PERFECTIVITY MIGHT NOT SCOPE OVER MODALITY
... modals: (i) the so-called “past tense” modals: could, should, ought and (ii) need. Depending on the analysis of may and might in (17), counterfactual readings (or external perfect readings) are also attested with (some) epistemic modals. The internal perfect reading can obtain with all the epistemic ...
... modals: (i) the so-called “past tense” modals: could, should, ought and (ii) need. Depending on the analysis of may and might in (17), counterfactual readings (or external perfect readings) are also attested with (some) epistemic modals. The internal perfect reading can obtain with all the epistemic ...
Formal devices that express temporality:
... understood as a past tense sentence. In contrast, imperfective sentences—i.e. sentences describing situations viewed from inside--may have any of the three tenses. Imperfective sentences without any marker indicating future time or past time must be construed as having a present tense interpretation ...
... understood as a past tense sentence. In contrast, imperfective sentences—i.e. sentences describing situations viewed from inside--may have any of the three tenses. Imperfective sentences without any marker indicating future time or past time must be construed as having a present tense interpretation ...
- SOAS Research Online
... In this analysis I describe three aspects and their markers in siSwati, two of which have a common feature as they both link two separate time periods and are called dual-time period aspects. One is the PERSISTIVE, morphologically encoded by -sa-, which is welldocumented and studied cross-linguistic ...
... In this analysis I describe three aspects and their markers in siSwati, two of which have a common feature as they both link two separate time periods and are called dual-time period aspects. One is the PERSISTIVE, morphologically encoded by -sa-, which is welldocumented and studied cross-linguistic ...
DEICTIC AND ANAPHORIC TENSE IN KOREAN: A TWO
... languages have ways of locating events in time,even though they may differ from one another. Cross-linguistically. the concept of time is represented by three main classes of expressions: 1) grammatical expressions. 2)lexical expressions, and 3) lexically composite expressions. Lexicalization and gr ...
... languages have ways of locating events in time,even though they may differ from one another. Cross-linguistically. the concept of time is represented by three main classes of expressions: 1) grammatical expressions. 2)lexical expressions, and 3) lexically composite expressions. Lexicalization and gr ...
Vilniaus universitetas Saulė Petronienė LIETUVIŲ KALBOS
... motion can be proceeded or discontinued; whereas, that is not possible with time. The change or the motion can continue faster or more slowly; and the speed of the action may be estimated by time; still, it is obvious that time can never be estimated by time. Even though time is typical to motion, i ...
... motion can be proceeded or discontinued; whereas, that is not possible with time. The change or the motion can continue faster or more slowly; and the speed of the action may be estimated by time; still, it is obvious that time can never be estimated by time. Even though time is typical to motion, i ...
Lietuvių kalbos būtųjų laikų reikšmės ir jų atitikmenys anglų
... motion can be proceeded or discontinued; whereas, that is not possible with time. The change or the motion can continue faster or more slowly; and the speed of the action may be estimated by time; still, it is obvious that time can never be estimated by time. Even though time is typical to motion, i ...
... motion can be proceeded or discontinued; whereas, that is not possible with time. The change or the motion can continue faster or more slowly; and the speed of the action may be estimated by time; still, it is obvious that time can never be estimated by time. Even though time is typical to motion, i ...
On the Tense-Aspect system of Bolivian
... suggested in Brown [2005], is much less satisfactory. Until recently, this language lacked a name in the proper sense; native speakers used to refer to it through locutions such as ñane ñee ‘our language’ or mbya ñee ‘the people’s language’ (where mbya designates the members of the community, as opp ...
... suggested in Brown [2005], is much less satisfactory. Until recently, this language lacked a name in the proper sense; native speakers used to refer to it through locutions such as ñane ñee ‘our language’ or mbya ñee ‘the people’s language’ (where mbya designates the members of the community, as opp ...
Part 2 "Of the Verb": An Australian grammar : comprehending the
... performs: as, Bim-tan bang, I strike, expressed often by I do strike. 2. Active-intransitive, or those which express an action whiclt has 1~ ejfectl£pon any e.-eternal object beyand the agent, or agents themselves; that is, the agent is also the o~ject if his own act; consequently the verb is necess ...
... performs: as, Bim-tan bang, I strike, expressed often by I do strike. 2. Active-intransitive, or those which express an action whiclt has 1~ ejfectl£pon any e.-eternal object beyand the agent, or agents themselves; that is, the agent is also the o~ject if his own act; consequently the verb is necess ...
Fulltext - UoN Repository
... This study sets out to analyze the Bemba verb inflection for tense and aspect. It employs Basic Linguistic Theory and Nurse’s Conceptual Frame Work in the analysis of the distribution and interaction of tense and aspect on the verb phrase in Bemba. The background to the Bemba language of Zambia and ...
... This study sets out to analyze the Bemba verb inflection for tense and aspect. It employs Basic Linguistic Theory and Nurse’s Conceptual Frame Work in the analysis of the distribution and interaction of tense and aspect on the verb phrase in Bemba. The background to the Bemba language of Zambia and ...
Ch 10 - CSU, Chico
... II. The future tense and subordinate adverbial clauses When the main clause verb is in the future tense, the verb in the subordinate adverbial clause is in the simple present. I will be so happy, when I finally finish studying. When I finally finish studying, I will be so happy. Notice that in the examp ...
... II. The future tense and subordinate adverbial clauses When the main clause verb is in the future tense, the verb in the subordinate adverbial clause is in the simple present. I will be so happy, when I finally finish studying. When I finally finish studying, I will be so happy. Notice that in the examp ...
