Passive and impersonal se in the history of Portuguese Ana
... But one crucial difference between historical syntax and other types of comparative syntax is that the central empirical data of the former is E[xternal]-language, the data of the historical texts, whereas the essential objects of the latter is I-language, the internal grammar. (2000:9) Leaving asid ...
... But one crucial difference between historical syntax and other types of comparative syntax is that the central empirical data of the former is E[xternal]-language, the data of the historical texts, whereas the essential objects of the latter is I-language, the internal grammar. (2000:9) Leaving asid ...
Word order, restructuring and mirror theory
... MWs (as opposed to ‘phrases’, ie. categories taken together with their constituents). Elements of MWs are morphemes and the whole MW is word. Given this restrictive notion, it would make no sense to distinguish component elements of MWs as being either word-level or morpheme-level elements. Another ...
... MWs (as opposed to ‘phrases’, ie. categories taken together with their constituents). Elements of MWs are morphemes and the whole MW is word. Given this restrictive notion, it would make no sense to distinguish component elements of MWs as being either word-level or morpheme-level elements. Another ...
SPLIT-INTRANSITIVITY IN SWAHILI AND HITTITE
... provides a framework for applying constraints and evaluating structural representations without committing the researcher to a particular approach to linguistic theory, such as phrase structure or syllable structure. The central problem of split-intransitivity is that there is a relatively small num ...
... provides a framework for applying constraints and evaluating structural representations without committing the researcher to a particular approach to linguistic theory, such as phrase structure or syllable structure. The central problem of split-intransitivity is that there is a relatively small num ...
unlLTC09
... preprocessing because parser could not handle it correctly, certain post processing is also needed even with a correct parse tree because of multi-word nouns, phrasal verbs etc. In this phase some modification takes place on dependency parse of the sentence. Some of these modifications are as follow ...
... preprocessing because parser could not handle it correctly, certain post processing is also needed even with a correct parse tree because of multi-word nouns, phrasal verbs etc. In this phase some modification takes place on dependency parse of the sentence. Some of these modifications are as follow ...
Grammar: Part I - Parts of Speech
... Some special verbs are a little more difficult to find because they do not show any action. When you find the words am, are, is, was, and were used in a sentence between two nouns, you have found one of these special kinds of verbs. My sister is a nurse; I am a teacher; our father was a millwright. ...
... Some special verbs are a little more difficult to find because they do not show any action. When you find the words am, are, is, was, and were used in a sentence between two nouns, you have found one of these special kinds of verbs. My sister is a nurse; I am a teacher; our father was a millwright. ...
TWO CLASSES OF DOUBLE OBJECT VERBS: THE ROLE OF
... assume that either the overt theme is licensed by covert incorporation (Noun Reanalysis, Baker 1988) or it has the status of an adjunct modifying the null theme that, in such a view, is present. In section 3.5 I will present some evidence from Greek that in fact both options seem to be instantiated. ...
... assume that either the overt theme is licensed by covert incorporation (Noun Reanalysis, Baker 1988) or it has the status of an adjunct modifying the null theme that, in such a view, is present. In section 3.5 I will present some evidence from Greek that in fact both options seem to be instantiated. ...
Week Four Warm-up Answer these questions on your own paper
... 6. Explain the difference between personification and hyperbole. Personification makes a comparison by giving nonliving items human characteristics, while hyperbole makes a comparison by making an exaggeration. 7. Sentence ten in the second paragraph is an example of A. metaphor ...
... 6. Explain the difference between personification and hyperbole. Personification makes a comparison by giving nonliving items human characteristics, while hyperbole makes a comparison by making an exaggeration. 7. Sentence ten in the second paragraph is an example of A. metaphor ...
The Misumalpan Causative Construction
... Let us pretend for the moment that (17) represents the whole story. And, for my own expository comfort, let me now switch to the “ergative-nominative” (as opposed to “relative-absolutive”) terminology. We can say simply that when an object is non-overt—so-called small pro—it fails to be case-marked ...
... Let us pretend for the moment that (17) represents the whole story. And, for my own expository comfort, let me now switch to the “ergative-nominative” (as opposed to “relative-absolutive”) terminology. We can say simply that when an object is non-overt—so-called small pro—it fails to be case-marked ...
Ontology lexica and automatic grammar generation
... Lexicon and ontology are clearly separated. The meaning of lexical entries is specified by pointing to elements in the ontology. ...
... Lexicon and ontology are clearly separated. The meaning of lexical entries is specified by pointing to elements in the ontology. ...
Adjectives Original handout by Olga Lizoń and Filip Wojnowski
... can be preceded by the and used to represent a class of persons. These expressions: have a plural meaning take a plural verb the pronoun is they The poor get poorer, the rich get richer ...
... can be preceded by the and used to represent a class of persons. These expressions: have a plural meaning take a plural verb the pronoun is they The poor get poorer, the rich get richer ...
Reconsidering the Dative Shift Szabóné Papp Judit
... Lakoff above) and structures are fully described as symbolic in nature. Rules are schematisations of symbolically complex expressions, and can be described as constructional schemas. If one construction is conventionalised, i.e. in it speakers learn to effect a dependency between two elements in a p ...
... Lakoff above) and structures are fully described as symbolic in nature. Rules are schematisations of symbolically complex expressions, and can be described as constructional schemas. If one construction is conventionalised, i.e. in it speakers learn to effect a dependency between two elements in a p ...
