Nominalization – Lexical and Syntactic Aspects
... words, the categorization of a complex expression E' is that of its head, whether E' is a lexical item or not. This turns out to play a crucial role in nominalization. The argument structure AS(E) on the other hand is not just a further collection of morpho-syntactic features, but rather a differen ...
... words, the categorization of a complex expression E' is that of its head, whether E' is a lexical item or not. This turns out to play a crucial role in nominalization. The argument structure AS(E) on the other hand is not just a further collection of morpho-syntactic features, but rather a differen ...
The resolution of number conflicts in English and German
... conflicts — the very reason for which the constructions were selected in the first place — it was immediately obvious that the standard linguistic methodology of discussing individual examples whose acceptability or otherwise is judged by the linguist (or grammarian) him/herself is inadequate. It wa ...
... conflicts — the very reason for which the constructions were selected in the first place — it was immediately obvious that the standard linguistic methodology of discussing individual examples whose acceptability or otherwise is judged by the linguist (or grammarian) him/herself is inadequate. It wa ...
SUMMARY
... sentence can also be attributed to the commands in which the verb is used in one of other imperative forms, either in second-person singular or plural: What do you know about Florian? Tell us (Das ist Deutsch!1, p. 42); German in a classroom. Listen to the sentences and then read them (Logisch!1, p. ...
... sentence can also be attributed to the commands in which the verb is used in one of other imperative forms, either in second-person singular or plural: What do you know about Florian? Tell us (Das ist Deutsch!1, p. 42); German in a classroom. Listen to the sentences and then read them (Logisch!1, p. ...
Rule 1. You may end a sentence with a preposition. Just do not use
... The prepositions of motion “to,” “toward,” “in,” and “into.” These four prepositions link the verbs of movement— “move,” “go,” “transfer,” “walk,” “run,” “swim,” “ride,” “drive,” “fly,” “travel,” and many more—to their object destination. All of these verbs, except “transfer,” can take both “to” an ...
... The prepositions of motion “to,” “toward,” “in,” and “into.” These four prepositions link the verbs of movement— “move,” “go,” “transfer,” “walk,” “run,” “swim,” “ride,” “drive,” “fly,” “travel,” and many more—to their object destination. All of these verbs, except “transfer,” can take both “to” an ...
is case a functional unit: latin genitive
... noun phrase, which is obviously impossible. In brief to set up a unitary theory, we must not implicitly change criteria and surreptitiously switch from a syntactic relationship to a semantic relationship. If Benveniste is right to say that “the relationship set up between aedes and regis remains un ...
... noun phrase, which is obviously impossible. In brief to set up a unitary theory, we must not implicitly change criteria and surreptitiously switch from a syntactic relationship to a semantic relationship. If Benveniste is right to say that “the relationship set up between aedes and regis remains un ...
6 - Rutgers Optimality Archive
... It is unlikely that there are two different abstract accusative case features, one for animates and one for inanimates – that the feature combination accusative+inanimate corresponds to the same surface form as the combination nominative+inanimate in German is a more or less accidental lexical prope ...
... It is unlikely that there are two different abstract accusative case features, one for animates and one for inanimates – that the feature combination accusative+inanimate corresponds to the same surface form as the combination nominative+inanimate in German is a more or less accidental lexical prope ...
1 Dative and indirect object in German dialects: Evidence from
... Among German dialects, we can observe some major differences from Standard German with respect to case. Most importantly, the genitive case is virtually non-existent in nearly all German dialects (see e.g. Mironow 1957: 392, Shrier 1965: 421, Koß 1983). If we take this into account, we are left wit ...
... Among German dialects, we can observe some major differences from Standard German with respect to case. Most importantly, the genitive case is virtually non-existent in nearly all German dialects (see e.g. Mironow 1957: 392, Shrier 1965: 421, Koß 1983). If we take this into account, we are left wit ...
The German language - Кафедра іноземних мов
... may be pronounced quite differently. But in reading German, you will see the connections between these languages, even in many of the “small” words (the above examples are all nouns). For example: This week, my father is with my brother in the city. Diese Woche ist mein Vater mit meinem Bruder in de ...
