Download or read book The Python Quick Syntax Reference written by Gregory Walters and published by Apress. This book was released on 2013-12-17 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Python Quick Syntax Reference is the "go to" book that contains an easy to read and use guide to Python programming and development. This condensed code and syntax reference presents the Python language in a well-organized format designed to be used time and again. You won't find jargon, bloated samples, case studies, or history of Hello World and computer theory in this handy reference. This Python syntax reference is packed with useful information and is a must-have for any Python developer. What you’ll learn Variables, strings, lists, dictionaries and conditional statements are and how to use them Some of the standard libraries and what they can do to help you How to write your own functions How to write your first Python program based on terminal Input and Output How to use the Python Interactive Shell How to use classes in your Python programs Who this book is for The Python Quick Syntax Reference is a great pocket reference guide for anyone wanting to program in Python, from the new user to the experienced programmer. Table of Contents Chapter 1: Hello Python Chapter 2: Variables Chapter 3: Operators Chapter 4: Strings Chapter 5: Conditional Statements and Loops Chapter 6: Data Structures Chapter 7: Keywords Chapter 8: Functions Chapter 9: Libraries Chapter 10: Classes

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Download or read book Minimalist Syntax written by Randall Hendrick and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Minimalist Syntax is a collection of essays that analyze major syntactic processes in a variety of languages, all unified by their perspective from within the Minimalist Program. Introduces important concepts in the Minimalist approach to syntactic theory. Emphasizes empirical consequences of the Minimalist approach through innovative analyses. Highlights the importance of Minimalist syntax in explaining features of natural languages. Includes contributions from leading syntacticians.

Download or read book Dependency Syntax written by Igor Aleksandrovic Mel'cuk and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work presents the first sustained examination of Dependency Syntax. In clear and stimulating analyses Mel'cuk promotes syntactic description in terms of dependency rather than in terms of more familiar phrase-structure. The notions of dependency relations and dependency structure are introduced and substantiated, and the advantages of dependency representation are demonstrated by applying it to a number of popular linguistic problems, e.g. grammatical subject and ergative construction. A wide array of linguistic data is used - the well-known (Dyirbal), the less known (Lezgian), and the more recent (Alutor). Several "exotic" cases of Russian are discussed to show how dependency can be used to solve difficult technical problems. The book is not only formal and rigorous, but also strongly theory-oriented and data-based. Special attention is paid to linguistic terminology, specifically to its logical consistency. The dependency formalism is presented within the framework of a new semantics-oriented general linguistic theory, Meaning-Text theory.

Download or read book A Syntax of Substance written by David Adger and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new approach to grammar and meaning of relational nouns is presented along with its empirical consequences.

Download or read book Exploring the Syntax Semantics Interface written by Robert D. van Valin, Jr. and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-07-07 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language is a system of communication in which grammatical structures function to express meaning in context. While all languages can achieve the same basic communicative ends, they each use different means to achieve them, particularly in the divergent ways that syntax, semantics and pragmatics interact across languages. This book looks in detail at how structure, meaning, and communicative function interact in human languages. Working within the framework of Role and Reference Grammar (RRG), Van Valin proposes a set of rules, called the 'linking algorithm', which relates syntactic and semantic representations to each other, with discourse-pragmatics playing a role in the linking. Using this model, he discusses the full range of grammatical phenomena, including the structures of simple and complex sentences, verb and argument structure, voice, reflexivization and extraction restrictions. Clearly written and comprehensive, this book will be welcomed by all those working on the interface between syntax, semantics and pragmatics.

Download or read book Towards a Derivational Syntax written by Michael T. Putnam and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores recent advancements in the Minimalist Program that adopt Stroik s (1999, 2009) Survive Principle as the principle means of accounting for displacement phenomena in earlier versions of generative theory. These contributions bring to light many advantages and challenges that beset the Survive-minimalist framework, including topics such as the lexicon-syntax relationship, coordinate symmetries, scope, ellipsis, code-switching, and probe-goal relations. Despite the diverse, broad range of topics discussed in this volume, the papers are connected by a renewed investigation of Frampton & Gutmann s (2002) vision of a crash-proof syntax. This volume provides new and interesting perspectives on theoretical issues that have challenged the Minimalist Program since its inception and will provide ample food for thought for syntacticians working in the Minimalist tradition and beyond."

