2005 - Dr. Lukas Pietsch
... Within this complex field of variation, one pattern stands out as particularly interesting, both from a historical and from a theoretical perspective: the so-called Northern Subject Rule. According to this rule, the Standard English contrast between verbal -s in the third person singular and zero fo ...
... Within this complex field of variation, one pattern stands out as particularly interesting, both from a historical and from a theoretical perspective: the so-called Northern Subject Rule. According to this rule, the Standard English contrast between verbal -s in the third person singular and zero fo ...
Speculations on the syntax of subordinate clauses in Old English
... after that that land was named Natan lea 'After him, that land was called Netley.' ...
... after that that land was named Natan lea 'After him, that land was called Netley.' ...
Sentences - TeacherLINK
... A. Circle nouns that name a person. Draw one line under nouns that name places. Draw two lines under nouns that name things. 1. The man walks along the shore. 2. My brother plays in the sand. 3. A bird catches a fish. 4. A girl picks up a shell. 5. There are rocks on the beach. B. Write the underlin ...
... A. Circle nouns that name a person. Draw one line under nouns that name places. Draw two lines under nouns that name things. 1. The man walks along the shore. 2. My brother plays in the sand. 3. A bird catches a fish. 4. A girl picks up a shell. 5. There are rocks on the beach. B. Write the underlin ...
Object Ellipsis as Topic Drop
... object in both sentences in (14) is inside the VP. It follows that the adverbial gap is not licensed by movement of the antecedent. One more aspect of Russian verbal phrase structure is worth mentioning here. There have been proposals in the literature that finite verbs in Russian undergo head movem ...
... object in both sentences in (14) is inside the VP. It follows that the adverbial gap is not licensed by movement of the antecedent. One more aspect of Russian verbal phrase structure is worth mentioning here. There have been proposals in the literature that finite verbs in Russian undergo head movem ...
Core Syntax: A Minimalist Approach
... 10.2.2 Complementizer agreement again 10.2.3 Successive inversion phenomena . 10.3 Ensuring successive wh-movement . . . 10.3.1 Locality in feature matching . . . 10.3.2 Solving an old Puzzle . . . . . . 10.4 Island Phenomena . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.4.1 Wh-Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.4.2 D ...
... 10.2.2 Complementizer agreement again 10.2.3 Successive inversion phenomena . 10.3 Ensuring successive wh-movement . . . 10.3.1 Locality in feature matching . . . 10.3.2 Solving an old Puzzle . . . . . . 10.4 Island Phenomena . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.4.1 Wh-Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.4.2 D ...
CEBUANO LANGUAGE OBJECTIVES
... The first principle to be discussed will be nouns. Nouns are usually one of the following: person, place, or thing. In English, nouns are marked with the articles “a” or “the” (like “the gospel” or “a copy of the Book of Mormon”). In Cebuano there is a similar idea. Every Cebuano noun in a sentence ...
... The first principle to be discussed will be nouns. Nouns are usually one of the following: person, place, or thing. In English, nouns are marked with the articles “a” or “the” (like “the gospel” or “a copy of the Book of Mormon”). In Cebuano there is a similar idea. Every Cebuano noun in a sentence ...
Exo-skeletal vs. endo-skeletal explanations
... such a view, formal properties are deterministically projected from a listed item with fully articulated lexico-semantics, syntactic and morphological properties. Such properties include not just argument structure, but also syntactic category, syntactic projection environment, and morphological inf ...
... such a view, formal properties are deterministically projected from a listed item with fully articulated lexico-semantics, syntactic and morphological properties. Such properties include not just argument structure, but also syntactic category, syntactic projection environment, and morphological inf ...
The get-unit in Corpora of Spontaneous and Non
... a predication adjunct in types which are of the SVA pattern (cf. Quirk et al. 1991). In the former context, the peripheral meaning of the get-unit is claimed here to be determined by the complement, whereas in the latter, by the predication adjunct. In both cases the core meaning of the get-unit is ...
... a predication adjunct in types which are of the SVA pattern (cf. Quirk et al. 1991). In the former context, the peripheral meaning of the get-unit is claimed here to be determined by the complement, whereas in the latter, by the predication adjunct. In both cases the core meaning of the get-unit is ...