... may be pronounced quite differently. But in reading German, you will see the connections between these languages, even in many of the “small” words (the above examples are all nouns). For example: This week, my father is with my brother in the city. Diese Woche ist mein Vater mit meinem Bruder in de ...
Using German Synonyms - Assets
... you have learnt the words together, the semantic distinctions between them are easier to recall. This book, then, aims to provide detailed information on a large number of sets of semantically related German words for more advanced learners whose ®rst language is English, in order to help them exten ...
... you have learnt the words together, the semantic distinctions between them are easier to recall. This book, then, aims to provide detailed information on a large number of sets of semantically related German words for more advanced learners whose ®rst language is English, in order to help them exten ...
Petronius, Satyricon - , the Matron of Ephesus
... window into the life, and sometimes the language, of the non-aristocratic social class. For literature, it has provided inspiration to authors as far-ranging as the 14h c. Italian Giovanni Boccaccio to the American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald (Fitzgerald’s most famous novel, The Great Gatsby, was a ...
... window into the life, and sometimes the language, of the non-aristocratic social class. For literature, it has provided inspiration to authors as far-ranging as the 14h c. Italian Giovanni Boccaccio to the American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald (Fitzgerald’s most famous novel, The Great Gatsby, was a ...
Free relative clauses: a new teaching approach for
... as it doesn’t account for the so-called non-matching cases, this means the instances in which the Case required by the matrix verb is not the same displayed by the wh- item. Another proposal - cited in Pittner (1991) – and first made up by Haider in 1988 supposes that the wh- item is both the comple ...
... as it doesn’t account for the so-called non-matching cases, this means the instances in which the Case required by the matrix verb is not the same displayed by the wh- item. Another proposal - cited in Pittner (1991) – and first made up by Haider in 1988 supposes that the wh- item is both the comple ...
Systematic Acquisition of Reading and Writing: An Exploration of
... Another popular method says that reading acquisition takes place at the syllable level as this is more natural for children to bridge from the spoken language to the written representation (RöberSiekmeyer, 2004). However, if the syllables are not taught well, then the learner pronounces the unstress ...
... Another popular method says that reading acquisition takes place at the syllable level as this is more natural for children to bridge from the spoken language to the written representation (RöberSiekmeyer, 2004). However, if the syllables are not taught well, then the learner pronounces the unstress ...
`Genitive Absolute` in New Testament/Hellenistic Greek
... Hellenistic Greek.25 Instead of having one main verb with other actions around it all subordinated in participles, the tendency was to start giving each action its own independent clause, more like what is usually done today in English. An initial stage in this process could be to distance certain a ...
... Hellenistic Greek.25 Instead of having one main verb with other actions around it all subordinated in participles, the tendency was to start giving each action its own independent clause, more like what is usually done today in English. An initial stage in this process could be to distance certain a ...
Word order preferences for direct and indirect objects in children
... Moreover, of the seven verbs that were used more than twice with both a direct object and an indirect object, all but one occurred more frequently in the dative–accusative order. (The one exception, kactacwuta ‘ take-and-give ’, occurred twice in the accusative–dative order and once in the dative– a ...
... Moreover, of the seven verbs that were used more than twice with both a direct object and an indirect object, all but one occurred more frequently in the dative–accusative order. (The one exception, kactacwuta ‘ take-and-give ’, occurred twice in the accusative–dative order and once in the dative– a ...
Number Words as Number Names
... Regarding (3b), it is significant that Frege did not appeal to terms like the number four when arguing for numbers as objects The reasons should be the very same as why he did not appeal to the existence of the term the truth value true in English when arguing for truth values being objects (and obj ...
... Regarding (3b), it is significant that Frege did not appeal to terms like the number four when arguing for numbers as objects The reasons should be the very same as why he did not appeal to the existence of the term the truth value true in English when arguing for truth values being objects (and obj ...
Conference Abstracts - Penn State University
... The neurocognition of real time argument interpretation in Icelandic Language comprehension can be characterised as a process of mapping a linguistic form onto its corresponding meaning in real time. Recent research indicates that – at least for the domain of obligatory sentence constituents (verbs ...
