The paper characterizes the PP–nominal (prepositional phrase + nominalization) pattern in Biblical Hebrew and Rabbinic Hebrew (e.g., עלינו לעשות ‘it is our duty to do’) and discusses its relation to ...

Catalog description: Introduction to deductive logic. Topics include: basic concepts of deductive logic; techniques of formal proof in propositional and predicate logic. 3 units. Prerequisites: No ...

Summary In this paper we have addressed the pattern *ðv̄- + prepositional clause/adverb in the Semitic languages. Formerly there were two approaches to explain this pattern: 1.The pattern is a verbal ...

This module introduces the foundations of logic in computer science. The first part introduces the syntax and semantics of propositional and predicate logics, natural deduction, and notions such as ...

Conceptually (see also The Fundamental Relations of Syntax and Conceptual Structure) the head of each sentence is a predicate. The predicate combined with its arguments to form a basic eventuality.

Every predicate referring to an eventuality (events and states) must have at least one argument. Arguments are extensions of a predicate, that are required a part of the meaning of the predicate. An ...