Conference Presentations by Valeria Generalova
Paper presented at the International Conference on Role and Reference Grammar 2019 (Buffalo, NY)
Paper presented at the 5th DH Benelux Conference (Amsterdam, 07.06.2018)
Papers by Valeria Generalova
Typology of Morphosyntactic Parameters, Issue 3, Vol. 2, 2020
The idea of a tool for parsing several languages easily and in parallel is
one of the goals for b... more The idea of a tool for parsing several languages easily and in parallel is
one of the goals for both theoretical linguistics and engineering. One approach would be to create formalized descriptions of linguistic structures. This paper suggests a solution for describing the syntactic organization and its linking to the semantic structure of three-argument constructions with morphological causatives. Our analysis grounds on formalized Role and Reference Grammar. As the description tool, we use eXtensible MetaGrammar (XMG), encoding syntactic structures in the form of trees and semantic structures as decompositional frames.
Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics XXII, 2, 2020
Generalova, V. Towards an RRG analysis of constructions with a morphological causative in some Al... more Generalova, V. Towards an RRG analysis of constructions with a morphological causative in some Altaic languages. In: A. Tigău (ed.) The Syntax and Semantics of Internal Arguments. Special issue of Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics, Vol. 22.2
https://bwpl.unibuc.ro/vol-xxii-nr-2/
The present paper examines Bashkir and Kalmyk construction formed from transitive verbs by means of causative suffixes. We refer to these constructions to "constructions with a morphological causative". The paper also references other Altaic languages (Mishar Tatar, Nanai, Tuvinian, Khakas). The main focus of the paper is on the valence-increasing behavior of causatives. Primary attention is drawn to the case marking of the Causee since Altaic languages allow several options for that. The paper describes in detail the existing alternation and reviews prior explanations of this phenomenon. It then couches the explanation for the alternation within the framework of Role and Reference Grammar. The analysis identifies that Altaic constructions in question are somehow peculiar compared to general trends. After discussing the advantages and drawbacks of various theoretical interpretations of this peculiarity, we conclude that it is best to link two different causative constructions to two different logical structures. We also suggest constructional schemata for Kalmyk and Bashkir to include in the Linking Algorithm.
Proceedings of the ESSLLI & WeSSLLI Student Session 2020, 2020
Generalova, Valeria. 2020. Towards a cross-linguistic description of morphological causatives: is... more Generalova, Valeria. 2020. Towards a cross-linguistic description of morphological causatives: issues in syntax-semantics linking. In: Ed. Pavlova, Alexandra. Proceedings of the ESSLLI & WeSSLLI Student Session 2020. pp. 55-66.
Being part of a larger project (this work is part of the TreeGraSP project funded by the ERC Consolidator Grant awarded to Prof. Laura Kallmeyer) about valence-increasing devices, this paper suggests a method of formal modeling of constructions with morphological causatives based on transitive verbs in three languages: Nivkh (Isolate, Sakhalin island), Bashkir (Turkic, Ural region), Halkomelem (Salish, Southwestern British Columbia). The selection of languages is not supposed to be representative or typologically salient. These languages were observed to contain interesting phenomena relevant for creating comprehensive models, which was the ultimate criterion for selection.
We focus on constructions based on transitive verbs as we are interested in various ways of introducing an additional argument to the verb structure.
This paper aims to present an analysis robust enough to apply to different languages, formal enough to be used for computational tasks (such as parsing and sentence generation), easily extendable and in line with modern linguistic theory.
