@inproceedings{Barthelemy2008, author = {Barth{\´e}lemy, Fran{\c{c}}ois}, title = {Finite-state compilation of feature structures for two-level morphology}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-27120}, year = {2008}, abstract = {This paper describes a two-level formalism where feature structures are used in contextual rules. Whereas usual two-level grammars describe rational sets over symbol pairs, this new formalism uses tree structured regular expressions. They allow an explicit and precise definition of the scope of feature structures. A given surface form may be described using several feature structures. Feature unification is expressed in contextual rules using variables, like in a unification grammar. Grammars are compiled in finite state multi-tape transducers.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{ZarriessSeeker2008, author = {Zarrieß, Sina and Seeker, Wolfgang}, title = {Finite-state rule deduction for parsing non-constituent coordination}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-27254}, year = {2008}, abstract = {In this paper, we present a finite-state approach to constituency and therewith an analysis of coordination phenomena involving so-called non-constituents. We show that non-constituents can be seen as parts of fully-fledged constituents and therefore be coordinated in the same way. We have implemented an algorithm based on finite state automata that generates an LFG grammar assigning valid analyses to non-constituent coordination structures in the German language.}, language = {en} } @article{Kubozono2007, author = {Kubozono, Haruo}, title = {Focus and intonation in Japanese}, series = {Interdisciplinary studies on information structure : ISIS ; working papers of the SFB 632}, volume = {9}, journal = {Interdisciplinary studies on information structure : ISIS ; working papers of the SFB 632}, editor = {Ishihara, Shinichiro and Petrova, Svetlana and Schwarz, Anne}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {1866-4725}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-24472}, pages = {1 -- 27}, year = {2007}, abstract = {This paper discusses how focus changes prosodic structure in Tokyo Japanese. It is generally believed that focus blocks the intonational process of downstep and causes a pitch reset. This paper presents experimental evidence against this traditional view by looking at the prosodic behavior of Wh words, which receive focus lexically in Japanese as in other languages. It is demonstrated, specifically, that the focused Wh element does not block downstep although it receives a much higher pitch than its preceding element. This suggests that presence of lexical focus does not trigger pitch reset in Japanese.}, language = {en} } @article{HartmannZimmermann2004, author = {Hartmann, Katharina and Zimmermann, Malte}, title = {Focus strategies in chadic}, series = {Interdisciplinary studies on information structure : ISIS ; working papers of the SFB 632}, journal = {Interdisciplinary studies on information structure : ISIS ; working papers of the SFB 632}, number = {1}, issn = {1866-4725}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-8423}, pages = {207 -- 243}, year = {2004}, abstract = {We argue that the standard focus theories reach their limits when confronted with the focus systems of the Chadic languages. The backbone of the standard focus theories consists of two assumptions, both called into question by the languages under consideration. Firstly, it is standardly assumed that focus is generally marked by stress. The Chadic languages, however, exhibit a variety of different devices for focus marking. Secondly, it is assumed that focus is always marked. In Tangale, at least, focus is not marked consistently on all types of constituents. The paper offers two possible solutions to this dilemma.}, language = {en} } @book{GabbertWeikard1998, author = {Gabbert, Silke and Weikard, Hans-Peter}, title = {Food deficits, food security and food aid : concepts and measurement}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-8589}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {1998}, abstract = {The concepts of food deficit, hunger, undernourishment and food security are discussed. Axioms and indices for the assessment of nutrition of individuals and groups are suggested. Furthermore a measure for food aid donor performance is developed and applied to a sample of bilateral and multilateral donors providing food aid for African countries.}, language = {en} } @techreport{HunoldPetrishcheva2022, type = {Working Paper}, author = {Hunold, Matthias and Petrishcheva, Vasilisa}, title = {Foreclosure and Tunneling with Partial Vertical Ownership}, series = {CEPA Discussion Papers}, journal = {CEPA Discussion Papers}, number = {57}, issn = {2628-653X}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-56560}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-565601}, pages = {47}, year = {2022}, abstract = {We demonstrate how the incentives of firms that partially own their suppliers or customers to foreclose rivals depend on how the partial owner can extract profits from the target (tunneling). Compared to a fully vertically integrated firm, a partial owner may obtain only a share of the target's profit but influence the target's strategy significantly. We show that the incentives for customer and input foreclosure can be higher, equal, or even lower with partial ownership than with a vertical merger, depending on how the protection of minority shareholders and transfer price regulations affect the scope for profit extraction.