Lecture 5
... Functional info comprises information about the function of the different parts of a phrase as well as a small set of axioms. For instance, a phrasal constituent may function as the subject of the verb and another as its object. At the axiomatic level, no predicate is allowed to have more than one s ...
... Functional info comprises information about the function of the different parts of a phrase as well as a small set of axioms. For instance, a phrasal constituent may function as the subject of the verb and another as its object. At the axiomatic level, no predicate is allowed to have more than one s ...
Lecture 13 -- May 22: Aspect and Quantification II.
... (2) State-predicates can occur with durative adverbials like for 3 hours and resist ‘elapsed time’ adverbials like in 3 hours. OK with at 10 o’clodk. Note it’s the more ‘dynamic’ states that are compatible with temporal predicates. Putting such an adverbial on a sentence like “Moscow has been in Rus ...
... (2) State-predicates can occur with durative adverbials like for 3 hours and resist ‘elapsed time’ adverbials like in 3 hours. OK with at 10 o’clodk. Note it’s the more ‘dynamic’ states that are compatible with temporal predicates. Putting such an adverbial on a sentence like “Moscow has been in Rus ...
A Concise Polish Grammar
... affricate dz, but series one uses the single letter c for the voiceless variety of that affricate (even though it is phonetically equivalent to ts). Likewise, alveolars and palatals can be symbolized either by digraphs (sequences of two letters), by a diacritic over the letter, or a combination of b ...
... affricate dz, but series one uses the single letter c for the voiceless variety of that affricate (even though it is phonetically equivalent to ts). Likewise, alveolars and palatals can be symbolized either by digraphs (sequences of two letters), by a diacritic over the letter, or a combination of b ...
Shallow-Parsing Stylebook for German
... order would be the right part of the clausal frame but which are fronted and, thus, topicalized. VC E -Chunks occur in Ersatzinfinitiv constructions. They contain the finite verb, which – without the Ersatzinfinitiv occuring – would be part of the right part of the clausal frame but which is moved t ...
... order would be the right part of the clausal frame but which are fronted and, thus, topicalized. VC E -Chunks occur in Ersatzinfinitiv constructions. They contain the finite verb, which – without the Ersatzinfinitiv occuring – would be part of the right part of the clausal frame but which is moved t ...
Imperfect Aspect in English and Indonesian Verbs
... aspect as durative in contrast to punctual in perfective aspect. Similarly, Radford (2004) views aspect as a term used to denote the duration of the activity described by a verb, which is still ongoing or already completed as exemplified in sentences (5) and (6). (5) He is taking the medicine. (6) H ...
... aspect as durative in contrast to punctual in perfective aspect. Similarly, Radford (2004) views aspect as a term used to denote the duration of the activity described by a verb, which is still ongoing or already completed as exemplified in sentences (5) and (6). (5) He is taking the medicine. (6) H ...
5602 - Radboud Repository
... case of weakly integrated sentences, i.e. m ore transitional errors betw een than within constituents. F or highly integrated sentences, it seem ed, subjects were apparently able to construct larger units than (m a jo r) constituents. In a follow up of this finding, H o r m a n n and E n g e lk a m ...
... case of weakly integrated sentences, i.e. m ore transitional errors betw een than within constituents. F or highly integrated sentences, it seem ed, subjects were apparently able to construct larger units than (m a jo r) constituents. In a follow up of this finding, H o r m a n n and E n g e lk a m ...
1 Labeling (Romance) causatives* Adriana Belletti University of
... functional verb fare, with a small v-‐Case head responsible for the assignment of dative Case through Agree to the external argument of the infinitival verb phrase. The causative voice head has ...
... functional verb fare, with a small v-‐Case head responsible for the assignment of dative Case through Agree to the external argument of the infinitival verb phrase. The causative voice head has ...
Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Irregular Verbs Up Close
... order in which you learned them, by person and number. But as you look up the forms you need to fill in the blanks, you will see that the principal parts method used in this book is the only sure way to cure your confusion. In a nutshell, this method provides you with all the patterns you need in or ...
... order in which you learned them, by person and number. But as you look up the forms you need to fill in the blanks, you will see that the principal parts method used in this book is the only sure way to cure your confusion. In a nutshell, this method provides you with all the patterns you need in or ...
