Theory Revisited

by Diego Gabriel Krivochen

I am grateful to Angel Gallego and Juan Stamboni for their valuble comments on earlier versions. Needless to say, all remaining errors are entirely my own.

In this paper we critically revise the history of semantic interpretation in Generative Grammar, from early ST to the... more In this paper we critically revise the history of semantic interpretation in Generative Grammar, from early ST to the MP, and then propose our own model of thematic relations as semantic functions read in the LF interface level. In our road to "Radical Minimalism" (Krivochen, 2011a, b), we try to dispense with checking / matching theory and the concept of "assignment". Our framework, as usual, will be the MP (as a program, not as a theory) and Relevance Theory.

(2010a) Referencialidad y Definitud en D (Referentiality and Definiteness on D)

by Diego Gabriel Krivochen

I am in debt with Manuel Leonetti for his support and valuable comments on earlier drafts. All errors are entirely mine.

This paper deals with the derivation and interpretation of nominal expressions, from a Minimalist point of view, in... more This paper deals with the derivation and interpretation of nominal expressions, from a Minimalist point of view, in the interface with Relevance Theory. We find common points between both theories and work in the syntax-semantics interface. Here, we anticipate some tenets of what would become Radical Minimalism (2011b, c).