The aim of this paper is to assess the increase in the overall performance of English by University learners of EFL during the first three semesters. Students received instruction in a Spanish institution of Higher Education located in a... more
The aim of this paper is to assess the increase in the overall performance of English by University learners of EFL during the first three semesters. Students received instruction in a Spanish institution of Higher Education located in a medium-sized town in north-western Spain. The level of English of these students was A2 (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, CEFR) when they started their University degree; subjects studied included Education, Humanities, Tourism and English Studies. The objective was to reach Level B1 (CEFR) within three semesters. The group comprised around 300 students, the vast majority of whom had recently finished secondary education, and were in their early twenties.Against a background consisting of students with differing training, interests and degrees of motivation, several teaching innovation projects were carried out by the Department of Foreign Languages at the University of La Rioja over the academic years 2009-2013. This report foc...
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The aim of this article is to take the first steps toward the compilation of a treebank of Old English compatible with the framework of Universal Dependencies (UD). Such a treebank will comprise morphological and syntactic annotation of... more
The aim of this article is to take the first steps toward the compilation of a treebank of Old English compatible with the framework of Universal Dependencies (UD). Such a treebank will comprise morphological and syntactic annotation of Old English texts adequate for cross-linguistic comparison, diachronic analysis and natural language processing. The article, therefore, engages in four tasks: (i) identifying the Old English exponents of UD lexical categories; (ii) selecting the Old English exponents of UD morphological features; (iii) finding the areas of Old English morphology that require token indexing in the UD format; and (iv) checking on the relevance of the universal set of dependency relations. The data have been extracted from ParCorOEv2, an open access annotated parallel corpus Old English-English. The main conclusions are that the annotation format calls for two additional fields (gloss and morphological relatedness) and that enhanced dependencies are required in order to account for some syntactic phenomena.
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The present volume is intended as a scientific conversation between pioneering research and the traditionally leading disciplines of medievalism. With that aim, the collection presents a selection of crucial essays to add to contemporary... more
The present volume is intended as a scientific conversation between pioneering research and the traditionally leading disciplines of medievalism. With that aim, the collection presents a selection of crucial essays to add to contemporary discussion which, however convergent and synchronous in approach, also pull in heterogeneous distinct ways and enhance the multiple perspectives which are currently embraced in the study of English medievalism. The chapters, fifteen in all, constitute a peer-reviewed selection of papers presented at the 22nd International Conference of the Spanish Society for Mediaeval English Language and Literature (SELIM), which brought together a large number of scholars worldwide, and was held at the Department of Modern Languages of the University of La Rioja in 2010. A brief glance at the book's contents evinces the manifestly plural ways in which the English Middle Ages, the mesmerising media tempestas, are being addressed in current critical debate, from the diverse areas of linguistics, literature, teaching methodology and translation. In all, the book becomes exceptional witness to all these developments, being not foolhardy to predict that the dark old ages provide, as ever, foundations for stimulating new highlights and ideas.
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... In this proposal, trees, tem-plates and constructions account for certain aspects of this interaction. ... I do not introduce the parameter of headedness in the functional definition of the ... In other words,derivation feeds... more
... In this proposal, trees, tem-plates and constructions account for certain aspects of this interaction. ... I do not introduce the parameter of headedness in the functional definition of the ... In other words,derivation feeds derivation and compounding feeds compounding, as can be seen ...
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This article is a contribution to the development of the theory of morphology of Role and Reference Grammar in line with the more central role that constructions play in the latest version of this linguistic theory. In order to propose a... more
This article is a contribution to the development of the theory of morphology of Role and Reference Grammar in line with the more central role that constructions play in the latest version of this linguistic theory. In order to propose a principled definition of morphological processes that is not dependent on fuzzy notions like class membership, this article applies the distinction between constructions and constructional schemas to morphology in the following way. As regards morphological constructions, which are typologically relevant, the defining criterion is the distribution of markedness, that is, whether the morphologically relevant features are in the Nucleus or not. Two possibilities arise in this respect: the nuclear element or one or more non-nuclear elements are marked. If the nuclear element is marked, there is projection of morphological features. If the non-nuclear elements are marked, there is percolation as well as projection of features. Regarding constructional schemas, which are language-specific instantiations of constructions and can combine with one another, they fall into the following types: recursive/non-recursive, analytic/synthetic and continuous/discontinuous. After an application to the language of analysis, Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara, the conclusion is drawn that derivation (including compounding and affixation) can be endocentric or exocentric, whereas inflection is endocentric. Inflection and derivation can be analytic and synthetic as well as continuous and discontinuous. Unlike derivation, inflection is typically non-recursive, but the evidence provided by double case in Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara is relevant for this question.