Download or read book Swift Quick Syntax Reference written by Matthew Campbell and published by Apress. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Swift Quick Syntax Reference is a condensed code and syntax reference to the new Apple Swift programming language, which is the alternative new programming language alongside Objective-C behind the APIs found in the Apple iOS SDK 8 and OS X Yosemite SDK. It presents the essential Swift syntax in a well-organized format that can be used as a handy reference. You won’t find any technical jargon, bloated samples, drawn out history lessons, or witty stories in this book. What you will find is a language reference that is concise, to the point, and highly accessible. The book is packed with useful information and is a must-have for any Swift programmer. In the Swift Quick Syntax Reference, you will find a concise reference to the Swift language syntax using the new Playgrounds. Playgrounds lets you type a line of code and the result appears immediately.

Download or read book Flexible Syntax written by A. Neeleman and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most linguistic theories assume that each grammatical relation is established in a unique structural configuration. Neeleman and Weerman take issue with this view, arguing for a more flexible approach on the basis of conceptual considerations and data taken mostly, but not exclusively, from the Germanic languages. In-depth analyses of word order phenomena as well as diachronic and typological generalizations motivate a re-evaluation of the role of case in the projection of arguments. Case is shown to provide a syntactic foothold for thematic interpretation, something which is necessary in a grammar that does not allow fixed theta-positions. Thus, this study does not only offer a genuine alternative to many standard assumptions, it also explains why there should be such a thing as case in natural language.

Download or read book English Syntax and Argumentation written by Bas Aarts and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-02-22 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a complete and detailed overview of modern English syntax, and offers a thorough grounding in the essentials of sentence structure and syntactic argumentation. Clear, accessible and comprehensive, it contains a wealth of material to support readers in consolidating their learning and knowledge at every step, from basic concepts to more advanced topics. Now in its sixth edition, this textbook includes: - fully updated chapters - refreshed learning materials - a fully revised glossary, list of reference works, and bibliography Equipped with lists of key concept, exercises and further reading suggestions in each chapter, as well as a detailed answer key at the end of the book, this highly accessible, engaging and supportive text covers all the topics needed for a confident understanding of English syntax.

Download or read book JavaScript Quick Syntax Reference written by Mikael Olsson and published by Apress. This book was released on 2015-09-19 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: JavaScript Quick Syntax Reference is a condensed syntax reference to the JavaScript language. It presents the essentials of JavaScript in a well-organized format that can be used as a handy reference. This includes the latest ECMAScript 5, JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) and DOM (Document Object Model) specifications and implementations. You won’t find any technical jargon, bloated samples, drawn out history lessons or witty stories in this book. What you will find is a JavaScript reference that is concise, to the point and highly accessible. The book is packed with useful information and is a must-have for any JavaScript programmer or Web developer. In JavaScript Quick Syntax Reference, you will find a concise reference to JavaScript programming language syntax; has short, simple and focused code examples; and includes a well laid out table of contents and a comprehensive index allowing easy review.

Download or read book Towards an Elegant Syntax written by Michael Brody and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-10-24 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays, written between 1980 and 2001, places the search for theoretical elegance at centre stage. The author shows that although the conceptual difference between 'elegance' and the minimalist search for 'perfection' may appear to be subtle, its consequences are in fact wide ranging and radical. These considerations lead to a markedly different and novel theory of syntax where most of the major features of minimalism, such as derivation, economy, merge, move, phrases and projection, are not just reanalysed or shifted to other components but in a majority of cases are dispensed with completely or reduced to much simpler notions. Towards an Elegant Syntax makes available important and some less easily accessible publications with new introductory material.

Download or read book Syntax written by Robert D. Van Valin (Jr.) and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-12-11 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to syntactic theory and analysis.

