Introduction to Syntax
... small set of basic structural patterns and through certain processes involving the expansion or transformation of these basic patterns. When we consider sentence types from another perspective, it can be shown that each of the longer sentences of a language (and these are in the majority usually) is ...
... small set of basic structural patterns and through certain processes involving the expansion or transformation of these basic patterns. When we consider sentence types from another perspective, it can be shown that each of the longer sentences of a language (and these are in the majority usually) is ...
Greek Grammar Studen..
... 1. First, all verbs are indentified in five different ways: 1) tense - Tense is the quality of a verb that deals with action. - There is first of all “time of action” (past, present, future). - There is also “kind of action” (linear or punctiliar) 2) voice - Voice is an indicator of the relationship ...
... 1. First, all verbs are indentified in five different ways: 1) tense - Tense is the quality of a verb that deals with action. - There is first of all “time of action” (past, present, future). - There is also “kind of action” (linear or punctiliar) 2) voice - Voice is an indicator of the relationship ...
introddd to syntax
... small set of basic structural patterns and through certain processes involving the expansion or transformation of these basic patterns. When we consider sentence types from another perspective, it can be shown that each of the longer sentences of a language (and these are in the majority usually) is ...
... small set of basic structural patterns and through certain processes involving the expansion or transformation of these basic patterns. When we consider sentence types from another perspective, it can be shown that each of the longer sentences of a language (and these are in the majority usually) is ...
On the Interpretation of Noun Compounds
... Noun compounds (NCs) cannot just be ignored by natural language processing (NLP) applications since they are abundant in English written text. Baldwin and Tanaka (2004) found that 2-4% of the tokens in various corpora are part of noun compounds: 2.6% in the British National Corpus, 3.9% in the Reute ...
... Noun compounds (NCs) cannot just be ignored by natural language processing (NLP) applications since they are abundant in English written text. Baldwin and Tanaka (2004) found that 2-4% of the tokens in various corpora are part of noun compounds: 2.6% in the British National Corpus, 3.9% in the Reute ...
1 Tim 3_2 - Amador Bible Studies
... The active voice indicates that these qualifications produce the action of being absolutely necessary for any pastor-teacher. The indicative mood is a potential indicative of obligation, used with verbs whose root meaning conveys the idea of obligation. This is frequently translated “one must.” This ...
... The active voice indicates that these qualifications produce the action of being absolutely necessary for any pastor-teacher. The indicative mood is a potential indicative of obligation, used with verbs whose root meaning conveys the idea of obligation. This is frequently translated “one must.” This ...
The caritive and abessive negation in the changing system of
... ‘The man who did not harness the reindeers yet went into the tent.’ Estonian has one suffix referred to as abessive. In other Finnic languages, its correlates are also referred to as caritive. The suffix combines with nouns and, diachronically, non-finite verbs, expressing meanings that are comparab ...
... ‘The man who did not harness the reindeers yet went into the tent.’ Estonian has one suffix referred to as abessive. In other Finnic languages, its correlates are also referred to as caritive. The suffix combines with nouns and, diachronically, non-finite verbs, expressing meanings that are comparab ...
Sentence structure
... clauses: when an adjective (relative) clause is essential to the meaning of the sentence – that is, if the meaning of the sentence would change if the clause were left out – it is called a restrictive (or necessary) adjective clause. It must not be separated from the rest of the sentence by commas. ...
... clauses: when an adjective (relative) clause is essential to the meaning of the sentence – that is, if the meaning of the sentence would change if the clause were left out – it is called a restrictive (or necessary) adjective clause. It must not be separated from the rest of the sentence by commas. ...
The Evolution of English Grammar
... Vitale would be to have the fours words love, hope, delight, and pavement and determine the word that does not fit. In this particle case the word pavement would get crossed out because it is a concrete noun, while the other three words can be considered either an abstract noun or a verb (21). Thoug ...
... Vitale would be to have the fours words love, hope, delight, and pavement and determine the word that does not fit. In this particle case the word pavement would get crossed out because it is a concrete noun, while the other three words can be considered either an abstract noun or a verb (21). Thoug ...
How many theta roles in a reflexive verb?
... and its antecedent), we will show that verbal reflexives like (2b)–(5b) are intransitive: They project only one syntactic argument. In other words, this kind of reflexivization must involve detransitivization of a transitive verb. If so, what happens to the other argument, and what happens to its th ...
