Understanding the Tlingit Verb
... Dictionary, and we can all spend the rest of our lives working with The Schetic Categories of the Tlingit Verb by Weihá. Those masterpieces and the collected and amazing works of K̲ eixwnéi and Xwaayeenák̲ is what all of this work is currently built upon. This project was funded by the Goldbelt Heri ...
... Dictionary, and we can all spend the rest of our lives working with The Schetic Categories of the Tlingit Verb by Weihá. Those masterpieces and the collected and amazing works of K̲ eixwnéi and Xwaayeenák̲ is what all of this work is currently built upon. This project was funded by the Goldbelt Heri ...
Amis Noun Phrase Structures:
... The word matu’asay can be further decomposed as ma-tu’as-ay “MA-get.old-FAC.” A word formation process like this is very common in Amis. Another example is shown in (4a) (i.e., kuhtingay ‘black color’). This is one of the reasons why the suffix -ay has been treated as a nominalizer. However, based o ...
... The word matu’asay can be further decomposed as ma-tu’as-ay “MA-get.old-FAC.” A word formation process like this is very common in Amis. Another example is shown in (4a) (i.e., kuhtingay ‘black color’). This is one of the reasons why the suffix -ay has been treated as a nominalizer. However, based o ...
Non-subject Arguments in Indonesian - ORB
... discussed in this thesis, who generously shared their time and knowledge with me. In particular, Umar Muslim was an endlessly patient teacher of both Indonesian and Javanese, and was always willing to share his own insights as a linguist. Katarina Sukamto, Eli Riharti, and Lalu Dasmara all also were ...
... discussed in this thesis, who generously shared their time and knowledge with me. In particular, Umar Muslim was an endlessly patient teacher of both Indonesian and Javanese, and was always willing to share his own insights as a linguist. Katarina Sukamto, Eli Riharti, and Lalu Dasmara all also were ...
The get-unit in Corpora of Spontaneous and Non
... Indeed, both the USBoE and AMC6 data demonstrate that the resultative feature, the tendency to occur in negative contexts, and the causative meaning acquired by the NP-sentences can be applied to any structure related to get. Sections 3.1 and 3.2 will qualitatively and quantitatively demonstrate th ...
... Indeed, both the USBoE and AMC6 data demonstrate that the resultative feature, the tendency to occur in negative contexts, and the causative meaning acquired by the NP-sentences can be applied to any structure related to get. Sections 3.1 and 3.2 will qualitatively and quantitatively demonstrate th ...
Constructional idioms as products of linguistic change: the aan het +
... These observations show that the occurrence of aan in present-day standard Dutch is bound to PPs with specific types of NPs, such as NPs of the type het + infinitive. This use of aan is a reflex of an earlier stage of Dutch in which the preposition aan had a more elaborated use as locative prepositi ...
... These observations show that the occurrence of aan in present-day standard Dutch is bound to PPs with specific types of NPs, such as NPs of the type het + infinitive. This use of aan is a reflex of an earlier stage of Dutch in which the preposition aan had a more elaborated use as locative prepositi ...
Bracketing Guidelines for Treebank II Style Penn Treebank Project 1
... 11.1.4 Dates, places, expressions of amount 11.1.5 Substantive adjectives 11.1.6 Participial and gerund modi ers 11.2 Complements and Postmodi ers 11.2.1 Adjuncts 11.2.2 Clausal complements 11.2.3 Reduced relative vs. oating participle 11.3 Measure/Amount Phrases 11.3.1 QP (quanti er phrase) 11.3.2 ...
... 11.1.4 Dates, places, expressions of amount 11.1.5 Substantive adjectives 11.1.6 Participial and gerund modi ers 11.2 Complements and Postmodi ers 11.2.1 Adjuncts 11.2.2 Clausal complements 11.2.3 Reduced relative vs. oating participle 11.3 Measure/Amount Phrases 11.3.1 QP (quanti er phrase) 11.3.2 ...
1. avem volantem
... This perfect tense expresses something that happened—and is now finished (that is a very approximate explanation.) Eventually we will learn other tenses which express things in the present, and the future, as well as other past tenses. The perfect tense is recognized by the ending –t, which is added ...
... This perfect tense expresses something that happened—and is now finished (that is a very approximate explanation.) Eventually we will learn other tenses which express things in the present, and the future, as well as other past tenses. The perfect tense is recognized by the ending –t, which is added ...