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ABSTRACT The aim of this article is to assess the semantic transparency of Old English nominal and adjectival affixation. Three principles of semantic transparency are defined, requiring that (i) the attachment of an affix significantly... more
ABSTRACT The aim of this article is to assess the semantic transparency of Old English nominal and adjectival affixation. Three principles of semantic transparency are defined, requiring that (i) the attachment of an affix significantly modifies the meaning of the base of derivation; (ii) an affix performs one and the same lexical function in all the derivatives to which it is attached; (iii) a lexical function is performed by one and the same affix in all the derivatives where it applies. The discussion shows that the relation affix-function is overall more transparent than function-affix. The conclusion is drawn that the formation of Old English nouns and adjectives by affixal means is relatively transparent. Considering that approximately one fourth of the total vocabulary of Old English and one half of the derived lexicon have been analyzed, this conclusion clearly points to the relative transparency of Old English word-formation.
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Resumen: Este artículo se ocupa de la transparencia de la derivación léxica anglosajona. Un examen de la analizabilidad de los predicados afijales y la sistematicidad de los procesos morfológicos de la derivación anglosajona, tanto desde... more
Resumen: Este artículo se ocupa de la transparencia de la derivación léxica anglosajona. Un examen de la analizabilidad de los predicados afijales y la sistematicidad de los procesos morfológicos de la derivación anglosajona, tanto desde el punto de vista del comportamiento como de la distribución de los predicados, indica que el término transparencia debe aplicarse de manera muy matizada a la derivación léxica del inglés antiguo, cuyo léxico es claramente homogéneo y asociativo pero no siempre transparente en lo que a sus derivaciones se refiere.: This journal article bears on the transparency of Old English lexical derivation. An analysis of the analysability of affixal predicates and the regularity of the morphological processes of Anglo-Saxon derivation, from the point of view of both the behaviour and distribution of predicates, shows that the term transparency must be applied cautiously to the lexical derivation of Old English, whose lexicon is clearly homogeneous and associat...
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ABSTRACT This article carries out an analysis of the Old English verbal prefix ge- that is based on a paradigmatic organization of the lexicon, which allows for the inclusion of synchronic and diachronic data into a panchronic approach.... more
ABSTRACT This article carries out an analysis of the Old English verbal prefix ge- that is based on a paradigmatic organization of the lexicon, which allows for the inclusion of synchronic and diachronic data into a panchronic approach. On the synchronic side, the focus is on the spread of ge- in the derivational morphology of the language and the assessment of productivity, while on the diachronic side the emphasis is on the lexicalization and grammaticalization of the affix at stake. A path of grammaticalization is described as starting from the Proto-Germanic derivational prefix *ga- and leading to inflectional ge- in Old English. Quantitative evidence is gathered in favour of a progressive loss of the derivational productivity of the prefix that is paralleled by a gradual increase in inflectional distribution. The conclusion is reached that the neuter noun which is zero derived from the strong verb contributes through its derivatives to the decategorialization of the prefix ge-, which undergoes grammaticalization for reasons of over-markedness, becomes exclusively inflectional and, ultimately, disappears.
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Although Funcrioml-Typological Grammar (FTG), as stated in Givon (1979, 1984, 1989, 1990. 1993, 1995), has contributed to the redefinition of Saussure 'S concepts of diachrony and synchrony, its contribution to the cognitive paradigm... more
Although Funcrioml-Typological Grammar (FTG), as stated in Givon (1979, 1984, 1989, 1990. 1993, 1995), has contributed to the redefinition of Saussure 'S concepts of diachrony and synchrony, its contribution to the cognitive paradigm is less important. Afrer dealing with several merhodological and pre-theoretical aspects, rwo main conclusions are drawn in this paper: flrst, FTG is psychologically adequare, even though Givon follows the cognirive tradition rarher [han making any significant contriburions; and, second, E-TG achieves psychological adequacy ar rhe merhodological level, bur nor at the theoretical one.
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This article deals with the transitive construction involving habban and the past participle in Old English, and focuses on the loss of the adjectival segment of the participial inflection. The analysis is based on data retrieved from the... more
This article deals with the transitive construction involving habban and the past participle in Old English, and focuses on the loss of the adjectival segment of the participial inflection. The analysis is based on data retrieved from the York–Toronto–Helsinki Parsed Corpus of Old English Prose. Inflectional morphology and constituent order, including the relative and the absolute position of the past participle, are considered. The data indicate that the reanalysis the habban+past participle construction is nearly over by the end of the period.