Indefinite Pronouns
... plural: Both, Few, Many, Several • Either plural or singular: All, Most, None, Some ...
... plural: Both, Few, Many, Several • Either plural or singular: All, Most, None, Some ...
on the communicative value of the modern english finite verb
... can be established. Our specimens, however, reveal interesting differences between the two languages. Without attempting to generalize for the moment, we should like to point out that the phenomenon of distinct relief is being brought more prominently to notice in the English version of [1] than in ...
... can be established. Our specimens, however, reveal interesting differences between the two languages. Without attempting to generalize for the moment, we should like to point out that the phenomenon of distinct relief is being brought more prominently to notice in the English version of [1] than in ...
Journal of Language Modelling 1
... cessing. One of the main challenges is both the prevalence and the dynamicity of proper names. New names are constantly created for new institutions, products and works. New individuals or groups of people are brought into focus and their names enter common vocabularies. At the same time, large know ...
... cessing. One of the main challenges is both the prevalence and the dynamicity of proper names. New names are constantly created for new institutions, products and works. New individuals or groups of people are brought into focus and their names enter common vocabularies. At the same time, large know ...
Grammar Practice-L5.qxp:Grammer Practice-Key
... they SP 1. Who waited patiently for the city bus?__________________ Subject Pronoun ______ 2. What is being said about they? ...
... they SP 1. Who waited patiently for the city bus?__________________ Subject Pronoun ______ 2. What is being said about they? ...
ra - Stichting Papua Erfgoed
... lexical main accent, precedes accented syllable lexical secondary accent, precedes accented syllable accent in connected speech, precedes accented syllable (grave accent) over a vowel: falling pitch (acute accent) over a vowel: rising pitch (bar) over vowels in a sequence: allegro speech varies with ...
... lexical main accent, precedes accented syllable lexical secondary accent, precedes accented syllable accent in connected speech, precedes accented syllable (grave accent) over a vowel: falling pitch (acute accent) over a vowel: rising pitch (bar) over vowels in a sequence: allegro speech varies with ...
Word order preferences for direct and indirect objects in children
... Korean children do far better on accusative–dative patterns than on dative– accusative constructions, whose interpretation they tend to reverse. Interestingly, there seems to be nothing in maternal speech to children that could account for this. In fact, in the course of examining eighteen hours of ...
... Korean children do far better on accusative–dative patterns than on dative– accusative constructions, whose interpretation they tend to reverse. Interestingly, there seems to be nothing in maternal speech to children that could account for this. In fact, in the course of examining eighteen hours of ...
Thongsley_overview_english
... Assemble and sequence points in order to plan the presentation of a point of view, using graphs, images, visual aids, to make it more convincing. Apostrophe – plural and possession, commas to mark clauses and to mark off fronted adverbials, comparative and superlative adjectives, conditionals Apostr ...
... Assemble and sequence points in order to plan the presentation of a point of view, using graphs, images, visual aids, to make it more convincing. Apostrophe – plural and possession, commas to mark clauses and to mark off fronted adverbials, comparative and superlative adjectives, conditionals Apostr ...
Scientific writing - The University of Sydney
... your reader to tears. This can also happen with scientific writing, but generally you do not want to make your reader weep.’ (We hope this does not happen when we mark your essays!) The importance of good writing cannot be over-emphasised. In many cases the written word is the only means by which sc ...
... your reader to tears. This can also happen with scientific writing, but generally you do not want to make your reader weep.’ (We hope this does not happen when we mark your essays!) The importance of good writing cannot be over-emphasised. In many cases the written word is the only means by which sc ...
Adjectives: revision Unlike in many other languages, adjectives in
... -eous, -ious, -ous spontaneous, hideous, ambitious, anxious, dangerous, famous -y ...
... -eous, -ious, -ous spontaneous, hideous, ambitious, anxious, dangerous, famous -y ...
The grammaticalization of mood and modality in Omotic
... Whereas the two grammatical domains of modality and clause type clearly do not necessarily coincide in Indo-European languages, Omotic languages do occasionally provide almost perfect matches between the two, as we shall see below. Interestingly, the strong link between sentence structure and illocu ...
... Whereas the two grammatical domains of modality and clause type clearly do not necessarily coincide in Indo-European languages, Omotic languages do occasionally provide almost perfect matches between the two, as we shall see below. Interestingly, the strong link between sentence structure and illocu ...
COMPARATIVES and SUPERLATIVES
... must form the comparative with more whereas others tend to form it with – er. • An –er is preferred with adjectives that are stressed on the first syllable and end in -y, -ly, -le, or –ow. ...
... must form the comparative with more whereas others tend to form it with – er. • An –er is preferred with adjectives that are stressed on the first syllable and end in -y, -ly, -le, or –ow. ...
The Syntactic Operator se in Spanish
... The last clarification in the description of the data that follows concerns the so-called “strength” of the Agreement nodes. Here I again follow minimalist assumptions in considering that a functional node is “strong” when its features have to be checked overtly (that is, by the time the sentence is ...
... The last clarification in the description of the data that follows concerns the so-called “strength” of the Agreement nodes. Here I again follow minimalist assumptions in considering that a functional node is “strong” when its features have to be checked overtly (that is, by the time the sentence is ...