Variation in the case system of German – linguistic analysis and
... GEN’), but not nominative. This case is exclusively linked with certain structural positions, that is to say the subject position as well as the position of a predicative nominative (cf. Er NOM ist Lehrer NOM ‘He NOM is a teacher ...
... GEN’), but not nominative. This case is exclusively linked with certain structural positions, that is to say the subject position as well as the position of a predicative nominative (cf. Er NOM ist Lehrer NOM ‘He NOM is a teacher ...
CHAPTER 17 “The Relative Pronoun” As has been the case in the
... “whom” correctly is like knowing the difference between a salad and oyster fork. It’s not knowledge that’s useful every day of your life, but when you need it it’s nice to have. In any case, never use “whom” when you should use “who”. You’ll outrage everyone. If you’re in doubt as to which to use, us ...
... “whom” correctly is like knowing the difference between a salad and oyster fork. It’s not knowledge that’s useful every day of your life, but when you need it it’s nice to have. In any case, never use “whom” when you should use “who”. You’ll outrage everyone. If you’re in doubt as to which to use, us ...
89212104-Ch.8
... The claim that noun phrases have the structure in (65a) is known as the DP Hypothesis. It is believed that noun phrases include the category Agr under D which parallels the Agr category of I in IPs. Spec-head agreement phenomenon in DP, too. English does not have rich agreement inflection. ...
... The claim that noun phrases have the structure in (65a) is known as the DP Hypothesis. It is believed that noun phrases include the category Agr under D which parallels the Agr category of I in IPs. Spec-head agreement phenomenon in DP, too. English does not have rich agreement inflection. ...
Tying Ideas Together with Conjunctions and Relative Pronouns
... conjunction. If you see such a clause alone without a main clause — for example, weil er seine Stimme verloren hat (because he lost his voice) — you’re left waiting to find out more information. • Relative clause (dependent clause): This type of clause can’t stand on its own even though it has a sen ...
... conjunction. If you see such a clause alone without a main clause — for example, weil er seine Stimme verloren hat (because he lost his voice) — you’re left waiting to find out more information. • Relative clause (dependent clause): This type of clause can’t stand on its own even though it has a sen ...
Case and Event Structure
... features. Chomsky 1999 suggests that structural Case is the paradigmatic uninterpretable feature, as it does not contribute to the interpretation of the noun phrase. However, Pesetsky and Torrego 2000 argue that nominative Case is the uninterpretable counterpart of interpretable verbal tense; hence ...
... features. Chomsky 1999 suggests that structural Case is the paradigmatic uninterpretable feature, as it does not contribute to the interpretation of the noun phrase. However, Pesetsky and Torrego 2000 argue that nominative Case is the uninterpretable counterpart of interpretable verbal tense; hence ...
JANNACH`S German for Reading Knowledge Sixth Edition
... • Grundwortschatz (basic vocabulary) and text glosses have been streamlined by clarifying their role in the learning process and removing repeat entries; basic definitions reflect usage in a given chapter or text. • Glosses to Lesetexte (readings) and Wiederholungen (review texts) have been revised ...
... • Grundwortschatz (basic vocabulary) and text glosses have been streamlined by clarifying their role in the learning process and removing repeat entries; basic definitions reflect usage in a given chapter or text. • Glosses to Lesetexte (readings) and Wiederholungen (review texts) have been revised ...
Case-theory: a solution of the bound pronoun problem in Romance
... reading of an object is attributed to one certain type of NP, viz. the type ofa generalized quantifier; the term 'strong reading' is meant to capture the unmarked reading of strong NPs as well as strong readings of weak NPs such as referential (specific), partitive, and generic readings. It appears ...
... reading of an object is attributed to one certain type of NP, viz. the type ofa generalized quantifier; the term 'strong reading' is meant to capture the unmarked reading of strong NPs as well as strong readings of weak NPs such as referential (specific), partitive, and generic readings. It appears ...
course reader
... demonstratives, which include the, this, that, these, those, the interrogatives which and what and, possibly, the indefinite article a and singular some (e.g. some man is outside). The other two are quantifiers including each, every, any, all, no, many, few, much, little, and the other uses of some, ...
