1. Introduction
... notion of Case which is relevant here is not that of morphological Case, of course, because there is plenty of examples in which an NP is not overtly Case marked. The relevant notion is abstract Case. In order to receive a (possibly abstract) Case, a certain NP must sit in a certain structural posit ...
... notion of Case which is relevant here is not that of morphological Case, of course, because there is plenty of examples in which an NP is not overtly Case marked. The relevant notion is abstract Case. In order to receive a (possibly abstract) Case, a certain NP must sit in a certain structural posit ...
Mastering Modifiers
... Example of a Misplaced Modifier We chose that song for Mary, the prettiest one in the songbook, to sing. Why is this example a Misplaced Modifier? In this case, the sentence structure leads the reader to think that May is the prettiest one in the songbook and not the song. Corrected version: We chos ...
... Example of a Misplaced Modifier We chose that song for Mary, the prettiest one in the songbook, to sing. Why is this example a Misplaced Modifier? In this case, the sentence structure leads the reader to think that May is the prettiest one in the songbook and not the song. Corrected version: We chos ...
Re-cycling in the Encyclopedia
... (...)?”. For instance, by claiming that Money is part of the Commercial Transactions frame, are we denying that it is part of the Wealth frame, the Banking frame or the Work frame? Similarly, Goods seems to belong just as much to Ownership as to Commercial Transactions. When boundaries are problemat ...
... (...)?”. For instance, by claiming that Money is part of the Commercial Transactions frame, are we denying that it is part of the Wealth frame, the Banking frame or the Work frame? Similarly, Goods seems to belong just as much to Ownership as to Commercial Transactions. When boundaries are problemat ...
Simplex and complex reflexives in French and Dutch
... b. Dorian Gray se voyait *?(lui-même) dans la peinture tel qu’il aurait dû être. The ‘Doppelgänger’ or ‘duplication’ effect is prominent in contexts where a spatiotemporal distance is introduced. Thus in (15a) below, viewing oneself in the mirror involves simultaneity between viewer and viewee, and ...
... b. Dorian Gray se voyait *?(lui-même) dans la peinture tel qu’il aurait dû être. The ‘Doppelgänger’ or ‘duplication’ effect is prominent in contexts where a spatiotemporal distance is introduced. Thus in (15a) below, viewing oneself in the mirror involves simultaneity between viewer and viewee, and ...
greek grammar handout 2012 - University of Dallas Classics
... accented on the ult gets a grave if followed by another accented word, and an acute if followed by punctuation, or by an enclitic (i.e. by a word not accented -- for a list of enclitics see § IX). (2) C i r c u m f l e x ^ can fall only on a long penult or long ult (never before the penult, and nev ...
... accented on the ult gets a grave if followed by another accented word, and an acute if followed by punctuation, or by an enclitic (i.e. by a word not accented -- for a list of enclitics see § IX). (2) C i r c u m f l e x ^ can fall only on a long penult or long ult (never before the penult, and nev ...
pages 213–231 - Stanford University
... In this paper we add to a growing body of evidence which shows that noun plus copula is indeed a lexically-formed verb (see especially Kim et al. (2004)), despite the apparent evidence in favor of a clitic analysis. A fully lexical account can nevertheless allow that the N which hosts the copula can ...
... In this paper we add to a growing body of evidence which shows that noun plus copula is indeed a lexically-formed verb (see especially Kim et al. (2004)), despite the apparent evidence in favor of a clitic analysis. A fully lexical account can nevertheless allow that the N which hosts the copula can ...
Word Order - Seminar für Sprachwissenschaft
... 0. Introduction One of the primary ways in which languages differ from one another is in the order of constituents, or, as it is most commonly termed, their word order. When people refer to the word order of a language, they often are referring specifically to the order of subject, object, and verb ...
... 0. Introduction One of the primary ways in which languages differ from one another is in the order of constituents, or, as it is most commonly termed, their word order. When people refer to the word order of a language, they often are referring specifically to the order of subject, object, and verb ...
questions to the differentiational test in theoretical grammar
... fundamental assumptions about the relationship between language and logic. It became apparent that there was not such a thing as the most natural way to express a thought, and therefore logic could no longer be relied upon as a basis for studying the structure of language. As Otto Jespersen said, “I ...
... fundamental assumptions about the relationship between language and logic. It became apparent that there was not such a thing as the most natural way to express a thought, and therefore logic could no longer be relied upon as a basis for studying the structure of language. As Otto Jespersen said, “I ...
Malinke - Friends of Guinea
... Use of "di"................................................................................................47 Use of the verb "ka tamin" .......................................................................48 Superlatives ............................................................................ ...
... Use of "di"................................................................................................47 Use of the verb "ka tamin" .......................................................................48 Superlatives ............................................................................ ...
Dative of Purpose and Reference
... The dative of reference is used when the dative depends not on any one particular word (such as is the case with Dative following special adjectives like amīcus, fidēlis, idoneus, and similis or verbs like crēdō and noceō) but on the general meaning of the sentence. o It is often called the “Dativ ...
... The dative of reference is used when the dative depends not on any one particular word (such as is the case with Dative following special adjectives like amīcus, fidēlis, idoneus, and similis or verbs like crēdō and noceō) but on the general meaning of the sentence. o It is often called the “Dativ ...
That-clauses - I blog di Unica
... 2. The form of the verb phrase. If the verb phrase is non-finite, then the clause in which it occurs is a subordinate clause. We recall that the non-finite verb forms are (1) the base form (often with to), (2) the –ed form and (3) the -ing form. These three verb forms give their names to three subor ...
... 2. The form of the verb phrase. If the verb phrase is non-finite, then the clause in which it occurs is a subordinate clause. We recall that the non-finite verb forms are (1) the base form (often with to), (2) the –ed form and (3) the -ing form. These three verb forms give their names to three subor ...
Syntax - English sentence structure
... o I went to Paris in the vacation it is the most beautiful place I have ever visited. o It's never too late to learn to swim you never know when you may fall from a boat. o If you're going to the shops can you buy me some eggs and flour I want to make a cake. o I like our new math teacher, she alway ...
... o I went to Paris in the vacation it is the most beautiful place I have ever visited. o It's never too late to learn to swim you never know when you may fall from a boat. o If you're going to the shops can you buy me some eggs and flour I want to make a cake. o I like our new math teacher, she alway ...
Grace Theological Journal 8
... orders, admonitions, exhortations-ranging from authoritarian dictates (a centurion ordering his soldier to go or come, Matt 8:9), to the act of teaching (Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, Matt 5:2, cf. 12ff.). Commands are distinguished from requests as "telling" is from "asking." The distinction, however ...
... orders, admonitions, exhortations-ranging from authoritarian dictates (a centurion ordering his soldier to go or come, Matt 8:9), to the act of teaching (Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, Matt 5:2, cf. 12ff.). Commands are distinguished from requests as "telling" is from "asking." The distinction, however ...
A Classification of Imperatives: A Statistical Study
... orders, admonitions, exhortations--ranging from authoritarian dictates (a centurion ordering his soldier to go or come, Matt 8:9), to the act of teaching (Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, Matt 5:2, cf. 12ff.). Commands are distinguished from requests as "telling" is from "asking." The distinction, howeve ...
... orders, admonitions, exhortations--ranging from authoritarian dictates (a centurion ordering his soldier to go or come, Matt 8:9), to the act of teaching (Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, Matt 5:2, cf. 12ff.). Commands are distinguished from requests as "telling" is from "asking." The distinction, howeve ...
When is New Year?
... day of the year, where we have the shortest amount of daylight, and the day when the midday sun (at noon) is at its lowest point above the horizon, usually on or about December 21) and the lunar new year begins between January 21 and February 20. Thus, Chinese New Year falls sometime between Januar ...
... day of the year, where we have the shortest amount of daylight, and the day when the midday sun (at noon) is at its lowest point above the horizon, usually on or about December 21) and the lunar new year begins between January 21 and February 20. Thus, Chinese New Year falls sometime between Januar ...
The perfect aspect: syntactic interferences on the part of brazilian
... 1 is difficult to draw a clear-cut distinction between tense and mood. Aspect, as seen in the above examples, also merges both with mood and tense. A brief discussion follows as to whether tense and ...
... 1 is difficult to draw a clear-cut distinction between tense and mood. Aspect, as seen in the above examples, also merges both with mood and tense. A brief discussion follows as to whether tense and ...
Top 20 Writing Style Errors
... Modifiers are any adjectives, adverbs, phrases, or clauses that a writer uses to elaborate on something. Modifiers, when used wisely, enhance your writing. But if they are not well-considered - or if they are put in the wrong places in your sentences - the results can be less than eloquent. Consider ...
... Modifiers are any adjectives, adverbs, phrases, or clauses that a writer uses to elaborate on something. Modifiers, when used wisely, enhance your writing. But if they are not well-considered - or if they are put in the wrong places in your sentences - the results can be less than eloquent. Consider ...
Gustar and similar verbs
... All the prepositional forms can be used to emphasize the object pronoun form. Juan doesn’t like beans but I do. A Juan no le gustan los frijoles, pero a mí sí me gustan. Notice that because Juan and I were stressed in the above sentence in English, we added the prepositional forms a Juan and a mí i ...
... All the prepositional forms can be used to emphasize the object pronoun form. Juan doesn’t like beans but I do. A Juan no le gustan los frijoles, pero a mí sí me gustan. Notice that because Juan and I were stressed in the above sentence in English, we added the prepositional forms a Juan and a mí i ...
ling411-08 - Rice University
... It’s unlikely that visual imagery uses some mechanism independent of that for vision Therefore, it must use (some of) the same neural connections used in perception ...
... It’s unlikely that visual imagery uses some mechanism independent of that for vision Therefore, it must use (some of) the same neural connections used in perception ...
3.1.1 English Sentence Structure - Hanyang CTL English Writing Lab
... If you were talking about your research and a classmate said, “There was a significant increase in computation time,” you might respond by saying, “That is too bad. Try another method.” The sentence makes sense by itself, so it is a main clause. It could also be used as a complete sentence. TIP How ...
... If you were talking about your research and a classmate said, “There was a significant increase in computation time,” you might respond by saying, “That is too bad. Try another method.” The sentence makes sense by itself, so it is a main clause. It could also be used as a complete sentence. TIP How ...
Verb Meaning and the Lexicon: A First Phase Syntax
... In principle, anything can be memorised; nevertheless, certain lexical entries do not exist in natural language. For example, lexical entries where the agentive instigator of an action is realised as the direct object, while the passive undergoer comes out as the subject do not seem to be attested. ...
... In principle, anything can be memorised; nevertheless, certain lexical entries do not exist in natural language. For example, lexical entries where the agentive instigator of an action is realised as the direct object, while the passive undergoer comes out as the subject do not seem to be attested. ...
Adjective and Adverbs
... Adverb (Latin: adverbium) has several functions, i.e. it explains verbs, explains adjectives, and explains other adverbs or the entire grammatical constructions. In general, an adverb is formed by adding “ly” to an adjective, such as simultaneous simultaneously, active actively, and high hig ...
... Adverb (Latin: adverbium) has several functions, i.e. it explains verbs, explains adjectives, and explains other adverbs or the entire grammatical constructions. In general, an adverb is formed by adding “ly” to an adjective, such as simultaneous simultaneously, active actively, and high hig ...