§§1–14 Exordium. §§15–36 Narratio. §§37–82 Argumentatio. §§83–123 Anticategoria.
... assumption raises the question of how difficult it may or may not have been to recover the property, a lesser consideration for the defendant while still accused of the murder. Alexander (2002: 165–166) lists three reasons why Cicero would not have wanted to discuss the possibility that Roscius maio ...
... assumption raises the question of how difficult it may or may not have been to recover the property, a lesser consideration for the defendant while still accused of the murder. Alexander (2002: 165–166) lists three reasons why Cicero would not have wanted to discuss the possibility that Roscius maio ...
Learn To Speak English 8.0
... How To Use Your Workbook The Learn To Speak program will be your principal tool for gaining listening comprehension and conversation skills, but this text can serve as a handy reference tool for vocabulary and grammar questions, as an aid during your conversations with the onscreen characters, and a ...
... How To Use Your Workbook The Learn To Speak program will be your principal tool for gaining listening comprehension and conversation skills, but this text can serve as a handy reference tool for vocabulary and grammar questions, as an aid during your conversations with the onscreen characters, and a ...
an analysis of lexical phrases in business letters: an online business
... They were analyzed in terms of form as collocations and multi-word expressions and in terms of function as politeness and as social interactional and discourse devices. The five textbooks were transcribed and compiled into a corpus. The concordancer program was used to examine the frequency of lexic ...
... They were analyzed in terms of form as collocations and multi-word expressions and in terms of function as politeness and as social interactional and discourse devices. The five textbooks were transcribed and compiled into a corpus. The concordancer program was used to examine the frequency of lexic ...
Attention and L2 learners` segmentation of complex sentences
... communicate, and wondered why such discrepancies occur. Since then, I have tried to teach students in a way that enables them to perform well on the OPI, which Dr. Makino suggested during his lecture. I obtained the OPI tester certification in 2001 while I was teaching Japanese at Michigan State Uni ...
... communicate, and wondered why such discrepancies occur. Since then, I have tried to teach students in a way that enables them to perform well on the OPI, which Dr. Makino suggested during his lecture. I obtained the OPI tester certification in 2001 while I was teaching Japanese at Michigan State Uni ...
gVbbVg - Fox C-6 School District
... • An exclamatory sentence expresses strong feeling. It ends with an exclamation point. Read each sentence. Write whether it is declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory. 1. What a wonderful camping trip that was! ...
... • An exclamatory sentence expresses strong feeling. It ends with an exclamation point. Read each sentence. Write whether it is declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory. 1. What a wonderful camping trip that was! ...
Further and Farther
... the 19th century, Cobbett (1883 [1818]: 49) implies that further is more flexible in that it is not only the comparative degree of far but also serves an additive function in the discourse, while farther is used exclusively to express distance. Along similar lines, Garner (2003: 340) maintains that ...
... the 19th century, Cobbett (1883 [1818]: 49) implies that further is more flexible in that it is not only the comparative degree of far but also serves an additive function in the discourse, while farther is used exclusively to express distance. Along similar lines, Garner (2003: 340) maintains that ...
Participles in Time. The Development of the Perfect Tense
... friendship, and Inga-Lill Grahn for our discussions about life and language. Karin Cavallin, Lilja Øvrelid and Frida Wallentin have been with me through all the ups and downs of this project. Karin and Lilja, I am more than anything immensely happy to have had your good company during these years. F ...
... friendship, and Inga-Lill Grahn for our discussions about life and language. Karin Cavallin, Lilja Øvrelid and Frida Wallentin have been with me through all the ups and downs of this project. Karin and Lilja, I am more than anything immensely happy to have had your good company during these years. F ...
PERFECTIVITY MIGHT NOT SCOPE OVER MODALITY
... modals: (i) the so-called “past tense” modals: could, should, ought and (ii) need. Depending on the analysis of may and might in (17), counterfactual readings (or external perfect readings) are also attested with (some) epistemic modals. The internal perfect reading can obtain with all the epistemic ...
... modals: (i) the so-called “past tense” modals: could, should, ought and (ii) need. Depending on the analysis of may and might in (17), counterfactual readings (or external perfect readings) are also attested with (some) epistemic modals. The internal perfect reading can obtain with all the epistemic ...
Feature Mismatches: Consequences for Syntax, Morphology and
... Though my name alone is on this dissertation, those who have written one know how much of an injustice that is to various other people, who have all contributed but without getting any of the credit.1 I must first thank the members of my committee, who have guided me through not just the dissertatio ...
... Though my name alone is on this dissertation, those who have written one know how much of an injustice that is to various other people, who have all contributed but without getting any of the credit.1 I must first thank the members of my committee, who have guided me through not just the dissertatio ...
PREFIXED ADJECTIVAL PARTICIPLES
... Since -l can attach to imperfective verbs, as in (1) and (2), the ungrammaticality of -lý participles in (7) and (8) is not based on selectional requirements of the affix -l. The ungrammaticality also cannot be based on some requirements of the agreement marker -ý because it can attach to imperfecti ...
... Since -l can attach to imperfective verbs, as in (1) and (2), the ungrammaticality of -lý participles in (7) and (8) is not based on selectional requirements of the affix -l. The ungrammaticality also cannot be based on some requirements of the agreement marker -ý because it can attach to imperfecti ...
my dissertation - Semantics Archive
... me the opportunity to work on their NSF and NIH grant projects. Second, I want to thank my teachers at the University of Arizona: Rudy Troike, Andy Barss, Andrew Carnie, Dick Demers, and Yoshi Ono. I’m particularly indebted to Rudy for advising me to become a linguist and providing me with the most ...
... me the opportunity to work on their NSF and NIH grant projects. Second, I want to thank my teachers at the University of Arizona: Rudy Troike, Andy Barss, Andrew Carnie, Dick Demers, and Yoshi Ono. I’m particularly indebted to Rudy for advising me to become a linguist and providing me with the most ...
Investigations of downward movement
... and advising style. Individually, they have pushed, guided, and encouraged me unfailingly throughout my time at McGill. If it were not for each of them, you wouldn’t be reading this right now. I thank Jon for showing me early on how utterly exciting theoretical syntax can be and, above all, for cons ...
... and advising style. Individually, they have pushed, guided, and encouraged me unfailingly throughout my time at McGill. If it were not for each of them, you wouldn’t be reading this right now. I thank Jon for showing me early on how utterly exciting theoretical syntax can be and, above all, for cons ...
Polysemy of verbal prefixes in Russian: conceptual structure versus
... only with the lexical prefixes and are incompatible with superlexical prefixes. Verbs that are incompatible with a change of state reading, on the other hand, only appear with the superlexical prefixes. There is also a large class in the middle compatible with both, where the event may or may not in ...
... only with the lexical prefixes and are incompatible with superlexical prefixes. Verbs that are incompatible with a change of state reading, on the other hand, only appear with the superlexical prefixes. There is also a large class in the middle compatible with both, where the event may or may not in ...
STRUKTURA A FUNGOVÁNÍ ZNAKOVÉHO JAZYKA Studijní
... design on a semaphore flag is arbitrary. What is important in each case is the relationship between the established form and the meaning. Likewise, in language, the actual forms that speakers or signers use may be arbitrary. We discussed the English word cat, which consists of three sounds, k ae t. ...
... design on a semaphore flag is arbitrary. What is important in each case is the relationship between the established form and the meaning. Likewise, in language, the actual forms that speakers or signers use may be arbitrary. We discussed the English word cat, which consists of three sounds, k ae t. ...
Verbs and Verb Phrases - UvA-DARE
... Syntax is the field of linguistics that studies how words are combined into larger phrases and, ultimately, sentences. This means that we do not systematically discuss the internal structure of words (this is the domain of morphology) or the way in which sentences are put to use in discourse: we onl ...
... Syntax is the field of linguistics that studies how words are combined into larger phrases and, ultimately, sentences. This means that we do not systematically discuss the internal structure of words (this is the domain of morphology) or the way in which sentences are put to use in discourse: we onl ...
PDF Longman English Grammar Practice
... Who is this book for and what does it cover? This book deals entirely with English as a foreign language (EFL). It is for intermediate students who are working with a teacher or working on their own. It covers every important area of the English language. If you look at the Contents pages, you will ...
... Who is this book for and what does it cover? This book deals entirely with English as a foreign language (EFL). It is for intermediate students who are working with a teacher or working on their own. It covers every important area of the English language. If you look at the Contents pages, you will ...
fulltext - LOT Publications
... the nature of this structure is unclear. While this makes the acquisition task seem simpler, the structure available to the child from birth is controversial. Without abandoning the notion of continuity altogether, we can approach syntactic development from a more moderate standpoint. ...
... the nature of this structure is unclear. While this makes the acquisition task seem simpler, the structure available to the child from birth is controversial. Without abandoning the notion of continuity altogether, we can approach syntactic development from a more moderate standpoint. ...
A Complete Grammar of Esperanto
... XI. Possessive Case of Nouns.--Impersonal Verbs.--Verbs Preceding their Subjects.--Coordinating Conjunctions.--"La Arabo en la Dezerto". XII. Indirect Statements.--The Indefinite Personal Pronoun "Oni".--The Future Tense.--"La Ventoflago". XIII. The Demonstrative "Pronoun Tiu".--Tenses in Indirect Q ...
... XI. Possessive Case of Nouns.--Impersonal Verbs.--Verbs Preceding their Subjects.--Coordinating Conjunctions.--"La Arabo en la Dezerto". XII. Indirect Statements.--The Indefinite Personal Pronoun "Oni".--The Future Tense.--"La Ventoflago". XIII. The Demonstrative "Pronoun Tiu".--Tenses in Indirect Q ...
1. Introduction - UCL Phonetics and Linguistics
... 2008 for an overview of the literature). Indeed, other than bearing the same particle, they appear not to share any properties either in terms of their interpretation or in their syntactic distribution. In this paper, I argue that the two types of topics do in fact share an element in their interpre ...
... 2008 for an overview of the literature). Indeed, other than bearing the same particle, they appear not to share any properties either in terms of their interpretation or in their syntactic distribution. In this paper, I argue that the two types of topics do in fact share an element in their interpre ...
The syntax of French adverbs without functional projections*
... It is well accepted within current generative grammar that adverb positions provide evidence for a more complex clause structure than was previously assumed (e.g. Pollock 1989, Laezlinger 1998, 2002, Cinque 1999). In this view, instead of being adjoined to syntactic categories such as VP, AP etc., a ...
... It is well accepted within current generative grammar that adverb positions provide evidence for a more complex clause structure than was previously assumed (e.g. Pollock 1989, Laezlinger 1998, 2002, Cinque 1999). In this view, instead of being adjoined to syntactic categories such as VP, AP etc., a ...
Ling 390 - Intro to Linguistics
... a closed class to which new members are not added includes determiners, auxiliary verbs, degree words, qualifiers, pronouns, conjunctions, complementizers, and particles ...
... a closed class to which new members are not added includes determiners, auxiliary verbs, degree words, qualifiers, pronouns, conjunctions, complementizers, and particles ...
On the syntax of locative and directional adpositional phrases
... remnant topicalisation (cf. e.g. geven zou Jan Marie dat boek waarschijnlijk nooit ‘give would Jan Marie that book probably never’ ) do not instantiate fronting of the lexical VP but instead involve topicalisation of some functional projection dominating VP from which all arguments have been extract ...
... remnant topicalisation (cf. e.g. geven zou Jan Marie dat boek waarschijnlijk nooit ‘give would Jan Marie that book probably never’ ) do not instantiate fronting of the lexical VP but instead involve topicalisation of some functional projection dominating VP from which all arguments have been extract ...
Abbreviations 1 1st person 2 2nd person 3 3rd person acc
... A9a) Sol says that Alice loves herself. b) Sol required that Alice praise herself. c) Sol thought Alice should praise herself. d) Sol asked Alice to praise herself. e) Sol wants to praise himself. f) Sol expects Alice to praise herself. g) Sol heard Alice praising herself. 2.2 Ordinary (potentially ...
... A9a) Sol says that Alice loves herself. b) Sol required that Alice praise herself. c) Sol thought Alice should praise herself. d) Sol asked Alice to praise herself. e) Sol wants to praise himself. f) Sol expects Alice to praise herself. g) Sol heard Alice praising herself. 2.2 Ordinary (potentially ...
Interactive narrative generation using computational verb theory Marius Smit
... Interactive narrative extends traditional story-telling techniques by enabling previously passive observers to become active participants in the narrative events that unfold. A variety of approaches have attempted to construct such interactive narrative spaces and reconcile the goals of interactivit ...
... Interactive narrative extends traditional story-telling techniques by enabling previously passive observers to become active participants in the narrative events that unfold. A variety of approaches have attempted to construct such interactive narrative spaces and reconcile the goals of interactivit ...
Applying the Constraint Grammar Parser of English to the Helsinki
... contains about 84,000 lexical entries, represents the core vocabulary of Present-day English, including all inflected and central derived English word-forms. Prefixes and endings are represented in separate ‘minilexicons’ accessible from the ‘stem’ lexicon. ENGTWOL also employs a feature system larg ...
... contains about 84,000 lexical entries, represents the core vocabulary of Present-day English, including all inflected and central derived English word-forms. Prefixes and endings are represented in separate ‘minilexicons’ accessible from the ‘stem’ lexicon. ENGTWOL also employs a feature system larg ...