In syntactic theory, syntactic heads are the major mediators between syntax and semantics: the problem of describing the meaning of a complex expression is reduced to the problem of describing what ...

Morphological studies date back here. At this time the ancient linguist Panini (see History of Linguistics) formulated 3,959 rules of Sanskrit morphology.[1] [1 ...

Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It investigates the subconscious and systematic knowledge that speakers of a language possess. Such knowledge allows them to communicate and ...

The verbal morphemes in the Papuan language Nimboran are rigidly ordered; moreover, morphemes with identical ordering properties are in complementary distribution. This suggests that verbal morphemes ...

Language Acquisition, Vol. 9, No. 2 (2001), pp. 157-173 (17 pages) Spanish exhibits a determiner phrase (DP)-internal phenomenon (noun-drop or N-drop) closely analogous to subject pro-drop. Where ...

The Department of Linguistics and Cognitive Science at the University of Delaware is an interdisciplinary program that explores the intricate workings of the human mind and language. It offers ...

More language has been recorded in the last twenty years than in the entirety of human history. Using computer science algorithms, Computational Linguists can automatically process vast amounts of ...

Extensive linguistic research requires a rich academic infrastructure which less economically developed countries are unable to offer. Rich academic infrastructure means that the set of UK-wide ...