... and its antecedent), we will show that verbal reflexives like (2b)–(5b) are intransitive: They project only one syntactic argument. In other words, this kind of reflexivization must involve detransitivization of a transitive verb. If so, what happens to the other argument, and what happens to its th ...
1 The College Guide to Brushing Up On Grammar and Style
... o Dependent clauses begin with subordinating conjunctions and cannot stand alone as sentences. The most common subordinating conjunctions are after, although, as, as if, because, before, even though, if, since, so that, than, that, though, unless, until, when, where, whether, and while. Ide ...
... o Dependent clauses begin with subordinating conjunctions and cannot stand alone as sentences. The most common subordinating conjunctions are after, although, as, as if, because, before, even though, if, since, so that, than, that, though, unless, until, when, where, whether, and while. Ide ...
MORPHOLOGY, DIVIDED AND CONQUERED?
... If we add to do and have the supposedly inflectional third singular and third plural suffices ‑es and ‑Ø, we can obtain from these verb roots auxiliaries that can invert in yes-no questions and can appear both before n’ t and in tag questions, i.e. which have what are widely known as the NICE prope ...
... If we add to do and have the supposedly inflectional third singular and third plural suffices ‑es and ‑Ø, we can obtain from these verb roots auxiliaries that can invert in yes-no questions and can appear both before n’ t and in tag questions, i.e. which have what are widely known as the NICE prope ...
Algonquian verb structure: Plains Cree1
... Quebec) call themselves ilnu, iyiyu, innu ‘people’, whereas the Crees call themselves neehiyaw/neehiraw (of contested etymology) etc. The MontagnaisNaskapi dialects are spoken in the Québec-Labrador peninsula and Cree from Alberta to Québec. We limit ourselves here to the Cree (*neehiLaw) branch, sp ...
... Quebec) call themselves ilnu, iyiyu, innu ‘people’, whereas the Crees call themselves neehiyaw/neehiraw (of contested etymology) etc. The MontagnaisNaskapi dialects are spoken in the Québec-Labrador peninsula and Cree from Alberta to Québec. We limit ourselves here to the Cree (*neehiLaw) branch, sp ...
E D I C T ========= Copyright (C) 1994,1995,1996,1997,1998
... it sequentially and JDXGEN, which is JDIC's index generator, held it in RAM.) This meant that examples of usage could not be included, and inclusion of phrases was very limited. JDIC/JDXGEN can now handle a much larger dictionary, but the compact format has continued. No inflections of verbs or adje ...
... it sequentially and JDXGEN, which is JDIC's index generator, held it in RAM.) This meant that examples of usage could not be included, and inclusion of phrases was very limited. JDIC/JDXGEN can now handle a much larger dictionary, but the compact format has continued. No inflections of verbs or adje ...
DISSERTATION ABSTRACT The Acquisition of the Body
... in Germanic languages. However, morphological variation is observed within a BPN phrase and on a BPN itself: (i) within a BPN phrase, variation is observed with respect to the overt realization of a possessive pronoun; (ii) on a BPN, variation is observed with respect to the morphological realizatio ...
... in Germanic languages. However, morphological variation is observed within a BPN phrase and on a BPN itself: (i) within a BPN phrase, variation is observed with respect to the overt realization of a possessive pronoun; (ii) on a BPN, variation is observed with respect to the morphological realizatio ...
6. Incremental Theme Besides narrowing the class of role data, our
... Besides narrowing the class of role data, our focus on argument selection will also require us to widen our scope to include a new role category I will call Incremental Theme. Though the key idea of this section was once sketched in a talk (Dowty 1987) suggested by proposals in Hinrichs (1985), this ...
... Besides narrowing the class of role data, our focus on argument selection will also require us to widen our scope to include a new role category I will call Incremental Theme. Though the key idea of this section was once sketched in a talk (Dowty 1987) suggested by proposals in Hinrichs (1985), this ...
6.3 Resource - Prepositions
... A preposition describes a relationship between other words in a sentence. In itself, a word like "in" or "after" is rather meaningless and hard to define in mere words. For instance, when you do try to define a preposition like "in" or "between" or "on," you invariably use your hands to show how som ...
... A preposition describes a relationship between other words in a sentence. In itself, a word like "in" or "after" is rather meaningless and hard to define in mere words. For instance, when you do try to define a preposition like "in" or "between" or "on," you invariably use your hands to show how som ...
Six Week Review
... "John" is a singular noun and "is" is the singular verb. However, in "They are tall," "They" is the plural noun, so a plural verb must be used. In this sentence, the plural verb is "are." ...
