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A-Z 947Suppes, P. 1972. Probabilistic grammars for natural languages. Synthese 22. 95–116. (Repr. in D.Davidson <strong>and</strong> G.Harman (eds), Semantics <strong>of</strong> natural language. Dordrecht. 741–62.)variational linguisticsproblominalization (also Bach-Petersparadox)Humorous term coined by Bach (1970) formed from contamination <strong>of</strong> probl(em) <strong>and</strong>(pron)ominalization which refers to certain difficulties in the derivation <strong>of</strong> pronouns fromthe deep structure. ( also personal pronoun)ReferencesBach, E. 1970. Problominalization.LIn 1. 121ff.Karttunen, L. 1971. Definite descriptions with crossing coreference: a study <strong>of</strong> the Bach-Petersparadox. FL 7. 157–82.process vs actionSemantic distinction <strong>of</strong> verbs, <strong>of</strong>ten h<strong>and</strong>led as an aspect distinction. Process verbsdescribe dynamic events that are not caused by an agent: bloom, grow, rise. They areusually intransitive. Actions, on the other h<strong>and</strong>, are caused by an agent; they can occur inthe imperative <strong>and</strong> can be combined with certain modal adverbs: dance joyfully. (also stative vs active)aspectReferences

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