The Ancient Languages of Asia Minor
... What makes a language ancient? The term conjures up images, often romantic, of archeologists feverishly copying hieroglyphs by torchlight in a freshly discovered burial chamber; of philologists dangling over a precipice in some remote corner of the earth, taking impressions of an inscription carved ...
... What makes a language ancient? The term conjures up images, often romantic, of archeologists feverishly copying hieroglyphs by torchlight in a freshly discovered burial chamber; of philologists dangling over a precipice in some remote corner of the earth, taking impressions of an inscription carved ...
Particle verbs and a theory of late lexical insertion
... For example, to account for the syntactic separability of particle verbs, Stiebels & Wunderlich (1994) and Stiebels (1996) introduce a morphological feature [+max], together with a universal condition that requires elements marked with this feature to be syntactically visible. Stiebels and Wunderlic ...
... For example, to account for the syntactic separability of particle verbs, Stiebels & Wunderlich (1994) and Stiebels (1996) introduce a morphological feature [+max], together with a universal condition that requires elements marked with this feature to be syntactically visible. Stiebels and Wunderlic ...
"SOME UNIVERSALS OF GRAMMAR WITH PARTICULAR
... questions concerning morpheme and word order. The reason for this choice was that previous experience suggested a considerable measure of orderliness in this particular aspect of grammar. In the body of this paper a number of universals are proposed. A large proportion of these are implicational; th ...
... questions concerning morpheme and word order. The reason for this choice was that previous experience suggested a considerable measure of orderliness in this particular aspect of grammar. In the body of this paper a number of universals are proposed. A large proportion of these are implicational; th ...
Fontenelle, T. 1994. “What on earth are collocations?”.
... constructions” because the verb’s sole role is to “support” the noun with which it co-occurs, by establishing a link between this noun and the subject of the sentence, conveying information on tense, person and aspect. Such collocations are often a nightmare to language students (just imagine the gr ...
... constructions” because the verb’s sole role is to “support” the noun with which it co-occurs, by establishing a link between this noun and the subject of the sentence, conveying information on tense, person and aspect. Such collocations are often a nightmare to language students (just imagine the gr ...
E X E R C I S E S - Bedfordstmartins
... Complete each of the following sentences by filling in the blank with an appropriate form of the verb given in parentheses. Because more than one form will sometimes be possible, choose one form and then be prepared to explain the reasons for your choice. (See EasyWriter, 7c.) Example: We celebrated ...
... Complete each of the following sentences by filling in the blank with an appropriate form of the verb given in parentheses. Because more than one form will sometimes be possible, choose one form and then be prepared to explain the reasons for your choice. (See EasyWriter, 7c.) Example: We celebrated ...
The dependency of the subjunctive revisited
... 1999), model shift (Quer, 1998), illocutionary force (Rivero and Terzi, 1995), and situation semantics (Portner, 1997). Researchers also have exploited the idea that the subjunctive denotes a defective tense (Picallo, 1985), or a null ordering source (Giorgi and Pianesi, 1998). I will not summarize ...
... 1999), model shift (Quer, 1998), illocutionary force (Rivero and Terzi, 1995), and situation semantics (Portner, 1997). Researchers also have exploited the idea that the subjunctive denotes a defective tense (Picallo, 1985), or a null ordering source (Giorgi and Pianesi, 1998). I will not summarize ...
Kara Passmore Linguistics Senior Thesis POSSESSIVE-ING and ACCUSATIVE-ING Constructions in English
... Hudson speculates that POSS-ING may be more accepted in American English than it is in British English. He cites as evidence the fact that when American linguists first began to discuss the gerund in the 19608 and 1970s, they typically only used examples of POSS-ING, and in fact used the term POSS·I ...
... Hudson speculates that POSS-ING may be more accepted in American English than it is in British English. He cites as evidence the fact that when American linguists first began to discuss the gerund in the 19608 and 1970s, they typically only used examples of POSS-ING, and in fact used the term POSS·I ...
A Syntactic Analysis of Modal bì 必: Auxiliary Verb or Adverb?
