Antecedent (grammar)

About: Antecedent (grammar) is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1392 publications have been published within this topic receiving 41824 citations.

Reanálise das variáveis semânticas no condicionamento do objeto nulo e do pronome pleno na fala de Florianópolis

Abstract: In this article, we analyzed the third person anaphoric direct object, investigating two very productive strategies in Brazilian Portuguese: the tonic pronoun (ele\ela, ‘he\she’) and an empty category (a null object). Since these two strategies are not in free variation, our main goal was to verify which semantic feature of the antecedent might be serving as internal conditioning for the use of tonic pronouns or the empty category. Based on recent literature on the subject (CREUS; MENUZZI, 2004; PIVETTA, 2015; AYRES, 2016; OTHERO et al. 2016; OTHERO; SCHWANKE, 2017), we decided to re-examine the data presented in Vieira-Pinto (2015), and Vieira-Pinto and Coelho (2016) using sociolinguistic interviews from the Florianopolis. We investigated three variables related to the NP antecedent: animacy, specificity and semantic gender. Confirming the hypothesis originally proposed by Creus e Menuzzi (2004), we conclude that the semantic gender of the antecedent is the main feature for the phenomenon of the anaphoric direct object, as follows: antecedents with identified semantic gender favor pronominal anaphora, whereas antecedents without identified semantic gender favor the null object.

Organisational culture as an antecedent of knowledge sharing in NGOs

Abstract: Knowledge sharing (KS) is a challenge for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) given its high turnover and the informal nature of KS. We examine KS in Portuguese NGOs by adopting the three levels ...

Truth-valued-flow inference unit

Abstract: A truth-valued-flow inference unit according to the invention is for outputting truth values representing inferential results regarding a plurality of antecedents for which consequents in implications are the same. The inference unit includes a selector circuit (18, 71-74, 81-84, 91-94, 75, 76, 85, 86, 95, 96) for selectively outputting, for each of a plurality of antecedents in accordance with set rules and with regard to each of a plurality of kinds of input variables, truth values inputted thereto in correspondence with respective ones of the input variables with regard to a plurality kinds of predetermined functions used by the antecedents, and an operation circuit (19, 77-80, 90) for performing an operation between the truth values outputted by the selector circuit and all input variables for each antecedent, and further for performing a unifying operation on the results of this operation.

Distance Education And Learning Styles: Some Interesting Results

Abstract: The rush to offer web courses has left many questions as to what makes them effective and satisfactory. Important issues are: the perceived advantages of web-based courses; appropriate pedagogical tools (e.g., streaming media, PowerPoint presentations) to facilitate student-content interaction, media richness, and the influence of antecedent characteristics, such as gender, experience, motivation, and learning styles. Research here indicates support for media richness, web-based course advantages, some pedagogies, and minimal support for learning styles, at least Gardner’s multiple intelligences and Keirsey’s personality styles.