Untitled - NACCL - The Ohio State University
... included in this construction in Chinese (e.g., Baker, 1989; Bisang, 1995; Ding et al., 1979: 112-8; Givon, 2009; Li & Thompson, 1981; Noonan, 1985). It is hoped that the fuzzy boundary proposal of this study may help clarify this construction in Chinese grammar for language learners for their under ...
... included in this construction in Chinese (e.g., Baker, 1989; Bisang, 1995; Ding et al., 1979: 112-8; Givon, 2009; Li & Thompson, 1981; Noonan, 1985). It is hoped that the fuzzy boundary proposal of this study may help clarify this construction in Chinese grammar for language learners for their under ...
The Personal Dative in Appalachian English as a Reflexive Pronoun
... number of ways, including meaning and distribution differences the SELF anaphor, himself. In section four, we review the two accounts of theta role assignment for SE anaphors, proposed by Lidz (2001) and Reuland (2001). In section five, we use the data concerning the Personal Dative in AE to argue t ...
... number of ways, including meaning and distribution differences the SELF anaphor, himself. In section four, we review the two accounts of theta role assignment for SE anaphors, proposed by Lidz (2001) and Reuland (2001). In section five, we use the data concerning the Personal Dative in AE to argue t ...
space and metaphor in verbs prefixed with od-/ot
... away’ imply self-motion, whereas BCS odvući ‘drag something away’ and Blg. otdaleča imply caused motion. As Table 1 on the following page shows, most verbs in this group have the same stem in both Blg. and BCS (e.g., odletjeti/otletja ‘fly away’). However, some verbs such as BCS/Blg. odjahati/otpătu ...
... away’ imply self-motion, whereas BCS odvući ‘drag something away’ and Blg. otdaleča imply caused motion. As Table 1 on the following page shows, most verbs in this group have the same stem in both Blg. and BCS (e.g., odletjeti/otletja ‘fly away’). However, some verbs such as BCS/Blg. odjahati/otpătu ...
Implicit Negation in Selected Romantic Poems in the English
... conjunction but and it is clear that the part after the negative conjunction "but" expresses something contrary and reverses the former part. Even the sentence (1e) seems to have some negativeness. This paper will first shed the light on the sentence which have implicit negative words and is genera ...
... conjunction but and it is clear that the part after the negative conjunction "but" expresses something contrary and reverses the former part. Even the sentence (1e) seems to have some negativeness. This paper will first shed the light on the sentence which have implicit negative words and is genera ...
On Partial Control and Parasitic PC Effects
... complements, appears to raise a number of questions. For instance, the R-assignment rule in (9) is quite stipulative and has no independent motivation but to cause the difference between EC and PC. The carefully constructed control module utterly pivots on this stipulation: without it the interplay ...
... complements, appears to raise a number of questions. For instance, the R-assignment rule in (9) is quite stipulative and has no independent motivation but to cause the difference between EC and PC. The carefully constructed control module utterly pivots on this stipulation: without it the interplay ...
focus 1 position of adjectives - Гомельский государственный
... I spent my entire savings on the project. Emphasizing adjectives: absolute, complete, mere, utter. I felt an absolute fool when I found that I hadn’t got any money. 5. Some adjectives can be used immediately after a noun. some -ible and –able adjectives such as available, imaginable, possible, suit ...
... I spent my entire savings on the project. Emphasizing adjectives: absolute, complete, mere, utter. I felt an absolute fool when I found that I hadn’t got any money. 5. Some adjectives can be used immediately after a noun. some -ible and –able adjectives such as available, imaginable, possible, suit ...
the syntax of lexical reciprocal constructions
... na Halima in (1c) can be shown to be distinct from the subject by verbal agreement. Verbs in Swahili agree in number with their subject – irrespective of whether the subject is discontinuous or not. So, unlike the dyadic construction, the discontinuous form of the monadic construction has plural sub ...
... na Halima in (1c) can be shown to be distinct from the subject by verbal agreement. Verbs in Swahili agree in number with their subject – irrespective of whether the subject is discontinuous or not. So, unlike the dyadic construction, the discontinuous form of the monadic construction has plural sub ...
