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... context, and consisted of a reconstruction of the change based on written data from old texts. It has been shown, however, that language change can be observed while it is taking place (Lavob 1972). Language change was only considered to be the direct result of a readjustment of the linguistic syste ...
... context, and consisted of a reconstruction of the change based on written data from old texts. It has been shown, however, that language change can be observed while it is taking place (Lavob 1972). Language change was only considered to be the direct result of a readjustment of the linguistic syste ...
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... emphasis, although he does not use the same terminology used in this thesis. He finds half of his cleft examples to have a contrastive function, as it would be called in this thesis.7 It is shown in this thesis that the contrastive function may even be more ...
... emphasis, although he does not use the same terminology used in this thesis. He finds half of his cleft examples to have a contrastive function, as it would be called in this thesis.7 It is shown in this thesis that the contrastive function may even be more ...
文法第３課 Grammar Notes for Lesson 3
... In lesson 1 it was already mentioned that a pronoun is treated like a genuine noun. Since the demonstratives are a subcategory of the pronoun, they can be set in all N-positions in a sentence (topic, object, predicate etc.). Unlike demonstratives of western languages which have a dyadic contrast bet ...
... In lesson 1 it was already mentioned that a pronoun is treated like a genuine noun. Since the demonstratives are a subcategory of the pronoun, they can be set in all N-positions in a sentence (topic, object, predicate etc.). Unlike demonstratives of western languages which have a dyadic contrast bet ...
Title of paper - Semantics Archive
... compounds are also readily built “online”; cf. the occasional compounds Diana-bereinigt (roughly: „Diana-purged‟) or schwedentrainiert („Sweden-trained‟) in (15c/d). E.g., the intended interpretation of schwedentrainiert in (15d) is that the Japanese referred to was “trained” in Sweden and thus got ...
... compounds are also readily built “online”; cf. the occasional compounds Diana-bereinigt (roughly: „Diana-purged‟) or schwedentrainiert („Sweden-trained‟) in (15c/d). E.g., the intended interpretation of schwedentrainiert in (15d) is that the Japanese referred to was “trained” in Sweden and thus got ...
Decomposing Existence: Evidence from Germanic
... „habitat” reading. Such existentials are for example German es gibt, Danish der findes, Swedish det finns, Norwegian det fins and Icelandic der være til. In section 3, I will contrast locative and pure existentials using data from Germanic languages. The habitual interpretation of pure existentials ...
... „habitat” reading. Such existentials are for example German es gibt, Danish der findes, Swedish det finns, Norwegian det fins and Icelandic der være til. In section 3, I will contrast locative and pure existentials using data from Germanic languages. The habitual interpretation of pure existentials ...
The interpretation of copular constructions in Chinese: Semantic
... achieving the effect of emphasis/focus (note that the verb phrase can be simply stressed to achieve the pragmatic effect of focus). As far as shi concerned, it is true that this morpheme is not always necessarily used in a sentence with an adjectival predicate, and if used, it usually gives rise to ...
... achieving the effect of emphasis/focus (note that the verb phrase can be simply stressed to achieve the pragmatic effect of focus). As far as shi concerned, it is true that this morpheme is not always necessarily used in a sentence with an adjectival predicate, and if used, it usually gives rise to ...
contrastive analysis between indonesian and english declarative
... of basic element followed morpheme, word, phrase, and clause. It is also an important thing in communication since it can express someone’s idea that will be understood by the listener. In linguistics, a sentence is an expression in natural language that is a grammatical and lexical unit consisting ...
... of basic element followed morpheme, word, phrase, and clause. It is also an important thing in communication since it can express someone’s idea that will be understood by the listener. In linguistics, a sentence is an expression in natural language that is a grammatical and lexical unit consisting ...
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... its base position. This property does not follow from the structure in (7) alone. Indeed, something more has to be said regarding the nature of TopP. This is why Rizzi (1997:292) proposes that the projection hosting topics is non-quantificational, which is why “an empty category in object position h ...
... its base position. This property does not follow from the structure in (7) alone. Indeed, something more has to be said regarding the nature of TopP. This is why Rizzi (1997:292) proposes that the projection hosting topics is non-quantificational, which is why “an empty category in object position h ...
