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 . . ...
Introducing Arguments - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
... dissertation-writing probably got subjected to my queries the most. I wish to thank Mustafa Seguya Kamoga-Bombokka and Hassan Sekabira for the Luganda data, Mulalo Doyoyo for the Venda data, Mirel Sharxhi and Dalina Kallulli for the Albanian data, Youngjoo Lee for the Korean data, and Danny Fox and ...
... dissertation-writing probably got subjected to my queries the most. I wish to thank Mustafa Seguya Kamoga-Bombokka and Hassan Sekabira for the Luganda data, Mulalo Doyoyo for the Venda data, Mirel Sharxhi and Dalina Kallulli for the Albanian data, Youngjoo Lee for the Korean data, and Danny Fox and ...
bardi verb morphology in historical perspective
... Another person without whom this thesis could not have been written is Gedda Aklif. She very generously provided me with all her field notes, drafts, and dictionary elicitation tapes, which were invaluable and made my own fieldwork much more focused. She also gave me advice while in the field and b ...
... Another person without whom this thesis could not have been written is Gedda Aklif. She very generously provided me with all her field notes, drafts, and dictionary elicitation tapes, which were invaluable and made my own fieldwork much more focused. She also gave me advice while in the field and b ...
2016/17 Syllabus
... especially if they contain pictures which help to explain the text.(D) - can understand short, simple written messages, signs and notices if they contain pictures. ...
... especially if they contain pictures which help to explain the text.(D) - can understand short, simple written messages, signs and notices if they contain pictures. ...
View/Open - Minerva Access
... The most interesting and important grammatical subsystem in Oksapmin is the evidential one, which permeates various areas of the grammar. Without proper knowledge of this system, one cannot make a single grammatical sentence in the language. Recall that evidentiality is, roughly speaking, when a spe ...
... The most interesting and important grammatical subsystem in Oksapmin is the evidential one, which permeates various areas of the grammar. Without proper knowledge of this system, one cannot make a single grammatical sentence in the language. Recall that evidentiality is, roughly speaking, when a spe ...
English II
... • The function of the chorus in Greek drama is to comment on the dramatic action and set the action in the overall context of Greek life and religion and it may occasionally advise the characters or express sympathy with the tragic hero. • Ship of State – Lines 768-772 – It is particularly appropria ...
... • The function of the chorus in Greek drama is to comment on the dramatic action and set the action in the overall context of Greek life and religion and it may occasionally advise the characters or express sympathy with the tragic hero. • Ship of State – Lines 768-772 – It is particularly appropria ...
Minimalist Syntax Revisited
... coursebook is available only in electronic form, and should be referred to in the following format: Radford, A. (2006) Minimalist Syntax Revisited, http://courses.essex.ac.uk/lg/lg514 The book has two main aims. The first is to provide an introduction to recent work in syntactic theory (more particu ...
... coursebook is available only in electronic form, and should be referred to in the following format: Radford, A. (2006) Minimalist Syntax Revisited, http://courses.essex.ac.uk/lg/lg514 The book has two main aims. The first is to provide an introduction to recent work in syntactic theory (more particu ...
Chapter 2: The problems with prepositions 0 Introduction
... many of these adverbs can be used as nouns and adjectives, and a few can even be used as verbs. ...
... many of these adverbs can be used as nouns and adjectives, and a few can even be used as verbs. ...
Full text - Universiteit Leiden
... The process leading to this thesis began when, during my MA studies in Zurich, my then supervisor Dr. Philippe Maurer introduced me to a Timorese student, Eduardo da Costa Guterres. His native tongue, Makasae, ended up being the topic of my MA thesis. Eduardo’s commitment and enthusiasm convinced me ...
... The process leading to this thesis began when, during my MA studies in Zurich, my then supervisor Dr. Philippe Maurer introduced me to a Timorese student, Eduardo da Costa Guterres. His native tongue, Makasae, ended up being the topic of my MA thesis. Eduardo’s commitment and enthusiasm convinced me ...
Open Access version via Utrecht University Repository
... from the normal word order. These structures are analysed for their emphasising qualities. In presenting an account of the analysis, this thesis strives to add to the linguistic and philological understanding of fronting for emphasis in Old Irish. ...
... from the normal word order. These structures are analysed for their emphasising qualities. In presenting an account of the analysis, this thesis strives to add to the linguistic and philological understanding of fronting for emphasis in Old Irish. ...
FLOATING QUANTIFIERS, PARTITIVES AND DISTRIBUTIVITY
... subjects, direct objects or objects of prepositions. In this respect, they differ crucially from the free-standing quantifier prefixes of first-order logic, as has often been observed by the proponents of generalized quantifier theory (Barwise and Cooper (1981)). This theory treats quantifiers such ...