Translating linguistic time
... My guiding question throughout this paper is: what can we learn from looking at the translation of grammatical tense and aspect in narrative texts in different languages?2 Narrative studies as well as linguistic research have shown that tense and aspect perform a variety of functions both in narrati ...
... My guiding question throughout this paper is: what can we learn from looking at the translation of grammatical tense and aspect in narrative texts in different languages?2 Narrative studies as well as linguistic research have shown that tense and aspect perform a variety of functions both in narrati ...
journal of linguistics
... one another one by one'. Also, at this level, there has been discussion of related problems concerning the kinds of determination relation that exists between determiner and headword (cf. Frei, 1956), one category of which Ivic has called non-omissible determiners (1962). These she considers at a gr ...
... one another one by one'. Also, at this level, there has been discussion of related problems concerning the kinds of determination relation that exists between determiner and headword (cf. Frei, 1956), one category of which Ivic has called non-omissible determiners (1962). These she considers at a gr ...
Pi-lan
... On the other hand, if the ordering is violated, the interrogative cannot be correctly derived. For example, if the ordering is to first apply Aux-raising to satisfying the targeted [+Q]-Comp, then it destroys the environment of V-raising for supporting stranded Tense which has been raised to the tar ...
... On the other hand, if the ordering is violated, the interrogative cannot be correctly derived. For example, if the ordering is to first apply Aux-raising to satisfying the targeted [+Q]-Comp, then it destroys the environment of V-raising for supporting stranded Tense which has been raised to the tar ...
Uses of the Greek Infinitive
... ** This chart does not include Infinitive of Means (formed by ejn tw/: + infinitive) since its use is rare; answers the question ‘how’; should be translated ‘by _-ing’. E.g. Acts 3:26. *** Please note that although the infinitive is not a finite verb, and therefore cannot have an actual subject, it ...
... ** This chart does not include Infinitive of Means (formed by ejn tw/: + infinitive) since its use is rare; answers the question ‘how’; should be translated ‘by _-ing’. E.g. Acts 3:26. *** Please note that although the infinitive is not a finite verb, and therefore cannot have an actual subject, it ...
The Use of Frameworks in Teaching Tense
... Not only do we, as teachers, have to be able to analyse and understand the differences expressed in shades of meaning of different structures, but we have to make them understandable to our students so that, we hope, they will be able to use them themselves. To do this we refer to rules that are, in ...
... Not only do we, as teachers, have to be able to analyse and understand the differences expressed in shades of meaning of different structures, but we have to make them understandable to our students so that, we hope, they will be able to use them themselves. To do this we refer to rules that are, in ...
The Adverb vs. the Splitting of the Infinitive
... limitations of the auxiliary, and that the adverb is better placed between that auxiliaries than next to given. However, the main object is to stress the certain fact that there is no objection whatever to dividing a compound verb by adverbs.1 The separation of copulative verb and complement is one ...
... limitations of the auxiliary, and that the adverb is better placed between that auxiliaries than next to given. However, the main object is to stress the certain fact that there is no objection whatever to dividing a compound verb by adverbs.1 The separation of copulative verb and complement is one ...
Time and Tense in English - Association for Computational Linguistics
... of when the event associated with the main verb occurs with repect to the time of utterance. That is, tense informs the reader that an event occurs before, after, or during the time of utterance. Temporal adverbs (such as tomorrow or now) add additional information about the events in a sentence. Te ...
... of when the event associated with the main verb occurs with repect to the time of utterance. That is, tense informs the reader that an event occurs before, after, or during the time of utterance. Temporal adverbs (such as tomorrow or now) add additional information about the events in a sentence. Te ...
Where the Past is in the Perfect
... to the main verb stem. This participle is also used to form passive constructions, though in this use it is often referred to as the passive participle. Each of the traditional names for the participle (past, perfect, and passive) is either theoretically loaded or appropriate only for a subset of it ...
... to the main verb stem. This participle is also used to form passive constructions, though in this use it is often referred to as the passive participle. Each of the traditional names for the participle (past, perfect, and passive) is either theoretically loaded or appropriate only for a subset of it ...
Oscan ϝουρουστ and the Roccagloriosa law tablet.
... a third-person future perfect verb (see above). Based on this division of the words, Gualtieri & Poccetti (2001 : 222) posit a possible connection to Greek NOHYSWZ and Latin clepo ‘I steal’, from *klep-, which we accept. 3 It 1 Printed as [- ?-]RXVW DXW LDfNORSRXVW [- ?-] by Crawford et al. ; as ...
... a third-person future perfect verb (see above). Based on this division of the words, Gualtieri & Poccetti (2001 : 222) posit a possible connection to Greek NOHYSWZ and Latin clepo ‘I steal’, from *klep-, which we accept. 3 It 1 Printed as [- ?-]RXVW DXW LDfN
Backshift and Tense Decomposition
... An English example is the verb form put, which can, for instance, be present tense or past tense. Some languages show this ambiguity in productive conjugation patterns. For instance, Portuguese corremos is both a present and a past form of the regular verb correr “run”. • The same grammatical tense ...
... An English example is the verb form put, which can, for instance, be present tense or past tense. Some languages show this ambiguity in productive conjugation patterns. For instance, Portuguese corremos is both a present and a past form of the regular verb correr “run”. • The same grammatical tense ...
english tenses
... "Jane" and "Tom" are —— nouns, (singular / plural) singular 21. They walk slowly. The children walk slowly. Verbs do not add the ending -s or -es when the subject is I, you, we, they or a plural noun. "Children" is a ...
... "Jane" and "Tom" are —— nouns, (singular / plural) singular 21. They walk slowly. The children walk slowly. Verbs do not add the ending -s or -es when the subject is I, you, we, they or a plural noun. "Children" is a ...