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Conference Presentations by Valeria Generalova
Papers by Valeria Generalova
one of the goals for both theoretical linguistics and engineering. One approach would be to create formalized descriptions of linguistic structures. This paper suggests a solution for describing the syntactic organization and its linking to the semantic structure of three-argument constructions with morphological causatives. Our analysis grounds on formalized Role and Reference Grammar. As the description tool, we use eXtensible MetaGrammar (XMG), encoding syntactic structures in the form of trees and semantic structures as decompositional frames.
https://bwpl.unibuc.ro/vol-xxii-nr-2/
The present paper examines Bashkir and Kalmyk construction formed from transitive verbs by means of causative suffixes. We refer to these constructions to "constructions with a morphological causative". The paper also references other Altaic languages (Mishar Tatar, Nanai, Tuvinian, Khakas). The main focus of the paper is on the valence-increasing behavior of causatives. Primary attention is drawn to the case marking of the Causee since Altaic languages allow several options for that. The paper describes in detail the existing alternation and reviews prior explanations of this phenomenon. It then couches the explanation for the alternation within the framework of Role and Reference Grammar. The analysis identifies that Altaic constructions in question are somehow peculiar compared to general trends. After discussing the advantages and drawbacks of various theoretical interpretations of this peculiarity, we conclude that it is best to link two different causative constructions to two different logical structures. We also suggest constructional schemata for Kalmyk and Bashkir to include in the Linking Algorithm.
Being part of a larger project (this work is part of the TreeGraSP project funded by the ERC Consolidator Grant awarded to Prof. Laura Kallmeyer) about valence-increasing devices, this paper suggests a method of formal modeling of constructions with morphological causatives based on transitive verbs in three languages: Nivkh (Isolate, Sakhalin island), Bashkir (Turkic, Ural region), Halkomelem (Salish, Southwestern British Columbia). The selection of languages is not supposed to be representative or typologically salient. These languages were observed to contain interesting phenomena relevant for creating comprehensive models, which was the ultimate criterion for selection.
We focus on constructions based on transitive verbs as we are interested in various ways of introducing an additional argument to the verb structure.
This paper aims to present an analysis robust enough to apply to different languages, formal enough to be used for computational tasks (such as parsing and sentence generation), easily extendable and in line with modern linguistic theory.
one of the goals for both theoretical linguistics and engineering. One approach would be to create formalized descriptions of linguistic structures. This paper suggests a solution for describing the syntactic organization and its linking to the semantic structure of three-argument constructions with morphological causatives. Our analysis grounds on formalized Role and Reference Grammar. As the description tool, we use eXtensible MetaGrammar (XMG), encoding syntactic structures in the form of trees and semantic structures as decompositional frames.
https://bwpl.unibuc.ro/vol-xxii-nr-2/
The present paper examines Bashkir and Kalmyk construction formed from transitive verbs by means of causative suffixes. We refer to these constructions to "constructions with a morphological causative". The paper also references other Altaic languages (Mishar Tatar, Nanai, Tuvinian, Khakas). The main focus of the paper is on the valence-increasing behavior of causatives. Primary attention is drawn to the case marking of the Causee since Altaic languages allow several options for that. The paper describes in detail the existing alternation and reviews prior explanations of this phenomenon. It then couches the explanation for the alternation within the framework of Role and Reference Grammar. The analysis identifies that Altaic constructions in question are somehow peculiar compared to general trends. After discussing the advantages and drawbacks of various theoretical interpretations of this peculiarity, we conclude that it is best to link two different causative constructions to two different logical structures. We also suggest constructional schemata for Kalmyk and Bashkir to include in the Linking Algorithm.
Being part of a larger project (this work is part of the TreeGraSP project funded by the ERC Consolidator Grant awarded to Prof. Laura Kallmeyer) about valence-increasing devices, this paper suggests a method of formal modeling of constructions with morphological causatives based on transitive verbs in three languages: Nivkh (Isolate, Sakhalin island), Bashkir (Turkic, Ural region), Halkomelem (Salish, Southwestern British Columbia). The selection of languages is not supposed to be representative or typologically salient. These languages were observed to contain interesting phenomena relevant for creating comprehensive models, which was the ultimate criterion for selection.
We focus on constructions based on transitive verbs as we are interested in various ways of introducing an additional argument to the verb structure.
This paper aims to present an analysis robust enough to apply to different languages, formal enough to be used for computational tasks (such as parsing and sentence generation), easily extendable and in line with modern linguistic theory.