Antecedent (grammar)

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

Definiteness of Polish Noun Phrases Modified by Relative Clauses in the DRT Framework

Abstract: In this paper, I investigate anaphoric coreference as one of the sources of definiteness of NPs. The main focus here is how relative clauses influence the process of finding an antecedent for an NP in the standard DRT framework. Treelike indexes are adapted for this goal. The analysis is performed for article-free language (Polish). Other sources of definiteness are not considered.

Phi-features and neuter pronouns: the case of isso in Brazilian Portuguese

Abstract: In this squib we propose a semantic analysis of anaphoric ‘isso’ in Brazilian Portuguese in contrast with its deictic use, since ‘isso’ has a different range of possible antecedents/referents for each use. Our analysis claims that ‘isso’ lacks phi-feature and can have as antecedent only linguistic structures which also lack phi-features. We claim that this analysis also explains the fact that ‘isso’ does not appear in descriptions, cannot be interpretated as a bound variable, and shows a “fact reading” in some contexts. Since most abstract entities reference are achieve via non-DP and non-NP structure, ‘isso’ is a natural choice of anaphor in these cases, but as we show its uses are restricted by linguistic constraints.

Iterative mining for rules with constrained antecedents

Abstract: In this study we discuss the problem of mining association rules with constrained antecedents in a large database of sales transactions or clickstream records. For a user-defined set A of items, this problem asks for computing all association rules (satisfying suitable support and confidence thresholds) induced by A, where an association rule is said to be induced by A if its antecedent (i.e., LHS) is a subset of A while the consequent (i.e., RHS) contains no items in A. In particular, we are interested in a multi-step scenario where in each step A is incremented by one item and all association rules induced by the updated A are to be computed. We propose an efficient iterative algorithm that can exploit mining information gained in previous steps to efficiently answer subsequent queries.

The So-called SELF Anaphor

Abstract: This paper is devoted to characterizing the so-called Korean SELF anaphor. For this, I have delved into semantic differences between caki and coki-casin, using the notions of a reflexivizer and the domain of reflexivity. More simply put, I have argued that caki-casin is interpreted as anaphoric reference. In contrast, when local caki occurs in the domain of reflexivity for a predicate, it induces coreference. On the other hand, when caki occurs outside the domain of reflexivity of a predicate, however, it is interpreted as anaphoric reference. Consequently, caki-casin is a true SELF anaphor and it bears the ability to reflexivize a predicate. When an NP occurs as the antecedent of local caki, the linguistic antecedent is presumably favored over the hearer as the referent of caki. Nonetheless, a replacement of antecedents by a QP or a conjunct NP produces a reversed result. On the other hand, the hearer cannot be the referent of caki-casin: This is predicted, given the hypothesis that caki-casin is a SELF anaphor. Korean caki reveals a preference interpretation when there is more than one potential binder. I have accounted for such a fact by assuming a distinction between anaphoric reference and coreference. Finally, SELF anaphors, besides being used as a reflexivizer, can also be used as a logophor. More specifically, argument SELFs function as a reflexivizer, whereas non-argument SELFs function as logophor. Korean caki-casin and caki like English SELF anaphor himself can be used as a logophor. Yet, caki-casin cannot take a discourse participant as its referent. I have attributed this phenomenon to the lack of phi-features and U-features in caki-casin. To simply put it, it is likely that the lack of phi-features and U-features in caki-casin doesn't make the hearer accessible to it.

Sur la notion linguistique de vicariance

Abstract: We try here to propose a definition of the notion of vicariance. Indeed, the French grammarians who use this concept have not defined it precisely. We will see the specificity of the vicariant words, which can be defined as words with an abstract sense which are semantically identical with their antecedent.