... The neurocognition of real time argument interpretation in Icelandic Language comprehension can be characterised as a process of mapping a linguistic form onto its corresponding meaning in real time. Recent research indicates that – at least for the domain of obligatory sentence constituents (verbs ...
Prepositions TIME and PLACE
... A preposition describes a relationship between other words in a sentence. In itself, a word like "in" or "after" is rather meaningless and hard to define in mere words. For instance, when you do try to define a preposition like "in" or "between" or "on," you invariably use your hands to show how som ...
... A preposition describes a relationship between other words in a sentence. In itself, a word like "in" or "after" is rather meaningless and hard to define in mere words. For instance, when you do try to define a preposition like "in" or "between" or "on," you invariably use your hands to show how som ...
German Reference Grammar
... cases except the genitive singular and the dative plural, where they are identical to the relative pronouns (See Pronouns §15). Demonstrative pronouns point to things or people, demonstrating (often visually) what or whom the speaker is referring to. The “all-purpose” demonstrative pronoun das can b ...
... cases except the genitive singular and the dative plural, where they are identical to the relative pronouns (See Pronouns §15). Demonstrative pronouns point to things or people, demonstrating (often visually) what or whom the speaker is referring to. The “all-purpose” demonstrative pronoun das can b ...
German Grammar in English for International Students
... Prepositions with the genitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prepositions with the Dative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prepositions with the accusative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prepositions with dative or a ...
... Prepositions with the genitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prepositions with the Dative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prepositions with the accusative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prepositions with dative or a ...
The Tamil Case System
... uses, but is still regarded as one case). NMG analyses also include an ablative case that is clearly formed from a locative case-marker (-il) plus a postposition (-iruntu). (In modern spoken Tamil, the system breaks down even further, with postpositional morphs completely replacing case suffixes in ...
... uses, but is still regarded as one case). NMG analyses also include an ablative case that is clearly formed from a locative case-marker (-il) plus a postposition (-iruntu). (In modern spoken Tamil, the system breaks down even further, with postpositional morphs completely replacing case suffixes in ...
File - Mrs. Ethington
... 2. Some people were talking ___the movie. (time) 3. A man was coming____ us on his bike. (direction) 4. The party starts_____ six o’clock. (time) 5. She put the book ____her bag. (place) 6. We walked____ the street to the park. (place) 7. She keeps her slippers____ her bed. (place) 8. We always wash ...
... 2. Some people were talking ___the movie. (time) 3. A man was coming____ us on his bike. (direction) 4. The party starts_____ six o’clock. (time) 5. She put the book ____her bag. (place) 6. We walked____ the street to the park. (place) 7. She keeps her slippers____ her bed. (place) 8. We always wash ...
German abstract prepositional phrases Christian Lehmann
... 'discover'. It may be seen from E6 that if such a noun is combined with a genitive attribute representing its logical object (a), the construction can designate a situation and therefore be the subject of such predications as select a subject of this nature; while if the genitive attribute represent ...
... 'discover'. It may be seen from E6 that if such a noun is combined with a genitive attribute representing its logical object (a), the construction can designate a situation and therefore be the subject of such predications as select a subject of this nature; while if the genitive attribute represent ...
Quantification in German
... German can cooccur with a (primarily definite) determiner. In this case, they (immediately) follow the determiner. In no case can such a quantifier word be preceded by an adjective in its phrase (but see §2.1.3 for peculiarities of numeral expressions). ...
... German can cooccur with a (primarily definite) determiner. In this case, they (immediately) follow the determiner. In no case can such a quantifier word be preceded by an adjective in its phrase (but see §2.1.3 for peculiarities of numeral expressions). ...
International Workshop on Nominalizers and Copulas in East Asian
... -ra/la in other Tibetic languages. However the data from closely related Nar-Phu offers another interpretation of Manange -pe. nar-phu: In Nar-Phu, adnominal clauses with present senses use the nominalizer -pÀ [<*pa], but those with past senses use -pi. The latter could be the nominalizer and the g ...
... -ra/la in other Tibetic languages. However the data from closely related Nar-Phu offers another interpretation of Manange -pe. nar-phu: In Nar-Phu, adnominal clauses with present senses use the nominalizer -pÀ [<*pa], but those with past senses use -pi. The latter could be the nominalizer and the g ...