... is not specified. According to Shadick (1968:755ff), bì 必 ‘necessarily, always, certainly’ belongs to the Predicate adjuncts (PA) which resemble adverbs, but are distinguished from them “because they can also modify nominals, as adjunct to a nominal predicate”. More particular, bì 必 belongs to the P ...
... is not specified. According to Shadick (1968:755ff), bì 必 ‘necessarily, always, certainly’ belongs to the Predicate adjuncts (PA) which resemble adverbs, but are distinguished from them “because they can also modify nominals, as adjunct to a nominal predicate”. More particular, bì 必 belongs to the P ...
1 Auxiliary Verb Constructions in Old Turkic and Altai
... Old Turkic where the lexical verb appeared in a participial form. Generally speaking, these might be considered a special sub-type of where the lexical verb appears in an inflected form, here only limited to tense/aspect/mood, not personal inflection. In every instance of this subtype of formal auxi ...
... Old Turkic where the lexical verb appeared in a participial form. Generally speaking, these might be considered a special sub-type of where the lexical verb appears in an inflected form, here only limited to tense/aspect/mood, not personal inflection. In every instance of this subtype of formal auxi ...
Verbs Llevar and Tener - Departament de Filologia Catalana
... to account for this peculiarity we will assume recent theories on tense and aspect such as the ones developed by Zagona 1995, Stowell 1996, Demirdache & Uribe-Etxebarria 1997, 2000, among other. The basic idea of these authors is that Tense and also Aspect can be analyzed as predicates, be it dynami ...
... to account for this peculiarity we will assume recent theories on tense and aspect such as the ones developed by Zagona 1995, Stowell 1996, Demirdache & Uribe-Etxebarria 1997, 2000, among other. The basic idea of these authors is that Tense and also Aspect can be analyzed as predicates, be it dynami ...
`Nearly free` control as an underspecified de se report - CSSP
... Given that both subject and object control are derived as an obligatory consequence of the different underlying structures, it is unclear how ‘subject + object’ control, namely split control, and generic control are derived in structural terms in this analysis. Another problem with an analysis of NF ...
... Given that both subject and object control are derived as an obligatory consequence of the different underlying structures, it is unclear how ‘subject + object’ control, namely split control, and generic control are derived in structural terms in this analysis. Another problem with an analysis of NF ...
and!english
... In the history of second language acquisition, there have been two general hypotheses about the influence of the acquisition of one language on the acquisition of another language, namely ...
... In the history of second language acquisition, there have been two general hypotheses about the influence of the acquisition of one language on the acquisition of another language, namely ...
The Challenge of Mediating ASL and ENGLish (2).
... understood) (Hmm…to be or not to be…am, is, are, were) • Uses spatial referents to establish meaning / utterance ...
... understood) (Hmm…to be or not to be…am, is, are, were) • Uses spatial referents to establish meaning / utterance ...
Limitations on metonymic uses of –ion nominalizations
... the stem, usually a verb (rarely an adjective or a noun), and the suffix –ion. These complex structures blend into a unit. The etymological meaning of this suffix was ‘the state or condition of being V-ed’, e.g. relation for ‘the condition of being related’, completion for ‘the condition of being co ...
... the stem, usually a verb (rarely an adjective or a noun), and the suffix –ion. These complex structures blend into a unit. The etymological meaning of this suffix was ‘the state or condition of being V-ed’, e.g. relation for ‘the condition of being related’, completion for ‘the condition of being co ...
Student`s Translation Quality in Translating English Phrasal Verbs
... FKIP-UNIB. The objective of this course is to improve the students’ comprehension in translating English into Indonesian and vice versa. In attempts to acquire the target language, the students of English Department will face many difficulties because of the different systems between source language ...
... FKIP-UNIB. The objective of this course is to improve the students’ comprehension in translating English into Indonesian and vice versa. In attempts to acquire the target language, the students of English Department will face many difficulties because of the different systems between source language ...
Chapter 6 PHRASES, CLAUSES, AND SENTENCES
... you begin to write more sophisticated sentences, the simple subject and simple predicate may seem to get lost in a web of modifying words, phrases, and clauses. To ensure that you have a complete sentence, however, you still should be able to identify the core noun or pronoun and the core verb or ve ...