Handling Arabic Morphological and Syntactic Ambiguity within the
... part of the debt by transferring the knowledge and promoting research in Egypt. I owe an enormous debt of gratitude to my supervisor, Harold Somers, for many reasons. First he put me in the right track since Day One saving me a lot of time and effort exploring uncountable paths. Second he kept motiv ...
... part of the debt by transferring the knowledge and promoting research in Egypt. I owe an enormous debt of gratitude to my supervisor, Harold Somers, for many reasons. First he put me in the right track since Day One saving me a lot of time and effort exploring uncountable paths. Second he kept motiv ...
Puyuma clause constructions
... Ross and Teng: Clause Constructions in Nanwang Puyuma Figure 1 shows two of the parents of the major clause constructions of English, the clause construction itself, SJ PRED, and the verbal agreement construction, AGR TRIGGER MORPH VERB. Since each component of a construction is defined by the cons ...
... Ross and Teng: Clause Constructions in Nanwang Puyuma Figure 1 shows two of the parents of the major clause constructions of English, the clause construction itself, SJ PRED, and the verbal agreement construction, AGR TRIGGER MORPH VERB. Since each component of a construction is defined by the cons ...
A. Niccacci--Marked Syntactical Structures in Biblical
... action itself but who did it. This means that, in reality, the personal pronoun is not the ‘subject’, or given information, but the ‘predicate’, or new information. We shall see later that not only the subject, but also the object, the complement and the adverb, can be highlighted and become the pre ...
... action itself but who did it. This means that, in reality, the personal pronoun is not the ‘subject’, or given information, but the ‘predicate’, or new information. We shall see later that not only the subject, but also the object, the complement and the adverb, can be highlighted and become the pre ...
Some Standard Features of AAVE
... words, to look at the practices of style shifting and code switching in speaking and writing, and to discuss historic and continuing linguistic discrimination and power. Although we did a lot of important work, I realized during the unit and after that simply knowing that all varieties and language ...
... words, to look at the practices of style shifting and code switching in speaking and writing, and to discuss historic and continuing linguistic discrimination and power. Although we did a lot of important work, I realized during the unit and after that simply knowing that all varieties and language ...
Case and Agreement in Polish Predicates
... above for the former possibility),5 if it bears case at all (in (14) it does not). ...
... above for the former possibility),5 if it bears case at all (in (14) it does not). ...
The compound verbal modal predicate
... expressed by numerous ways. The predicate expresses the predicative feature which characterized the object expressed by the subject, thus it realizes the categorial function. Being a link between the subject and the right environment of the verb, it performs the relative function. The predicate is t ...
... expressed by numerous ways. The predicate expresses the predicative feature which characterized the object expressed by the subject, thus it realizes the categorial function. Being a link between the subject and the right environment of the verb, it performs the relative function. The predicate is t ...
Grammar Basics: Sentences, Part 1
... “Note that the word ‘him’ is an objective case personal pronoun. Sentence objects are, quite logically, in the objective case. “Of course,” I went on, “not all sentences have objects. Some have only subjects and predicates. ”Others have another type of ‘third part,’ to which the Swami was referring ...
... “Note that the word ‘him’ is an objective case personal pronoun. Sentence objects are, quite logically, in the objective case. “Of course,” I went on, “not all sentences have objects. Some have only subjects and predicates. ”Others have another type of ‘third part,’ to which the Swami was referring ...
Lecture 17: Existential Sentences in Chinese: Syntax and Semantics
... ‘predicate’ phrases that often occur in existential sentences of various kinds (e.g. the optional “Coda” in English there-sentences like There are three answers (in the back of the book).) Even the classification of sentences is not always clear, and there are not clear-cut criteria for what should ...
... ‘predicate’ phrases that often occur in existential sentences of various kinds (e.g. the optional “Coda” in English there-sentences like There are three answers (in the back of the book).) Even the classification of sentences is not always clear, and there are not clear-cut criteria for what should ...
interference in learning english: grammatical errors in english essay
... II. SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT (SVA) English grammar requires the subject and verb to agree in number: both must be singular, or both must be plural. Problems occur in the present tense because one must add an -s or -es at the end of the verb when the subjects or the entity performing the action is a si ...