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After comparing two functional approaches to the question of Old English deviant accusatives, genitives and datives, this paper follows Martín Arista (2001a, b) with respect to Old English prototypical verbal constructions: the... more
After comparing two functional approaches to the question of Old English deviant accusatives, genitives and datives, this paper follows Martín Arista (2001a, b) with respect to Old English prototypical verbal constructions: the prototypical transitive construction is defined as the active accomplishment version of verbs like writan…
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The main purpose of this article is to carry out an extensive examination of the evidence available of the Old English affix ge- in general, and, in particular, of the ge-alternation, which holds between predicates that bear a... more
The main purpose of this article is to carry out an extensive examination of the evidence available of the Old English affix ge- in general, and, in particular, of the ge-alternation, which holds between predicates that bear a form-and-function contrast such as hlid ‘lid’~gehlid ‘roof’. The gealternation is examined as a pure and a mixed alternation, co-occurring with gradation, zero derivation and affixation. The conclusion is reached that ge- is the most frequent and the most widely distributed affix in Old English. Moreover, it partakes in inter-categorial and recursive derivation. As a secondary goal, this article aims at assessing the descriptive adequacy of the database of Old English derivational morphology Nerthus both on qualitative and quantitative grounds. In this respect, the conclusion is reached that the amount of evidence of ge- that can be drawn from Nerthus allows for an extensive analysis of the affix. On the other hand, Nerthus, in its present state, requires more...
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This journal article addresses the question of the implementation of a dynamic model of expression rules in Functional Grammar (Dik 1997a, b) by considering sintactic discontinuity in Old English, a topic which has far-reaching... more
This journal article addresses the question of the implementation of a dynamic model of expression rules in Functional Grammar (Dik 1997a, b) by considering sintactic discontinuity in Old English, a topic which has far-reaching methodological and theoretical implications and bears on the current debate in the FG community, namely the top-down orientation of a discursive model of grammar. To begin with, this journal article provides a reflection on the role of syntax in FG and revises some aspects of previous approaches to expression rules that are relevant for the discussion of discontinuity. Discontinuous constituency, which is characterized in terms of three functional principles, is considered in the more general setting of the dynamic model of expression rules. The conclusion is reached that the functional features of any tree containing discontinuous constituents must specify the target, the degree of implementation and the degree of overlapping of discontinuous constituency. T...
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... Estudios de gramática funcional. Información General. Autores: Javier Martín Arista; Editores: Mira Editores, SA; Año de publicación: País: España; Idioma: Español; ISBN : 8488688830 84-88688-83-0. Otros catálogos. Bibliotecas... more
... Estudios de gramática funcional. Información General. Autores: Javier Martín Arista; Editores: Mira Editores, SA; Año de publicación: País: España; Idioma: Español; ISBN : 8488688830 84-88688-83-0. Otros catálogos. Bibliotecas Universitarias en las que se encuentra ( REBIUN ...
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Page 1. 1. It is not by chance that morphology is one of the main topics of the conferences on Functional Grammar (Gijón, September 2004) and on Role and Reference Grammar (Dublin, Ireland, July 2004). ATLANTIS 26.2 (December 2004): 63-74... more
Page 1. 1. It is not by chance that morphology is one of the main topics of the conferences on Functional Grammar (Gijón, September 2004) and on Role and Reference Grammar (Dublin, Ireland, July 2004). ATLANTIS 26.2 (December 2004): 63-74 ISSN 0210-6124 ...
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Page 1. 1. It is not by chance that morphology is one of the main topics of the conferences on Functional Grammar (Gijón, September 2004) and on Role and Reference Grammar (Dublin, Ireland, July 2004). ATLANTIS 26.2 (December 2004): 63-74... more
Page 1. 1. It is not by chance that morphology is one of the main topics of the conferences on Functional Grammar (Gijón, September 2004) and on Role and Reference Grammar (Dublin, Ireland, July 2004). ATLANTIS 26.2 (December 2004): 63-74 ISSN 0210-6124 ...
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ABSTRACT This journal article identifies two kinds of mismatch form-function in the formation of Old English adjectives. Convergent derivation is found when the meanings of derivatives converge in spite of the motivated morphological... more
ABSTRACT This journal article identifies two kinds of mismatch form-function in the formation of Old English adjectives. Convergent derivation is found when the meanings of derivatives converge in spite of the motivated morphological alternation that holds between their respective bases of derivation. Redundant derivation applies when an affix is attached that contributes the same meaning as another affix which has already been added to the base of derivation. The instances of convergent and redundant derivation analyzed in this work represent evidence in favour of the existence of two lexical layers in the Old English lexicon, namely the layer of affixless derivation and the layer of affixal derivation. The layer of affixless derivation, in turn, can be subdivided into the component of zero derivation proper and the component of derivation by inflectional means. Other conclusions of this research have to do with the patterns of recursive derivation in adjective formation, the insertion, combination and suppression of strong verb prefixes and the grammaticalization of -bre, -cund, -feald, -lēas, -lic, -sum, -weard, -welle, -wende and -wīs.