... you begin to write more sophisticated sentences, the simple subject and simple predicate may seem to get lost in a web of modifying words, phrases, and clauses. To ensure that you have a complete sentence, however, you still should be able to identify the core noun or pronoun and the core verb or ve ...
The problem of Parts of the sentence
... content: the definite subject and the indefinite subject. Definite subjects denote a thing-meant that can be clearly defined: a concrete object, process, quality, etc., e. g.: (a) Fleur smiled, (b) To defend our Fatherland is our sacred duty, (c) Playing tennis is a pleasure, (d) Her prudence surpri ...
... content: the definite subject and the indefinite subject. Definite subjects denote a thing-meant that can be clearly defined: a concrete object, process, quality, etc., e. g.: (a) Fleur smiled, (b) To defend our Fatherland is our sacred duty, (c) Playing tennis is a pleasure, (d) Her prudence surpri ...
Words that are easy to misuse
... out of gas, is in the drive," adds a fact about the only automobile in question. Who refers to persons, whereas that and which refer to animals and things. ...
... out of gas, is in the drive," adds a fact about the only automobile in question. Who refers to persons, whereas that and which refer to animals and things. ...
Introduction to WordNet: An On-line Lexical Database (Revised
... about the information a lexicon must contain in order for the phonological, syntactic, and lexical components to work together in the everyday production and comprehension of linguistic messages, and those proposals have been incorporated into the work of psycholinguists. Beginning with word associa ...
... about the information a lexicon must contain in order for the phonological, syntactic, and lexical components to work together in the everyday production and comprehension of linguistic messages, and those proposals have been incorporated into the work of psycholinguists. Beginning with word associa ...
Introduction to WordNet: An On-line Lexical Database
... about the information a lexicon must contain in order for the phonological, syntactic, and lexical components to work together in the everyday production and comprehension of linguistic messages, and those proposals have been incorporated into the work of psycholinguists. Beginning with word associa ...
... about the information a lexicon must contain in order for the phonological, syntactic, and lexical components to work together in the everyday production and comprehension of linguistic messages, and those proposals have been incorporated into the work of psycholinguists. Beginning with word associa ...
Clauses Revision
... • These clauses are introduced by when, when, whenever, while, as, before, after, till, until, since and as soon as, ...
... • These clauses are introduced by when, when, whenever, while, as, before, after, till, until, since and as soon as, ...
Full text
... (Stein 1933: 94), This projection is the lesson Stein, the master, taught her disciples. Yet the single act of using one’s imagination is not enough to qualify one as a ‘genius.’ What makes geniuses exiles among commoners is a particular capacity to talk and to listen at the same time: in other word ...
... (Stein 1933: 94), This projection is the lesson Stein, the master, taught her disciples. Yet the single act of using one’s imagination is not enough to qualify one as a ‘genius.’ What makes geniuses exiles among commoners is a particular capacity to talk and to listen at the same time: in other word ...
ON THE PROSODIC FEATURES OF THE MODERN ENGLISH
... localization. BUYSSENS concludes that the three meanings are united in is and each can be emphasized in its turn. Together with WORTH'S observations. HOUSEHOLDER'S and BUYSSENS'S notes are suggestive of the fact that the semantic content conveyed by the finite verb form is not undifferentiated, but ...
... localization. BUYSSENS concludes that the three meanings are united in is and each can be emphasized in its turn. Together with WORTH'S observations. HOUSEHOLDER'S and BUYSSENS'S notes are suggestive of the fact that the semantic content conveyed by the finite verb form is not undifferentiated, but ...
English - RCCM Indore
... sentence.There are certain rules for expressing a thought in passive voice or for changing a sentence from active voice to passive voice. Fundamental Rules for changing from active voice to passive voice 1. The places of subject and object are interchanged i.e. the object shifts to the place of subj ...
... sentence.There are certain rules for expressing a thought in passive voice or for changing a sentence from active voice to passive voice. Fundamental Rules for changing from active voice to passive voice 1. The places of subject and object are interchanged i.e. the object shifts to the place of subj ...