... II. SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT (SVA) English grammar requires the subject and verb to agree in number: both must be singular, or both must be plural. Problems occur in the present tense because one must add an -s or -es at the end of the verb when the subjects or the entity performing the action is a si ...
Existential Sentences Cross-Linguistically - e
... the pivot – typically appears in a different position than it would in ordinary copular sentences. The position taken in this article is that, while it is reasonable to think that, as a rule, natural languages have a use for a construction that does little more than allow speakers to introduce a new ...
... the pivot – typically appears in a different position than it would in ordinary copular sentences. The position taken in this article is that, while it is reasonable to think that, as a rule, natural languages have a use for a construction that does little more than allow speakers to introduce a new ...
Syntax - English sentence structure
... o I went to Paris in the vacation it is the most beautiful place I have ever visited. o It's never too late to learn to swim you never know when you may fall from a boat. o If you're going to the shops can you buy me some eggs and flour I want to make a cake. o I like our new math teacher, she alway ...
... o I went to Paris in the vacation it is the most beautiful place I have ever visited. o It's never too late to learn to swim you never know when you may fall from a boat. o If you're going to the shops can you buy me some eggs and flour I want to make a cake. o I like our new math teacher, she alway ...
i GRAMMATICAL DIFFERENCES IN SENTENCE STRUCTURE
... In the form Noun + Noun/ Noun Phrase of the nominal predicate patterns in Chinese, two nouns can be a sentence by simply adding them together. In contrast, a verb is required to make a sentence in English. For this form, it can be placed by the “be” patterns in most cases. Sometimes an English sent ...
... In the form Noun + Noun/ Noun Phrase of the nominal predicate patterns in Chinese, two nouns can be a sentence by simply adding them together. In contrast, a verb is required to make a sentence in English. For this form, it can be placed by the “be” patterns in most cases. Sometimes an English sent ...
Subject and Predicate-Parts of a Sentence
... The simple subject is the main word or group of words in the complete subject. The simple subject is usually a noun or a pronoun. A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or an idea. A pronoun is a word that takes the place of one or more nouns. The simple predicate is the main word or ...
... The simple subject is the main word or group of words in the complete subject. The simple subject is usually a noun or a pronoun. A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or an idea. A pronoun is a word that takes the place of one or more nouns. The simple predicate is the main word or ...
Clear and Emphatic Sentences
... Creating an emphatic expression involves adding an adverb intensifier to existing sentence or expression to make feelings even stronger. In an emphatic phrase the adverb intensifier is always added before the verb. The most common emphatic intensifiers in English are “really” and “very much. I reall ...
... Creating an emphatic expression involves adding an adverb intensifier to existing sentence or expression to make feelings even stronger. In an emphatic phrase the adverb intensifier is always added before the verb. The most common emphatic intensifiers in English are “really” and “very much. I reall ...
Subject Complements
... subject. A subject complement is connected to the subject by a linking verb. It is the Predicate Nominative or Predicate Adjective. EXAMPLES The world’s oldest surviving religion is Judaism. [Judaism is a noun—PN—that identifies the subject religion.] This prayer book looks new. [New is an adjective ...
... subject. A subject complement is connected to the subject by a linking verb. It is the Predicate Nominative or Predicate Adjective. EXAMPLES The world’s oldest surviving religion is Judaism. [Judaism is a noun—PN—that identifies the subject religion.] This prayer book looks new. [New is an adjective ...
``Finite`` and ``nonfinite`` from a typological perspective
... copies its categories from specific languages. In order not to be trapped by this tradition, a distinction between semantic and morphological finiteness is proposed, one which makes it possible to clarify notoriously complex cases as, for example, movable predicate a‰xes in Amerindian and Munda langua ...
... copies its categories from specific languages. In order not to be trapped by this tradition, a distinction between semantic and morphological finiteness is proposed, one which makes it possible to clarify notoriously complex cases as, for example, movable predicate a‰xes in Amerindian and Munda langua ...