Interpreter prototypes from language definition style specifications

✦ Synopsis

Language definition techniques may be applied to the specification of a wide range of problems. Language implementation techniques may then be used to construct interpreter prototypes. The use of an interpreter-interpreter language for the implementation of interpreter prototypes circumvents some of the disadvantages of contemporary programming languages and software tools.

The Nature of Irreality in the Past Doma

The Nature of Irreality in the Past Domain: Evidence from Past Intentional Constructions in Australian Languages* This paper was written while I was a visiting research fellow at the linguistics department of the University of Melbourne. I would like to thank the department for its hospitality, as well as the Fund for Scientific Research–Flanders for its financial support. I am grateful to Rachel Nordlinger and two anonymous reviewers for very helpful comments on an earlier version of this paper, and to Bruce Birch, Alan Dench, Nick Evans, Ian Green, Shelly Harrison, Ekkehard König, Bill McGregor, Nele Nivelle, Marie-Eve Ritz and Adam Saulwick for general discussion or specific comments on some of the ideas presented here. I am of course responsible for any errors of fact or interpretation.

✍ Verstraete, Jean-Christophe 📂 Article 📅 2006 🏛 Taylor and Francis Group 🌐 English ⚖ 188 KB