Nominal Roots as Event Predicates in English Denominal
... program. She has given me tremendously of her time and her knowledge, offering hours of discussion and carefully guiding me towards defining my questions and strengthening my arguments, and she has never stopped believing in me even when my activities took me far afield, which means a great deal to ...
... program. She has given me tremendously of her time and her knowledge, offering hours of discussion and carefully guiding me towards defining my questions and strengthening my arguments, and she has never stopped believing in me even when my activities took me far afield, which means a great deal to ...
PREFIXED ADJECTIVAL PARTICIPLES
... Since -l can attach to imperfective verbs, as in (1) and (2), the ungrammaticality of -lý participles in (7) and (8) is not based on selectional requirements of the affix -l. The ungrammaticality also cannot be based on some requirements of the agreement marker -ý because it can attach to imperfecti ...
... Since -l can attach to imperfective verbs, as in (1) and (2), the ungrammaticality of -lý participles in (7) and (8) is not based on selectional requirements of the affix -l. The ungrammaticality also cannot be based on some requirements of the agreement marker -ý because it can attach to imperfecti ...
gradable and ungradable adjectives
... Little is mostly used in attributive position. We can say A nice little house, but we would probably say The house is small, not *The house is little. Compound adjectives like one-eyed are usually used attributively, and adjectives made from nouns (like sports, in a sports car) are also mostly used ...
... Little is mostly used in attributive position. We can say A nice little house, but we would probably say The house is small, not *The house is little. Compound adjectives like one-eyed are usually used attributively, and adjectives made from nouns (like sports, in a sports car) are also mostly used ...
Introduction to the Subjunctive Mood
... Learning when to use the subjunctive mood can be particularly challenging for English-speakers learning Spanish. That's probably because the subjunctive mood is distinguished from the indicative mood so infrequently in English. Subjunctive? Indicative? Mood? What in the world do those mean? OK. Let' ...
... Learning when to use the subjunctive mood can be particularly challenging for English-speakers learning Spanish. That's probably because the subjunctive mood is distinguished from the indicative mood so infrequently in English. Subjunctive? Indicative? Mood? What in the world do those mean? OK. Let' ...
vilnius pedagogical university
... reduced predication. In Duffley’s terms, at this point we deal with the problem of control (2000: 2). Predications are specified by the agreement between the subject and the predicate, as well as by the signal of tense present in the predicate. According to Lenci (op. cit., 3), if a clause contains ...
... reduced predication. In Duffley’s terms, at this point we deal with the problem of control (2000: 2). Predications are specified by the agreement between the subject and the predicate, as well as by the signal of tense present in the predicate. According to Lenci (op. cit., 3), if a clause contains ...
INFINITIVAL SMALL CLAUSES IN ERNEST HEMINGWAY`S NOVEL
... reduced predication. In Duffley’s terms, at this point we deal with the problem of control (2000: 2). Predications are specified by the agreement between the subject and the predicate, as well as by the signal of tense present in the predicate. According to Lenci (op. cit., 3), if a clause contains ...
... reduced predication. In Duffley’s terms, at this point we deal with the problem of control (2000: 2). Predications are specified by the agreement between the subject and the predicate, as well as by the signal of tense present in the predicate. According to Lenci (op. cit., 3), if a clause contains ...
An introduction to ecclesiastical latin
... During t h e time when t h e Classical literature was growing into perfection and passing into t h e stage of imitation and decay the Vernacular Latin also continued to grow and, like all growing organisms, to absorb many elements from its surroundings. Those who spoke it were not deterred b y any f ...
... During t h e time when t h e Classical literature was growing into perfection and passing into t h e stage of imitation and decay the Vernacular Latin also continued to grow and, like all growing organisms, to absorb many elements from its surroundings. Those who spoke it were not deterred b y any f ...
Reciprocals in Yukaghir languages
... situation (‘A asked B to do something’ > ‘B did something for A’) usually prevails in the meaning of the corresponding reciprocal construction, so that my informants always preferred a translation like ‘A and B did something for each other’, rather than ‘A and B did something according to each other ...
... situation (‘A asked B to do something’ > ‘B did something for A’) usually prevails in the meaning of the corresponding reciprocal construction, so that my informants always preferred a translation like ‘A and B did something for each other’, rather than ‘A and B did something according to each other ...
On the Order of the Prenominal Participles in Bulgarian
... display verbal and not adjectival properties. In English, postmodified participial expressions cannot be found in front of the noun but appear only in postnominal position. We will provide evidence that postmodified participial expressions, both in English and in Bulgarian, exhibit verbal and not ad ...