... "John" is a singular noun and "is" is the singular verb. However, in "They are tall," "They" is the plural noun, so a plural verb must be used. In this sentence, the plural verb is "are." ...
575+ German Verbs - OYR Raiders Ice Hockey
... subjunctive mood, because English is moving away from using this mood, while the subjunctive mood still functions as a critical aspect of verbs in the German language. Take this into consideration when using the verb charts. The indicative mood is the first of the three moods that I present. It is u ...
... subjunctive mood, because English is moving away from using this mood, while the subjunctive mood still functions as a critical aspect of verbs in the German language. Take this into consideration when using the verb charts. The indicative mood is the first of the three moods that I present. It is u ...
TIƠP CËN HÖ THèNG TRONG Tæ CHøC L•NH THæ
... about something”. It is very specific: one may be ecstatic about something - it is too intense an emotion to last long - the whole body and mind is excited because something, usually unexpected or very much longed-for, has happened. It can be used informally, formally and in literature, but it is ac ...
... about something”. It is very specific: one may be ecstatic about something - it is too intense an emotion to last long - the whole body and mind is excited because something, usually unexpected or very much longed-for, has happened. It can be used informally, formally and in literature, but it is ac ...
Parts of speech
... ABSOLUTE ['xbsqlHt] (adj) независимый Self-existent; independent; used without its head. - ABSOLUTE GENITIVE GENITIVE - ABSOLUTE CONSTRUCTION абсолютная конструкция A structure containing secondary predication isolated from the main sentence by intonation or commas, e.g. Weather permitting, we sha ...
... ABSOLUTE ['xbsqlHt] (adj) независимый Self-existent; independent; used without its head. - ABSOLUTE GENITIVE GENITIVE - ABSOLUTE CONSTRUCTION абсолютная конструкция A structure containing secondary predication isolated from the main sentence by intonation or commas, e.g. Weather permitting, we sha ...
Relative clause structure, relative clause perception, and the change
... by a totally distinct principle (Topical Movement), whose basis is not the logical structure of sentence meaning, but rather aspects of meaning related to the distinction between Given and New information. This matter will not be pursued at all here (see Antinucci, 1977a). ‘Since we are disregarding ...
... by a totally distinct principle (Topical Movement), whose basis is not the logical structure of sentence meaning, but rather aspects of meaning related to the distinction between Given and New information. This matter will not be pursued at all here (see Antinucci, 1977a). ‘Since we are disregarding ...
Notes on the verbal system of Gulf Pidgin Arabic
... The same claim might be true in our case except that there are verbs in Gulf Arabic which exhibit a distinction between the two stems of the imperative and the imperfect, e.g. ixið – aaxið ‘take’, ikil – aakil ‘eat’. The fact that it is the second, i.e. imperfect, stem that shows up in GPA may be ta ...
... The same claim might be true in our case except that there are verbs in Gulf Arabic which exhibit a distinction between the two stems of the imperative and the imperfect, e.g. ixið – aaxið ‘take’, ikil – aakil ‘eat’. The fact that it is the second, i.e. imperfect, stem that shows up in GPA may be ta ...
1 - NELS 2016 @ UMass Amherst
... Kuzhener, the town itself, is not nice at all. If such a role of šken in Mari is grammaticalized, it can be encoded in the C-domain (Bianchi 2001; Delfitto and Fiorin 2011). Given this, it is quite plausible that the contextual restriction on the domain of the proxy-relation introduced by šken is in ...
... Kuzhener, the town itself, is not nice at all. If such a role of šken in Mari is grammaticalized, it can be encoded in the C-domain (Bianchi 2001; Delfitto and Fiorin 2011). Given this, it is quite plausible that the contextual restriction on the domain of the proxy-relation introduced by šken is in ...
Caesar Selections - Online Grammatical Appendix - 04-09
... a. If it contains a long vowel or a diphthong; as in both syllables of lau-dās, and the fi rst syllable of ēius (§5, a). b. If its vowel is followed by any two consonants, except the combination of a mute and a liquid (see §8, c) or by one of the double consonants x (= ks) and z (= dz). The quantity ...
... a. If it contains a long vowel or a diphthong; as in both syllables of lau-dās, and the fi rst syllable of ēius (§5, a). b. If its vowel is followed by any two consonants, except the combination of a mute and a liquid (see §8, c) or by one of the double consonants x (= ks) and z (= dz). The quantity ...