Download or read book Instruments and Related Concepts at the Syntax Semantics Interface written by Koen Van Hooste and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2018-04-30 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Instruments constitute a classic member of the thematic role inventory, yet they are usually analyzed only peripherally, taking a back seat to the more studied members such as Agent and Patient. This dissertation investigates the semantic reality behind the label instrument from the functionalist perspective of Role & Reference Grammar. Starting from a theoretical investigation of what instrumentality truly means when contrasted with related concepts like comitatives, this book explores the morphosyntactic realization of instruments across a wide range of typologically diverse languages. Apart from the standard occurrences of instruments that come to mind from languages such as Latin, German or English, this book delves into several less common constructions that feature the instrument relation. Such constructions include, amongst others, passives with instruments and particularly the Instrument-Subject Alternation, a construction where the instrument seemingly appears as the subject of the sentence. This construction displays variation along three dimensions: 1) The instrument can vary from a very simple tool to a complicated machine, 2) the predicate can vary substantially and 3) languages differ widely with respect to the construction's acceptability. This makes for a complex playing field where the animacy of the instrument but also the aktionsart class of the predicate play a major role. The last section of this book deals with linking the semantics of instruments and related concepts to their morphosyntactic realizations, including the various encoding strategies that are available in any given language. This book also features a concise introduction to Role & Reference Grammar. Dissertations in Language and Cognition: This series explores issues of mental representation, linguistic structure and representation, and their interplay. The research presented in this series is grounded in the idea explored in the Collaborative Research Center 'The structure of representations in language, cognition and science' (SFB 991) that there is a universal format for the representation of linguistic and cognitive concepts.

Download or read book C Quick Syntax Reference written by Mikael Olsson and published by Apress. This book was released on 2013-07-30 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The C++ Quick Syntax Reference is a condensed code and syntax reference to the C++ programming language. It presents the essential C++ syntax in a well-organized format that can be used as a handy reference. You won’t find any technical jargon, bloated samples, drawn out history lessons, or witty stories in this book. What you will find is a language reference that is concise, to the point and highly accessible. The book is packed with useful information and is a must-have for any C++ programmer. In the C++ Quick Syntax Reference, you will find: A concise reference to the C++ language syntax. Short, simple, and focused code examples. A well laid out table of contents and a comprehensive index allowing easy review. What you’ll learn How to create a C++ HelloWorld How to Compile and Run What are C++ Variables, Operators, Pointers and References What are Arrays, Strings, Conditionals, Loops and more How to do Functions How to work with Constructors, Inheritance, Overridings How to use Access Levels, Static, Enum, String and Union, and more What are Custom Conversions, Namespaces, Constants, and Preprocessor How to do Event Handling What are Type Conversions, Templates, Headers, and more Who this book is for This book is a quick, handy pocket syntax reference for experienced C++ programmers, and a concise, easily-digested introduction for other programmers new to C++. Table of Contents1. HelloWorld 2. Compile and Run 3. Variables 4. Operators 5. Pointers 6. References 7. Arrays 8. String 9. Conditionals 10. Loops 11. Functions 12. Class 13. Constructor 14. Inheritance 15. Overriding 16. Access Levels 17. Static 18. Enum 19. String and Union 20. Operator Overloading 21. Custom Conversions 22. Namespaces 23. Constants 24. Preprocessor 25. Event Handling 26. Type Conversions 27. Templates 28. Headers

Download or read book Epithets at the Syntax Semantics Interface written by Pritty Patel-Grosz and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is one of the first extensive cross-linguistic theoretical investigations on epithets. Epithets (such as “the bastard”) are anaphoric expressions which take the shape of a definite description, contain an evaluative component, and are typically unstressed. This monograph shows that, in order to understand the perplexing nature of epithets, one must consider what kinds of behavior they exhibit in different components of the language faculty. In this vein, the text adopts a broad approach, analysing epithets from the perspective of the syntax-semantics-pragmatics interface. The empirical focus of this monograph is on epithets in embedded clauses. It unearths new empirical findings and shows that the acceptability of epithets is affected by a variety of influences, including syntactic factors, such as whether the epithet is in the subject position of an embedded clause, or its object position. Semantic-pragmatic restrictions further navigate the nature of epithets, such as whether they are intended to refer to an attitude holder whose beliefs or other attitudes embed the clause that contains them. Based on these findings, the book argues that epithets are a type of pronoun, subject to interface restrictions concerning the semantics and pragmatics of attitude reports. The insights in this monograph raise new questions concerning the division of labour of the language faculty with respect to the processes and mechanisms involved in Binding Theory.