Grammar: Part I - Parts of Speech
... They had already bought her present. I have never seen anything like that before. Paul can do anything. Tracy will be buying her wedding dress in New York. My dad thought that he could sell his old car for more. She might have been being chased before her car smashed into the bridge. Most students a ...
... They had already bought her present. I have never seen anything like that before. Paul can do anything. Tracy will be buying her wedding dress in New York. My dad thought that he could sell his old car for more. She might have been being chased before her car smashed into the bridge. Most students a ...
Verb Nominalization of Manggarai Language: The Case of Central
... Manggarai Dialect and SH (/S/ is changed by /H/ sound) dialect. It is also found in written text of prayers and lyrics of religious songs of Catholic community. The language is in fact a lingua franca of the Manggarai community. This research is not a preliminary one, but a further study of previous ...
... Manggarai Dialect and SH (/S/ is changed by /H/ sound) dialect. It is also found in written text of prayers and lyrics of religious songs of Catholic community. The language is in fact a lingua franca of the Manggarai community. This research is not a preliminary one, but a further study of previous ...
Passive verb morphology: The effect of phonotactics on passive
... One of the most severe and widely-reported deficits in SLI affects verb morphology, and in particular the use of suffixes that mark tense and agreement (see review in Leonard, 1998). In English the pattern is one of variable suffix omission, e.g. Yesterday I play_/played football, He always watch_/w ...
... One of the most severe and widely-reported deficits in SLI affects verb morphology, and in particular the use of suffixes that mark tense and agreement (see review in Leonard, 1998). In English the pattern is one of variable suffix omission, e.g. Yesterday I play_/played football, He always watch_/w ...
The Preterite Tense of Regular –AR verbs
... Number your paper 1-4. As you listen to each conversation, jot down as much information as you can from each. You may hear info about what the person is shopping for, where they are shopping, how much the items cost, as well as other related info. ...
... Number your paper 1-4. As you listen to each conversation, jot down as much information as you can from each. You may hear info about what the person is shopping for, where they are shopping, how much the items cost, as well as other related info. ...
Exploring Metalinguistic Knowledge of Low to
... in four sections: (a) parts of speech; (b) parts of sentences; (c) tenses, voices, and moods; and (d) other. Participants were asked to look at English sentences and choose a term which best described the underlined part or the whole sentence as below: Choose the name of parts of speech for the unde ...
... in four sections: (a) parts of speech; (b) parts of sentences; (c) tenses, voices, and moods; and (d) other. Participants were asked to look at English sentences and choose a term which best described the underlined part or the whole sentence as below: Choose the name of parts of speech for the unde ...
Using Pronouns
... is clear only if its antecedent has been provided—that is, if the person has already been identified. But everyone is an indefinite pronoun. Because it refers to no one in particular, it has no antecedent. Other widely used indefinite pronouns include everybody, one, no one, each, many, and some. 2. ...
... is clear only if its antecedent has been provided—that is, if the person has already been identified. But everyone is an indefinite pronoun. Because it refers to no one in particular, it has no antecedent. Other widely used indefinite pronouns include everybody, one, no one, each, many, and some. 2. ...
Nothing Wrong with Finite T: Non-Agreeing Accusative Impersonal
... strictly derivational computational system (i.e. a crash-proof system in the sense of Frampton & Gutmann 2002). 2.2 Non-Local Relations and Derivational Dead Ends The most serious theoretical problem for a cross-classification as in (4) is the problem of derivational dead ends, i.e. combining V wit ...
... strictly derivational computational system (i.e. a crash-proof system in the sense of Frampton & Gutmann 2002). 2.2 Non-Local Relations and Derivational Dead Ends The most serious theoretical problem for a cross-classification as in (4) is the problem of derivational dead ends, i.e. combining V wit ...
Ideas for Teaching Grammar and Mechanics
... an 8 X 11 piece of paper. Assign a student to choose two sentences. He or she will hold them up for all to see. Tell the students to stand in a semi circle around the person with the sentences. They must decide whose conjunction goes in the proper place. The person with the best conjunction will sta ...
... an 8 X 11 piece of paper. Assign a student to choose two sentences. He or she will hold them up for all to see. Tell the students to stand in a semi circle around the person with the sentences. They must decide whose conjunction goes in the proper place. The person with the best conjunction will sta ...