... display verbal and not adjectival properties. In English, postmodified participial expressions cannot be found in front of the noun but appear only in postnominal position. We will provide evidence that postmodified participial expressions, both in English and in Bulgarian, exhibit verbal and not ad ...
Nathaniel Dorgbetor
... for more details on the phonotatics of Ewe). Each syllable in Ewe must be spoken with its own tone – every syllable corresponds to a tone-bearing unit (Duthie,1996). Like most African languages, Ewe is a tonal language with a distinction between ‘marked’ high and ‘unmarked’ nonhigh tone, the non-hig ...
... for more details on the phonotatics of Ewe). Each syllable in Ewe must be spoken with its own tone – every syllable corresponds to a tone-bearing unit (Duthie,1996). Like most African languages, Ewe is a tonal language with a distinction between ‘marked’ high and ‘unmarked’ nonhigh tone, the non-hig ...
6 A-movement
... forms: a singular form (like horse in one horse) used to denote a single entity, and a plural form (like horses in two horses) used to denote more than one entity. Common nouns have the syntactic property that only (an appropriate kind of) noun can be used to end a sentence such as They have no . . ...
... forms: a singular form (like horse in one horse) used to denote a single entity, and a plural form (like horses in two horses) used to denote more than one entity. Common nouns have the syntactic property that only (an appropriate kind of) noun can be used to end a sentence such as They have no . . ...
Thoughts on grammaticalization
... example is the development of the Latin preposition ad ‘at, towards’ into the Spanish direct object marker a. It must be made clear at the outset that this treatment is preliminary, incomplete and imperfect. It presents little more than what has been found out in the two centuries in which the subje ...
... example is the development of the Latin preposition ad ‘at, towards’ into the Spanish direct object marker a. It must be made clear at the outset that this treatment is preliminary, incomplete and imperfect. It presents little more than what has been found out in the two centuries in which the subje ...
18 The Instrumental Case Feminine declension nouns Masculine
... person/object evaluated positively/negatively A path, because it facilitates movement, can also be conceived of as a facilitator for action, an instrument, or a means (think of our English expression of a way to do things , where we also understand means and instruments in terms of a path by using t ...
... person/object evaluated positively/negatively A path, because it facilitates movement, can also be conceived of as a facilitator for action, an instrument, or a means (think of our English expression of a way to do things , where we also understand means and instruments in terms of a path by using t ...
Thoughts on grammaticalization
... example is the development of the Latin preposition ad ‘at, towards’ into the Spanish direct object marker a. It must be made clear at the outset that this treatment is preliminary, incomplete and imperfect. It presents little more than what has been found out in the two centuries in which the subje ...
... example is the development of the Latin preposition ad ‘at, towards’ into the Spanish direct object marker a. It must be made clear at the outset that this treatment is preliminary, incomplete and imperfect. It presents little more than what has been found out in the two centuries in which the subje ...
Abkhaz Viacheslav A. Chirikba
... Before the Georgian-Abkhaz war, the Abkhazians constituted 17.8 per cent of their republic's ethnic breakdown, being the second largest minority after the Kartvelians (i.e. Megrelians, Georgians and Svans), who comprised 45 .7 per cent. The other ethnic groups in Abkhazia are Armenians and Russians ...
... Before the Georgian-Abkhaz war, the Abkhazians constituted 17.8 per cent of their republic's ethnic breakdown, being the second largest minority after the Kartvelians (i.e. Megrelians, Georgians and Svans), who comprised 45 .7 per cent. The other ethnic groups in Abkhazia are Armenians and Russians ...
The evolution of number in Otomi
... then may have most likely become obsolete. This is what we find in the old dual of Old Norse which had a paucal extension, i.e. the inclusive plural construction þit móir mín could both mean ‘you (SG) and my mother’ (i.e. dual reference ‘the two of you’) as well as ‘you (PL) and my mother’ (i.e. wi ...
... then may have most likely become obsolete. This is what we find in the old dual of Old Norse which had a paucal extension, i.e. the inclusive plural construction þit móir mín could both mean ‘you (SG) and my mother’ (i.e. dual reference ‘the two of you’) as well as ‘you (PL) and my mother’ (i.e. wi ...
List of Descriptive Adjectives
... traits, colors, sizes, shapes, sounds and feelings. These can also be used to describe quality of something, or even to describe a person's character. ► Adjectives Describing Appearance E.g. Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins ...
... traits, colors, sizes, shapes, sounds and feelings. These can also be used to describe quality of something, or even to describe a person's character. ► Adjectives Describing Appearance E.g. Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins ...