The Category of Participles
... lexicon while others are derived in the syntax. One of Wasow's main motivations for a syntaxlexicon split was that some participles behave just like adjectives, so called adjectival participles, while other had at least some verbal properties, so called verbal participles. Wasow assumed that categor ...
... lexicon while others are derived in the syntax. One of Wasow's main motivations for a syntaxlexicon split was that some participles behave just like adjectives, so called adjectival participles, while other had at least some verbal properties, so called verbal participles. Wasow assumed that categor ...
On Partial Control and Parasitic PC Effects
... collective nouns. The problem is that in both cases [+Mer] is present on the controller and PRO, voiding a real contrast in number (PRO in the PC case would have to bear some other feature than [+Mer] as the latter does not suffice to mark a difference in semantic number).15 Another problematic issu ...
... collective nouns. The problem is that in both cases [+Mer] is present on the controller and PRO, voiding a real contrast in number (PRO in the PC case would have to bear some other feature than [+Mer] as the latter does not suffice to mark a difference in semantic number).15 Another problematic issu ...
bardi verb morphology in historical perspective
... This dissertation is an investigation into the structure of verbal predicates in Bardi, a Nyulnyulan language from the North-Western Australian coast. I examine possible synchronic analyses and reconstruct the history of the systems between Proto-Nyulnyulan and the modern attested languages. There h ...
... This dissertation is an investigation into the structure of verbal predicates in Bardi, a Nyulnyulan language from the North-Western Australian coast. I examine possible synchronic analyses and reconstruct the history of the systems between Proto-Nyulnyulan and the modern attested languages. There h ...
valency - Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics
... actants (first / non-first) and circumstants ...
... actants (first / non-first) and circumstants ...
Insubordination and its ·uses • --
... My contention here will be that such constructions are much more widespread than is commonly believed. In fact I will be casting my net more widely, looking generally at the main clause use of (prima facie) subordinate constructions, whether nonfinite or not. This is because the relevant crosslingui ...
... My contention here will be that such constructions are much more widespread than is commonly believed. In fact I will be casting my net more widely, looking generally at the main clause use of (prima facie) subordinate constructions, whether nonfinite or not. This is because the relevant crosslingui ...
Object Ellipsis as Topic Drop
... a continued topic. The latter two, which introduce ‘new’ topics which have not been employed as topics in the preceding discourse, are referred to as shifted topics. It has been claimed that dropped topics are continued topics (Schulz, 2003). In the case of languages that employ both topicalization ...
... a continued topic. The latter two, which introduce ‘new’ topics which have not been employed as topics in the preceding discourse, are referred to as shifted topics. It has been claimed that dropped topics are continued topics (Schulz, 2003). In the case of languages that employ both topicalization ...
RESTRICTING LOGIC GRAMMARS WITH GOVERNMENT
... DCG rules may themselves have arguments to hold structural representations or special features, and second, the right-hand side of any rule may include not only the grammatical terminals and nonterminals but also arbitrary predicates or "tests". The tests must be distinguished from the grammatical v ...
... DCG rules may themselves have arguments to hold structural representations or special features, and second, the right-hand side of any rule may include not only the grammatical terminals and nonterminals but also arbitrary predicates or "tests". The tests must be distinguished from the grammatical v ...
Year Grouos in one document
... if the plural already ends in –s, but is added if the plural does not end in –s (i.e. is an irregular plural – e.g. children’s). If the last syllable of a word is stressed and ends with one consonant letter which has just one vowel letter before it, the final consonant letter is doubled before any e ...
... if the plural already ends in –s, but is added if the plural does not end in –s (i.e. is an irregular plural – e.g. children’s). If the last syllable of a word is stressed and ends with one consonant letter which has just one vowel letter before it, the final consonant letter is doubled before any e ...
Locally Bound 3rd-Person Pronouns in Afrikaans
... Adding -self to a pronominal element can make a reflexive predicate from a predicate that would not allow a reflexive interpretation if a pronoun or SE anaphor were used instead; John hates him cannot mean that John hates John, but adding -self (John hates himself) makes the sentence (obligatory) re ...
... Adding -self to a pronominal element can make a reflexive predicate from a predicate that would not allow a reflexive interpretation if a pronoun or SE anaphor were used instead; John hates him cannot mean that John hates John, but adding -self (John hates himself) makes the sentence (obligatory) re ...
lexical and structural ambiguity in humorous headlines
... point to differences in genre. Secondly, two new configurations for the processing of the disjunctor/connector order were found. In the first of these configurations the disjunctor appears before the connector, instead of being placed after or coinciding with the ambiguous element, while in the seco ...
... point to differences in genre. Secondly, two new configurations for the processing of the disjunctor/connector order were found. In the first of these configurations the disjunctor appears before the connector, instead of being placed after or coinciding with the ambiguous element, while in the seco ...
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... dependent node2, etc., then the closing square bracket (‘]’). The requirements on the part-ofspeech and morphemic characteristics of individual nodes are written in a shorthand form (by means of a single character for each category) after the dividing symbol ´.´ (full stop) or ´:´ (colon) in the fol ...
... dependent node2, etc., then the closing square bracket (‘]’). The requirements on the part-ofspeech and morphemic characteristics of individual nodes are written in a shorthand form (by means of a single character for each category) after the dividing symbol ´.´ (full stop) or ´:´ (colon) in the fol ...
The verbal valency in the Prague Dependency Treebank
... dependent node2, etc., then the closing square bracket (‘]’). The requirements on the part-ofspeech and morphemic characteristics of individual nodes are written in a shorthand form (by means of a single character for each category) after the dividing symbol ´.´ (full stop) or ´:´ (colon) in the fol ...
... dependent node2, etc., then the closing square bracket (‘]’). The requirements on the part-ofspeech and morphemic characteristics of individual nodes are written in a shorthand form (by means of a single character for each category) after the dividing symbol ´.´ (full stop) or ´:´ (colon) in the fol ...
Copenhagen Business School
... mental state or process to an individual. Heltoft 1999:73 also opts for the list in (2) rather than the list in (1), while Davidsen-Nielsen 1990 and Brandt 1999 seem to stick to the list given in (1). With one exception and one precision I will use the label modal of the verbs given in (2). The exc ...
... mental state or process to an individual. Heltoft 1999:73 also opts for the list in (2) rather than the list in (1), while Davidsen-Nielsen 1990 and Brandt 1999 seem to stick to the list given in (1). With one exception and one precision I will use the label modal of the verbs given in (2). The exc ...
Sentence and Paragraph Writing
... textbook geared to the needs of high school and university students. While some students enter university with good basic writing skills, the authors of this textbook recognize that most students need refreshment of their knowledge of basic and varied sentence structure, spelling rules, punctuation ...
... textbook geared to the needs of high school and university students. While some students enter university with good basic writing skills, the authors of this textbook recognize that most students need refreshment of their knowledge of basic and varied sentence structure, spelling rules, punctuation ...
doc - KISS Grammar
... reason to have students struggle with ten sentences if they cannot do three or four. And, at the other end, if students have mastered the skills, they can demonstrate that in three or four sentences just as effectively as they can in ten. Thus most of the exercises in this book are very short – thre ...
... reason to have students struggle with ten sentences if they cannot do three or four. And, at the other end, if students have mastered the skills, they can demonstrate that in three or four sentences just as effectively as they can in ten. Thus most of the exercises in this book are very short – thre ...
The Alignment of the PLATO Learning Curricula to TABE 9 10
... “Missing activities” means there is courseware that you still need or has been developed recently to support this newer version of TABE 9 10. If this is the case, you should contact your local PLATO Account Manager or Curriculum Consultant for updated courseware. Once this necessary courseware is in ...
... “Missing activities” means there is courseware that you still need or has been developed recently to support this newer version of TABE 9 10. If this is the case, you should contact your local PLATO Account Manager or Curriculum Consultant for updated courseware. Once this necessary courseware is in ...
Parsing English with a Link Grammar - Link home page
... Certain constructs are difficult to handle only using the basic link grammar framework. One example is the non-referential use of it: It is likely that John will go is correct, but The cat is likely that John will go is wrong. It is possible – but awkward – to distinguish between these with a link g ...
