http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/7834 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/10696 On the distribution of Dutch reflexives Veraart, Fleur Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy, 1996. Cover title. Includes bibliographical references (p. 68-69). Sun, 29 Oct 1995 22:58:59 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/37422 A list of initials and finals in Wôpanâak Hicks, Nitana (Nitana Christine) This paper consists primarily of lists of initial, medial and final verb morphemes in Wôpanâak. There are also lists of special initials and finals that function in different ways. Along with these lists are brief descriptions of the usage of the morphemes and the construction of Wôpanâak verbs. There are some notes on phonology, but an entire section on phonology will be an addition made at a later time. These lists will serve as a resource for the formulation of verbs, both for understanding how verbs are put together, as well as for forming entirely new verbs, or verbs that are likely to exist but that do not have text to verify. Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy, 2006. Includes bibliographical references (p. 85). Sat, 29 Oct 2005 22:58:59 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/30115 An information theoretic approach to veridical hallucination Trimmer, Brian, 1971- David Lewis, in "Veridical Hallucination and Prosthetic Vision", outlines his views on seeing. He discusses, by way of several examples, unusual visual conditions and gives explanations of why one does or does not see in those conditions. However, it is not always clear exactly how Lewis' views apply to unusual cases. He also admits that he has made mistakes in applying his criteria to examples, in the Postscript to the original article. However, I think Lewis' ideas are worthwhile and would like to expound upon them. In what follows, I hope to provide clearer criteria that are compatible with Lewis' views, and show how such criteria do or do not apply to unusual circumstances. The criteria I will use in place of Lewis derive from a branch of signal theory, called Information Theory. Information Theory is a formal calculus for quantifying and computing the information content of a source or a signal carrying information about a source. It is an attempt to formalize an intuitive notion of information that we all work with. The goal will be to look for discrepancies between the information theoretic criteria and Lewis' conclusions, so cases where there is substantial agreement between Lewis and the information theoretic criteria will be only briefly glossed. Clarification of both views can be obtained by seeing how and why they differ and which view is plausibly correct about the case. Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy, February 2004. Includes bibliographical references (p. 44). Wed, 29 Oct 2003 22:58:59 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/28344 Acquisition of the T and C system in clausal complements Norris, Rebecca L. (Rebecca Lynn), 1977- In order to discover how children acquire the T(ense) and C(omplementizer) system, finite and nonfinite embedded clauses produced by children in the CHILDES database were studied. It was discovered that young children often delete to in nonfinite embedded clauses, and that they use that in the C position of finite imbedded clauses far less often than adults do. By adapting Wexler's (1998) theory of optional infinitives to a Pesetsky and Torrego (2001, 2002) framework, I show that the facts about both finite and nonfinite embedded clauses are due to three conflicting constraints: a modified Unique Checking Constraint based on that in Wexler (1998), a conceptual constraint requiring both T and C to appear in every full clause, and a constraint which tells children to use phonological closeness to decide which goal to move when two goals are equally close to a probe. Children cannot avoid violation of at least one constraint, so they are required to violate as few as possible. This results in different possible derivations, each one of which produces results which are seen in child speech. Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy, February 2004. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 48). Wed, 29 Oct 2003 22:58:59 GMT