... demonstratives, which include the, this, that, these, those, the interrogatives which and what and, possibly, the indefinite article a and singular some (e.g. some man is outside). The other two are quantifiers including each, every, any, all, no, many, few, much, little, and the other uses of some, ...
Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Nouns, Pronouns , Pronouns , Pronouns and
... The grammatical category of person is marked in cross-reference suffixes (§5.2) and pronouns (§4.6). Some cross-reference suffixes (§5.2) and subject resumptive pronouns (§4.6.3) only distinguish between first person and non-first person, i.e. second person and third person are expressed by the same ...
... The grammatical category of person is marked in cross-reference suffixes (§5.2) and pronouns (§4.6). Some cross-reference suffixes (§5.2) and subject resumptive pronouns (§4.6.3) only distinguish between first person and non-first person, i.e. second person and third person are expressed by the same ...
Case Matching in Bavarian Relative Clauses: A
... The discussion of examples (13) shows that conditions for omitting resumptive pronouns from sentences with free relative are exactly parallel to the case of omitted relative words in wo relative clauses: either case matching is required between the w-pronoun of the free relative and the omittable r ...
... The discussion of examples (13) shows that conditions for omitting resumptive pronouns from sentences with free relative are exactly parallel to the case of omitted relative words in wo relative clauses: either case matching is required between the w-pronoun of the free relative and the omittable r ...
first language - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
... phases in their acquisition of case morphology (Clahsen, 1984; Tracy, 1984): initially they use nouns without determiners; then they use mostly nominative forms of determiners independent of context; then there seems to be a binary case system involving both nominative and accusative (accusative for ...
... phases in their acquisition of case morphology (Clahsen, 1984; Tracy, 1984): initially they use nouns without determiners; then they use mostly nominative forms of determiners independent of context; then there seems to be a binary case system involving both nominative and accusative (accusative for ...
Contrastive Meaning (English-German)
... 1) COMPARATIVE FORMS OF ADJECTIVES In English -er is only possible with disyllabic words and then only with the more common Germanic words of the lexicon, e.g. perfect, but not *perfecter. 2) CASE SYSTEM IN ENGLISH This consists of two types, an unmarked and a marked one, which is traditionally term ...
... 1) COMPARATIVE FORMS OF ADJECTIVES In English -er is only possible with disyllabic words and then only with the more common Germanic words of the lexicon, e.g. perfect, but not *perfecter. 2) CASE SYSTEM IN ENGLISH This consists of two types, an unmarked and a marked one, which is traditionally term ...
§1 In Old English, a noun or a noun phrase inflected for Genitive
... as demonstratives, possessive adjectives (e.g. min, þin), some indefinite pronominal adjectives (e.g. sum). However the category of “determiner”, which would have certain prototypical members characterised by some shared properties (cf. §5 below), was still yet to develop in OE. Because of this lack ...
... as demonstratives, possessive adjectives (e.g. min, þin), some indefinite pronominal adjectives (e.g. sum). However the category of “determiner”, which would have certain prototypical members characterised by some shared properties (cf. §5 below), was still yet to develop in OE. Because of this lack ...
The Story of Preposition Addition: The Transition from RyanJ.
... number of other constructions with actual arguments of the verb 4 which underwent the transition from pee to PP. For example, as we will see later, although indirect objects were expressed by a dative PCC in .Old Russian and still is today in Standard Modern Russian, in Non-standard Middle Russian i ...
... number of other constructions with actual arguments of the verb 4 which underwent the transition from pee to PP. For example, as we will see later, although indirect objects were expressed by a dative PCC in .Old Russian and still is today in Standard Modern Russian, in Non-standard Middle Russian i ...
1 Introduction 2 Indirect objects in Greek
... In this paper, I will address the question of Case absorption from a somewhat different angle: rather than focus on the conditions that must be met in order to allow a clitic to co-occur with a full NP, I will examine constructions that require a clitic (sometimes allowing, but at others prohibiting ...
... In this paper, I will address the question of Case absorption from a somewhat different angle: rather than focus on the conditions that must be met in order to allow a clitic to co-occur with a full NP, I will examine constructions that require a clitic (sometimes allowing, but at others prohibiting ...