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{LascaridesStone2006, author = {Lascarides, Alex and Stone, Matthew}, title = {Formal semantics for iconic gesture}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-10330}, year = {2006}, abstract = {We present a formal analysis of iconic coverbal gesture. Our model describes the incomplete meaning of gesture that's derivable from its form, and the pragmatic reasoning that yields a more specific interpretation. Our formalism builds on established models of discourse interpretation to capture key insights from the descriptive literature on gesture: synchronous speech and gesture express a single thought, but while the form of iconic gesture is an important clue to its interpretation, the content of gesture can be resolved only by linking it to its context.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{BeyssadeMarandin2006, author = {Beyssade, Claire and Marandin, Jean-Marie}, title = {From complex to simple speech acts : a bidimensional analysis of illocutionary}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-10319}, year = {2006}, abstract = {We present a new analysis of illocutionary forces in dialogue. We analyze them as complex conversational moves involving two dimensions: what Speaker commits herself to and what she calls on Addressee to perform. We start from the analysis of speech acts such as confirmation requests or whimperatives, and extend the analysis to seemingly simple speech acts, such as statements and queries. Then, we show how to integrate our proposal in the framework of the Grammar for Conversation (Ginzburg, to app.), which is adequate for modelling agents' information states and how they get updated.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{PoppBlaumDomptailetal.2006, author = {Popp, Alexander and Blaum, Niels and Domptail, Stephanie and Herpel, Nicole and Gr{\"o}ngr{\"o}ft, Alexander and Hoffman, T. T. and J{\"u}rgens, Norbert and Milton, Sue and Nuppenau, Ernst-August and Rossmanith, Eva and Schmidt, Michael and Vogel, Melanie and Vohland, Katrin and Jeltsch, Florian}, title = {From satellite imagery to soil-plant interactions}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-7302}, year = {2006}, abstract = {Decisions for the conservation of biodiversity and sustainable management of natural resources are typically related to large scales, i.e. the landscape level. However, understanding and predicting the effects of land use and climate change on scales relevant for decision-making requires to include both, large scale vegetation dynamics and small scale processes, such as soil-plant interactions. Integrating the results of multiple BIOTA subprojects enabled us to include necessary data of soil science, botany, socio-economics and remote sensing into a high resolution, process-based and spatially-explicit model. Using an example from a sustainably-used research farm and a communally used and degraded farming area in semiarid southern Namibia we show the power of simulation models as a tool to integrate processes across disciplines and scales.}, language = {en} } @misc{HoehleWeissenbornKieferetal.2004, author = {H{\"o}hle, Barbara and Weissenborn, J{\"u}rgen and Kiefer, Dorothea and Schulz, Antje and Schmitz, Michaela}, title = {Functional elements in infants' speech processing : the role of determiners in the syntactic categorization of lexical elements}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-16285}, year = {2004}, abstract = {How do children determine the syntactic category of novel words? In this article we present the results of 2 experiments that investigated whether German children between 12 and 16 months of age can use distributional knowledge that determiners precede nouns and subject pronouns precede verbs to syntactically categorize adjacent novel words. Evidence from the head-turn preference paradigm shows that, although 12- to 13-month-olds cannot do this, 14- to 16-month-olds are able to use a determiner to categorize a following novel word as a noun. In contrast, no categorization effect was found for a novel word following a subject pronoun. To understand this difference we analyzed adult child-directed speech. This analysis showed that there are in fact stronger co-occurrence relations between determiners and nouns than between subject pronouns and verbs. Thus, in German determiners may be more reliable cues to the syntactic category of an adjacent novel word than are subject pronouns. We propose that the capacity to syntactically categorize novel words, demonstrated here for the first time in children this young, mediates between the recognition of the specific morphosyntactic frame in which a novel word appears and the word-to-world mapping that is needed to build up a semantic representation for the novel word.}, language = {en} }