... subjects, direct objects or objects of prepositions. In this respect, they differ crucially from the free-standing quantifier prefixes of first-order logic, as has often been observed by the proponents of generalized quantifier theory (Barwise and Cooper (1981)). This theory treats quantifiers such ...
A GRAMMAR OF CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH
... verticals stress, and long verticals tone unit boundaries: see Appendix ll.iff, 12. ...
... verticals stress, and long verticals tone unit boundaries: see Appendix ll.iff, 12. ...
Hebrew Syntax and Exposition - James D. Price Publications
... AN EXEGETICAL AND EXPOSITORY SYNTAX Of ...
... AN EXEGETICAL AND EXPOSITORY SYNTAX Of ...
Domains within Words and their meanings: a case study
... are expected to have a meaning predictable from the meaning of the corresponding verbs, while –tos forms are expected to be highly idiosyncratic. However, as will be shown in this section, a closer investigation of the morphology of –tos forms in connection to their syntax and semantics reveals tha ...
... are expected to have a meaning predictable from the meaning of the corresponding verbs, while –tos forms are expected to be highly idiosyncratic. However, as will be shown in this section, a closer investigation of the morphology of –tos forms in connection to their syntax and semantics reveals tha ...
A grammar of Mauwake - Language Science Press
... Language Science Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party Internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Information regarding prices, trav ...
... Language Science Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party Internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Information regarding prices, trav ...
Chapter 4: Syntactic Relations and Case Marking
... First, it exemplifies the rare type of language in which there is no evidence for the postulation of grammatical relations in addition to semantic predicate-argument relations; it is therefore evidence that grammatical relations are not universal in the first sense discussed in §4.0. Second, the gen ...
... First, it exemplifies the rare type of language in which there is no evidence for the postulation of grammatical relations in addition to semantic predicate-argument relations; it is therefore evidence that grammatical relations are not universal in the first sense discussed in §4.0. Second, the gen ...
A grammar of Mauwake - Language Science Press
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... Language Science Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party Internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Information regarding prices, trav ...
Boyer`s Relative Clauses in the Greek New Testament: A Statistical
... Adjectival relative clauses may be descriptive or restrictive (identifying), just as other adjectives. Adjectival clauses are descriptive when they ascribe a quality or attribute to the antecedent, and restrictive when they define or identify the antecedent. The two categories are not mutually exclu ...
... Adjectival relative clauses may be descriptive or restrictive (identifying), just as other adjectives. Adjectival clauses are descriptive when they ascribe a quality or attribute to the antecedent, and restrictive when they define or identify the antecedent. The two categories are not mutually exclu ...
Grace Theological Journal 9.2 (1988) 233
... Adjectival relative clauses may be descriptive or restrictive (identifying), just as other adjectives. Adjectival clauses are descriptive when they ascribe a quality or attribute to the antecedent, and restrictive when they define or identify the antecedent. The two categories are not mutually exclu ...
... Adjectival relative clauses may be descriptive or restrictive (identifying), just as other adjectives. Adjectival clauses are descriptive when they ascribe a quality or attribute to the antecedent, and restrictive when they define or identify the antecedent. The two categories are not mutually exclu ...
Deep properties of surface pronouns: pronominal predicate
... Swedish, and Danish, respectively, Anderssen and Bentzen (2012), Bentzen et al. (2013), Andréasson (2009, 2010, 2013), and Ørsnes (2013) all discuss such constructions with respect to whether the pronoun det ‘it’ with a VP or clausal antecedent undergoes Object Shift or not. The German facts have b ...
... Swedish, and Danish, respectively, Anderssen and Bentzen (2012), Bentzen et al. (2013), Andréasson (2009, 2010, 2013), and Ørsnes (2013) all discuss such constructions with respect to whether the pronoun det ‘it’ with a VP or clausal antecedent undergoes Object Shift or not. The German facts have b ...
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 ...
Constructions with and without articles Henriëtte de Swart
... (the) hospital, play (the) piano). There is a third class of bare constructions which is neither definite nor indefinite, but plural or quantificational in nature. Here we find bare coordination (mother and child), reduplication (English from door to door = many doors in succession) and bare PPs lik ...
... (the) hospital, play (the) piano). There is a third class of bare constructions which is neither definite nor indefinite, but plural or quantificational in nature. Here we find bare coordination (mother and child), reduplication (English from door to door = many doors in succession) and bare PPs lik ...
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 ...
manual for the use of nehol: the negerhollands
... (Stein 2010:212-213, footnote 16). The slave letters included in the database are all the product of writing lessons by the Moravian missionaries. The Danish Lutheran church was much later in establishing a mission in the Danish colony to convert the slaves, which started only in 1756. The Danish mi ...
... (Stein 2010:212-213, footnote 16). The slave letters included in the database are all the product of writing lessons by the Moravian missionaries. The Danish Lutheran church was much later in establishing a mission in the Danish colony to convert the slaves, which started only in 1756. The Danish mi ...