... Certain constructs are difficult to handle only using the basic link grammar framework. One example is the non-referential use of it: It is likely that John will go is correct, but The cat is likely that John will go is wrong. It is possible – but awkward – to distinguish between these with a link g ...
The Tamil Case System
... language, whereas postpositions are independent, non-bound free forms that cannot be attached directly to stems of nouns or pronouns but must follow some case marker. They supposedly can (in most instances in the Dravidian languages at least) be easily shown to be derived from nouns or verbs; deverb ...
... language, whereas postpositions are independent, non-bound free forms that cannot be attached directly to stems of nouns or pronouns but must follow some case marker. They supposedly can (in most instances in the Dravidian languages at least) be easily shown to be derived from nouns or verbs; deverb ...
Article 10: Cognitive Construction Grammar
... constructions as postulated by Goldberg, but they limit their power substantially. In this view, mini-constructions may form classes with other mini-constructions, establishing inheritance hierarchies containing more and less general patterns with different levels of semantic abstraction. This mean ...
... constructions as postulated by Goldberg, but they limit their power substantially. In this view, mini-constructions may form classes with other mini-constructions, establishing inheritance hierarchies containing more and less general patterns with different levels of semantic abstraction. This mean ...
Hausa Verbal Compounds
... (not in VEHICLE) addresses participant (sometimes in VEHICLE), naming a situation ................................183 6.2.1.4 Metonymy in Hausa verbal compounds: a summary.........184 6.2.2 Metaphor in marked V+X and PAC+V compounds..........184 6.2.2.1 Metaphor between VEHICLE and TARGET .......... ...
... (not in VEHICLE) addresses participant (sometimes in VEHICLE), naming a situation ................................183 6.2.1.4 Metonymy in Hausa verbal compounds: a summary.........184 6.2.2 Metaphor in marked V+X and PAC+V compounds..........184 6.2.2.1 Metaphor between VEHICLE and TARGET .......... ...
POC Sentiment Analysis
... fully later to make sure I haven’t given a score that is too high, even if it expresses sentiment, so that the sentence scores are not altered the wrong way. I had given terms like ‘compassion’ a +2. However, I had given more sentiment-charged terms with the same stem like ‘compassionate’ a +3. Now ...
... fully later to make sure I haven’t given a score that is too high, even if it expresses sentiment, so that the sentence scores are not altered the wrong way. I had given terms like ‘compassion’ a +2. However, I had given more sentiment-charged terms with the same stem like ‘compassionate’ a +3. Now ...
Pronouns - MGLVA
... nominative case pronouns! A predicate nominative is a word in the predicate that renames the subject (follows a linking verb). When a nominative pronoun is used as a predicate nominative, it is called a predicate pronoun. It was they who stood up and cheered. ...
... nominative case pronouns! A predicate nominative is a word in the predicate that renames the subject (follows a linking verb). When a nominative pronoun is used as a predicate nominative, it is called a predicate pronoun. It was they who stood up and cheered. ...
The Sentence
... 7. With four other men,[Bradbury’s hero]travels more than sixty million years back in time. 8. On the safari,[trouble]develops. 9. Because of one mistake, [the past]is changed. 10. Do [the results of that mistake]affect the future? ...
... 7. With four other men,[Bradbury’s hero]travels more than sixty million years back in time. 8. On the safari,[trouble]develops. 9. Because of one mistake, [the past]is changed. 10. Do [the results of that mistake]affect the future? ...
Interdependency Relationships between Clauses
... be clear. If you are unable to write sentences that are appropriately structured and clear in meaning, the reader may have difficulty understanding the meanings that you want to convey. Here are ...
... be clear. If you are unable to write sentences that are appropriately structured and clear in meaning, the reader may have difficulty understanding the meanings that you want to convey. Here are ...
Transcription of Moroccan Arabic
... until you can reproduce them is another. This introduction is intended mainly to help you get started with the system of transcription, and as a result it will mention only briefly the different sounds of Arabic. However, a fuller explanation can be found on page 148. ...
... until you can reproduce them is another. This introduction is intended mainly to help you get started with the system of transcription, and as a result it will mention only briefly the different sounds of Arabic. However, a fuller explanation can be found on page 148. ...