Dative Clitics and Case Licensing in Standard and Macedonian Greek
... In this paper, I will address the question of Case absorption from a somewhat different angle: rather than focus on the conditions that must be met in order to allow a clitic to co-occur with a full NP, I will examine constructions that require a clitic (sometimes allowing, but at others prohibiting ...
... In this paper, I will address the question of Case absorption from a somewhat different angle: rather than focus on the conditions that must be met in order to allow a clitic to co-occur with a full NP, I will examine constructions that require a clitic (sometimes allowing, but at others prohibiting ...
PREPS - Academic English Online
... Präpositions are short words (on, in, to) that usually stand in front of nouns (sometimes also in front of gerund verbs). Even advanced learners of English find prepositions difficult, as a 1:1 translation is usually not possible. One preposition in your native language might have several translatio ...
... Präpositions are short words (on, in, to) that usually stand in front of nouns (sometimes also in front of gerund verbs). Even advanced learners of English find prepositions difficult, as a 1:1 translation is usually not possible. One preposition in your native language might have several translatio ...
Contents - Gramcord
... Case Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accusative, Vocative Lemma Any Noun (=) or choose from the Lemma Pick List
(restricted to Nouns)
Additional Information: Certain foreign words in transliteration were not declined in
Greek. In such instances the case is identified either by the governin ...
... Case Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accusative, Vocative Lemma Any Noun (=
74. Colloquial Expressions and Idioms 75. Word Formation
... anything. Er haßt es, nichts davon zu wissen. He hates not knowing anything about it. Other idioms: Sie ist mit ihrem Urteil immer sehr schnell bei der Hand. She makes her judgments rather quickly. (Literally: She is quick at hand with her judgments.) Alles ist in Butter. Everything is fine. (Litera ...
... anything. Er haßt es, nichts davon zu wissen. He hates not knowing anything about it. Other idioms: Sie ist mit ihrem Urteil immer sehr schnell bei der Hand. She makes her judgments rather quickly. (Literally: She is quick at hand with her judgments.) Alles ist in Butter. Everything is fine. (Litera ...
Gerundives
... accusative; means is ablative) 2.Put the noun in that case. 3.Make the gerundive agree with that noun in case, number and gender. 1.Remember, when translating a gerund or a gerundive phrase, always translate the gerund/gerundive first ...
... accusative; means is ablative) 2.Put the noun in that case. 3.Make the gerundive agree with that noun in case, number and gender. 1.Remember, when translating a gerund or a gerundive phrase, always translate the gerund/gerundive first ...
HANDBOOK and GUIDE to LIFE - Catalyst
... Within a clause, ask yourself the following questions: Can I Identify the conjugated verb? Can I identify its nominative subject? Does this verb make me expect a direct object? If so, what is it? Everything else is modification: Adjectival modification gives you more information about nouns: adjecti ...
... Within a clause, ask yourself the following questions: Can I Identify the conjugated verb? Can I identify its nominative subject? Does this verb make me expect a direct object? If so, what is it? Everything else is modification: Adjectival modification gives you more information about nouns: adjecti ...
Slide 1
... 1. What is the Nominative Case of ‘his’? 2. What is the Objective Case of ‘they’? 3. What is the Possessive Case of ‘we’? 4. What is the Nominative Case of ‘his’? 5. What is the Nominative Case of ‘your’? ...
... 1. What is the Nominative Case of ‘his’? 2. What is the Objective Case of ‘they’? 3. What is the Possessive Case of ‘we’? 4. What is the Nominative Case of ‘his’? 5. What is the Nominative Case of ‘your’? ...
Chapter 38: Relative Clauses of Characteristic, Relative Clauses of
... To end the grammar in this chapter, let’s take a final look at the dative case and its usages. As we bring our study of Latin grammar to a close, what we’re really doing here is mopping up the last little bits of syntax involving the cases of nouns. We’re done with the nominative and accusative ─ we ...
... To end the grammar in this chapter, let’s take a final look at the dative case and its usages. As we bring our study of Latin grammar to a close, what we’re really doing here is mopping up the last little bits of syntax involving the cases of nouns. We’re done with the nominative and accusative ─ we ...