«takes as input a sequence of phrase-structure trees and modifies their labels according to a set of rules. ... Its rule notation is flexible enough to emulate head/argument-finding rules»
Casasanto et al 2004: time estimation was strongly affected by line length, but only for English and Indonesian speakers. Time estimation was also strongly affected by volume, but only for Greek and Spanish speakers. Neither group differed in their overall time-estimation accuracy on either task; instead, the differences between groups emerged only in the strength of the effect distance and volume have on time estimation.
By Molly Diesing (unpublished?)
"Author Molly Diesing investigates the syntactic and semantic conditions on the expression of spell targets in spells, including cases of explicit mention, deictic wand pointing, noun incorporation, and complete object drop. She then considers whether spells themselves are imperatives or performatives, and, if the latter, what happens when you violate their felicity conditions.
Dr. Diesing will develop this investigation in collaboration with Sally McConnell-Ginet ..."
http://heideas.blogspot.com/2007/09/w-type-pronouns-dragon-heartstring-and.html
I: Ø. Andersen, K. Fløttum og T. Kinn (red.): Menneske, språk og fellesskap. Festskrift til Kirsti Koch Christensen på 60-årsdagen 1. desember 2000, Novus forlag, s. 25-45.