Kim, Kyumin - University of Toronto
... In a wide range of languages, such as Kannada (Lidz 1999, 1996, Kim 2006), Greek (Embick 1997, 2004), and Romance languages (Grimshaw 1982, Marantz 1984, Centino 1995 among many others), the same morpheme that appears with reflexives also appears with inchoatives (Marantz 1984, Reinhart 1997). Regar ...
... In a wide range of languages, such as Kannada (Lidz 1999, 1996, Kim 2006), Greek (Embick 1997, 2004), and Romance languages (Grimshaw 1982, Marantz 1984, Centino 1995 among many others), the same morpheme that appears with reflexives also appears with inchoatives (Marantz 1984, Reinhart 1997). Regar ...
verb complementation
... complementation after Germanic verba sentiendi renders such descriptions incomplete and in the case of generative descrip tions, too powerful, since they generate ungrammatical embeddings. The present work is intended as a contribution to a more adequate description of embedding processes in German ...
... complementation after Germanic verba sentiendi renders such descriptions incomplete and in the case of generative descrip tions, too powerful, since they generate ungrammatical embeddings. The present work is intended as a contribution to a more adequate description of embedding processes in German ...
To be or not to be elided: VP ellipsis revisited
... inflection not having a host prediction: all instances of VPE are ungrammatical when the progressive affix is stranded by ellipsis, even when there is a progressive lexical verb in the antecedent. This is not the case: ...
... inflection not having a host prediction: all instances of VPE are ungrammatical when the progressive affix is stranded by ellipsis, even when there is a progressive lexical verb in the antecedent. This is not the case: ...
A Survey of Coordination Strategies in the World`s
... have no structures like that in (1), using instead a structure like in (2), yet it would seem strange to claim that such languages lack coordination. Performing a cross-linguistic survey of coordination, therefore, crucially requires a definition of coordination broad enough to include all the synta ...
... have no structures like that in (1), using instead a structure like in (2), yet it would seem strange to claim that such languages lack coordination. Performing a cross-linguistic survey of coordination, therefore, crucially requires a definition of coordination broad enough to include all the synta ...
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... OPEL IV: 114; on Tertionicna Neumann 1993: 341). Thus, not only Severa herself, but already her father carried a Roman name; they might well have been Romans by descent. Very similar is the case of Ruficna Casta, mentioned once as a member of the opposing party. Again, Casta is a well attested Roman ...
... OPEL IV: 114; on Tertionicna Neumann 1993: 341). Thus, not only Severa herself, but already her father carried a Roman name; they might well have been Romans by descent. Very similar is the case of Ruficna Casta, mentioned once as a member of the opposing party. Again, Casta is a well attested Roman ...
A Simple Syntax for Complex Semantics
... In Left-Associative Grammar, both morphological and syntactic rules are formulated in the same manner in Malaga, an acronym for a C-type implementation language for programming and debuggins purposes. 6 Basic conditions are placed on the grammar by the principles of surface compositionality and time ...
... In Left-Associative Grammar, both morphological and syntactic rules are formulated in the same manner in Malaga, an acronym for a C-type implementation language for programming and debuggins purposes. 6 Basic conditions are placed on the grammar by the principles of surface compositionality and time ...
mandarin compound verbs - Taiwan Journal of Linguistics
... than one syllable; the following are examples of Mandarin complex verbs: 商 討 shang1tao3 ‘to deliberate over’, 閑逛 xian2guang4 ‘to wander about idly, 在乎 zai4hu1 ‘to care about’, 電子化 dian4zi3hua4 ‘to electronify’, 買下來 mai3 xia4lai2 ‘to buy, take ownership of’. compound verb: A complex verb consisting o ...
... than one syllable; the following are examples of Mandarin complex verbs: 商 討 shang1tao3 ‘to deliberate over’, 閑逛 xian2guang4 ‘to wander about idly, 在乎 zai4hu1 ‘to care about’, 電子化 dian4zi3hua4 ‘to electronify’, 買下來 mai3 xia4lai2 ‘to buy, take ownership of’. compound verb: A complex verb consisting o ...