Lexicalized meaning and the internal temporal structure of events
... ify a sequence ofa combination of changes, as illustrated in Dowty's (1979) discussion of the verb waltz (p. 171). While there is an inherent order to the steps ofa waltz, one is not considered to be waltzing when going through a single sequence of three steps. So, with the verb waltz, and many verb ...
... ify a sequence ofa combination of changes, as illustrated in Dowty's (1979) discussion of the verb waltz (p. 171). While there is an inherent order to the steps ofa waltz, one is not considered to be waltzing when going through a single sequence of three steps. So, with the verb waltz, and many verb ...
ENGLISH SYNTAX: Andrew Radford 1. Grammar
... languages like those used in mathematics and computing (e.g. Java, Prolog, C etc.), or from animal communication systems (e.g. the tail-wagging dance performed by bees to communicate the location of a food source to other bees)?’ It therefore follows that the descriptive apparatus which our theory o ...
... languages like those used in mathematics and computing (e.g. Java, Prolog, C etc.), or from animal communication systems (e.g. the tail-wagging dance performed by bees to communicate the location of a food source to other bees)?’ It therefore follows that the descriptive apparatus which our theory o ...
IndefInIte and defInIte tenses In HIndI: MorpHo
... simple tenses cannot be explained, unless the semantics of all the marked members of the classification are defined. 1. Firstly the nature of the participles, which make the nucleus of whole tense system in Hindi, will be explained here. 1.1. The Imperfective Participle i.e: likhtā (verb likhnā ‛wri ...
... simple tenses cannot be explained, unless the semantics of all the marked members of the classification are defined. 1. Firstly the nature of the participles, which make the nucleus of whole tense system in Hindi, will be explained here. 1.1. The Imperfective Participle i.e: likhtā (verb likhnā ‛wri ...
Usage questions from 2007
... It’s springtime in Växjö, the sun is shining, the crocuses are out, the titmice are chirping, and one gets an irresistible urge to study English grammar and usage! Magnus has found yet another slight difference between American and British English, this time regarding the use or non-use of and in nu ...
... It’s springtime in Växjö, the sun is shining, the crocuses are out, the titmice are chirping, and one gets an irresistible urge to study English grammar and usage! Magnus has found yet another slight difference between American and British English, this time regarding the use or non-use of and in nu ...
Indefinite and definite tenses in Hindi: Morpho
... In the fourfold classification of the tenses, all three analytic tenses are marked categories and the only synthetic tense i.e. the simple tense belongs to the unmarked category. The markedness and the unmarkedness make the tenses definite and indefinite respectively. It is rather obvious that the m ...
... In the fourfold classification of the tenses, all three analytic tenses are marked categories and the only synthetic tense i.e. the simple tense belongs to the unmarked category. The markedness and the unmarkedness make the tenses definite and indefinite respectively. It is rather obvious that the m ...
Appositives - KISS Grammar
... Amazon.com. It provides some excellent examples of a wide range of appositives that make excellent review and style exercises for eleventh graders. Each exercise includes at least one appositive. Not all the appositives are "advanced," but most of them are. The exercises are relatively short, but I ...
... Amazon.com. It provides some excellent examples of a wide range of appositives that make excellent review and style exercises for eleventh graders. Each exercise includes at least one appositive. Not all the appositives are "advanced," but most of them are. The exercises are relatively short, but I ...
1- Professional Competency
... required tounderstand a written or heared a text on common topics. Has a reasonable stock of active vocabulary required to express himself in speaking and writing in topics beyond basic survival needs such as history and leisure time activities. Section Three : Grammatical Structure Directions : Que ...
... required tounderstand a written or heared a text on common topics. Has a reasonable stock of active vocabulary required to express himself in speaking and writing in topics beyond basic survival needs such as history and leisure time activities. Section Three : Grammatical Structure Directions : Que ...
A Distributed Morphology-based analysis of Japanese
... Some have claimed that the non-finite verbs in honorifics are nominal (Toribio, 1990 and Suzuki, 1989). Several reasons to believe they are verbal in nature are that aspect and the verbal argument structure are consistent with the non-finite verb. In addition, true Japanese nominalizations from the ...
... Some have claimed that the non-finite verbs in honorifics are nominal (Toribio, 1990 and Suzuki, 1989). Several reasons to believe they are verbal in nature are that aspect and the verbal argument structure are consistent with the non-finite verb. In addition, true Japanese nominalizations from the ...