ISSN:0039-3193    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9582.1990.tb00802.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1990

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

This paper discusses subject assignment and subject‐verb concord in equative sentences, especially ‘pseudo‐clefts’ likeWhat All we need are booksandWhat All that remains to be settled are the prices.Plural concord in such cases is traditionally explained as due to the potential plurality ofwhator to the ‘attraction’ exerted by the postverbal NP which is routinely taken to be a predicative complement. According to the view defended in this study, the postverbal NP is the real subject and as such ‘attractive’ enough to override the otherwise very strong association between subjecthood and pre

ISSN:0039-3193    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9582.1990.tb00803.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1990

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Heuristic procedures provide a useful tool in problem solving situations. However, their description and the study of the role they play in the solution process to lingustic problems have generally been ignored in linguistics. The paper illustrates several commonly used heuristic procedures in the sciences and shows their utility in the solution of two (simple) linguistic problems. Some merits of heuristic procedures are briefly discussed.

ISSN:0039-3193    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9582.1990.tb00804.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1990

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Books reviewed in this article:R. Garside, G. Leech&G. Sampson, The computational analysis of English. A corpus‐based approach (Källgren) 70S. Greenbaum, Good English and the grammarian (Jacobson) 73P. Lloyd, From Latin to Spanish; Vol 1: Historical phonology and morphology of the Spanish language (Malmberg) 75M. Sala, El problema de las lenguas en contacto (Malmberg)

ISSN:0039-3193    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9582.1990.tb00805.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1990

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0039-3193    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9582.1990.tb00806.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1990

数据来源: WILEY