The verb krijgen `to get` as an undative verb
... like de storm ‘the tempest’: De storm brak het raam ‘The storm broke the window’. ...
... like de storm ‘the tempest’: De storm brak het raam ‘The storm broke the window’. ...
Complements of verbs of utterance and thought in Brazilian
... syntactic role of a ‘say’ sentence is with the ‘say’ verb and its complement taken together to form a single complex verb which can be used to characterize someone as well as to report an event.” As a final observation, she points out that “the syntax of ‘say’ verbs is unique” in the sense that they ...
... syntactic role of a ‘say’ sentence is with the ‘say’ verb and its complement taken together to form a single complex verb which can be used to characterize someone as well as to report an event.” As a final observation, she points out that “the syntax of ‘say’ verbs is unique” in the sense that they ...
Do INSTRUCTION AND EXPOSURE MAKE A DIFFERENCE ON
... According to the curriculum, in narrations the main events of the story which advance the plot line are expressed in the passe simple while the imparfait 'imperfect' provides background. As with other verb forms, in the passe simple students must learn the root and which inflectional endings it take ...
... According to the curriculum, in narrations the main events of the story which advance the plot line are expressed in the passe simple while the imparfait 'imperfect' provides background. As with other verb forms, in the passe simple students must learn the root and which inflectional endings it take ...
Chapter six - UNT Department of English
... THEME, while the single NP accompanying the verb dream must be an EXPERIENCER. Technically, meaningful roles like AGENT and EXPERIENCER are known as thematic roles, roles for short. - roles are part of the speakers lexical knowledge. In other words, the speakers lexiconan expanded mental dictio ...
... THEME, while the single NP accompanying the verb dream must be an EXPERIENCER. Technically, meaningful roles like AGENT and EXPERIENCER are known as thematic roles, roles for short. - roles are part of the speakers lexical knowledge. In other words, the speakers lexiconan expanded mental dictio ...
Negation
... Use of had to mark the simple past e.g. AAVE: “Then we had went outside” SE: “Then we went outside.” Use of double modals (may can, might can, might could) e.g: “He might can be able to” SE: “He might be able to” Use of must don’t for SE must not Verbal tense marking Absence of third person singular ...
... Use of had to mark the simple past e.g. AAVE: “Then we had went outside” SE: “Then we went outside.” Use of double modals (may can, might can, might could) e.g: “He might can be able to” SE: “He might be able to” Use of must don’t for SE must not Verbal tense marking Absence of third person singular ...
Children`s Early Acquisition of the Passive
... verb and a patient in direct object position, or Passive, if the utterance contained a patient in sentence-subject position, a passive auxiliary (either get or be), an appropriate verb and an agent expressed in a by-phrase; minor errors, such as the participant making a morphological error in the ve ...
... verb and a patient in direct object position, or Passive, if the utterance contained a patient in sentence-subject position, a passive auxiliary (either get or be), an appropriate verb and an agent expressed in a by-phrase; minor errors, such as the participant making a morphological error in the ve ...
Transitivity from a Cognitive Perspective
... [What-A us-D was do?] ‘What were we (supposed) to do?’ In 3.4 we will encounter transitive constructions that have no subject at all, be it nominative or dative, and those constructions show the same agreement pattern. Substituting another case marking for the accusative direct object has varying ef ...
... [What-A us-D was do?] ‘What were we (supposed) to do?’ In 3.4 we will encounter transitive constructions that have no subject at all, be it nominative or dative, and those constructions show the same agreement pattern. Substituting another case marking for the accusative direct object has varying ef ...
They are can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should, must
... English verbs, in terms of their functions in forming verb phrases, fall into two major categories: main verbs and auxiliaries. Auxiliaries can again be divided into primary auxiliaries, modal auxiliaries, and semi-auxiliaries. ...
... English verbs, in terms of their functions in forming verb phrases, fall into two major categories: main verbs and auxiliaries. Auxiliaries can again be divided into primary auxiliaries, modal auxiliaries, and semi-auxiliaries. ...
Mental lexicon - Griffith University
... words like KNOW, SAY, THINK and WORD(S), that is words which (as will be discussed below) have equivalents in all languages, including Polish, and thus stand for universal human concepts, which can serve us as valid, non-ethnocentric tools for investigating any language and any way of thinking. The ...
... words like KNOW, SAY, THINK and WORD(S), that is words which (as will be discussed below) have equivalents in all languages, including Polish, and thus stand for universal human concepts, which can serve us as valid, non-ethnocentric tools for investigating any language and any way of thinking. The ...
Argument structure: Realising semantic participants in
... The causative alternation exists because certain verbs can be inserted in either the transitive or the intransitive construction. Notice that one doesn’t need to determine the thematic roles of the arguments in order to determine which argument appears as subject, object etc. In this theory, g ...
... The causative alternation exists because certain verbs can be inserted in either the transitive or the intransitive construction. Notice that one doesn’t need to determine the thematic roles of the arguments in order to determine which argument appears as subject, object etc. In this theory, g ...
Resulting States in Niuean
... embedded under FIENT in (24) is a stem, and not a root, contrary to the analysis adopted from Embick (2004) illustrated in (24), as roots do not bear morphology, including reduplication. This argues that there is further structure under FIENT than the analysis adopted from Embick analysis allows for ...
... embedded under FIENT in (24) is a stem, and not a root, contrary to the analysis adopted from Embick (2004) illustrated in (24), as roots do not bear morphology, including reduplication. This argues that there is further structure under FIENT than the analysis adopted from Embick analysis allows for ...
Comments on Abusch`s theory of tense
... By standard composition principles, we derive that [[(2)]]g(w) = 1 iff John cries in w at g(1). The variable assignment for free variables is supplied by the utterance context: gc(1) is whichever time the speaker is referring to by her use of PAST1 in the context c. For instance, this may be a time ...
... By standard composition principles, we derive that [[(2)]]g(w) = 1 iff John cries in w at g(1). The variable assignment for free variables is supplied by the utterance context: gc(1) is whichever time the speaker is referring to by her use of PAST1 in the context c. For instance, this may be a time ...
Cognate objects in Vietnamese transitive verbs
... second group da (kick), i.e. the class of verbs for which the CO can occur either as a single argument or as a second object (as in 3.2.1.2). The only difference between (11) and (12) is that the object is non countable in the former, but countable in the latter (a piece of fire wood). When the CO o ...
... second group da (kick), i.e. the class of verbs for which the CO can occur either as a single argument or as a second object (as in 3.2.1.2). The only difference between (11) and (12) is that the object is non countable in the former, but countable in the latter (a piece of fire wood). When the CO o ...
Use of Passive
... Example: My bike was stolen. In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was stolen. I do not know, however, who did it. Sometimes a statement in passive is more polite than active voice, as the following example shows: ...
... Example: My bike was stolen. In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was stolen. I do not know, however, who did it. Sometimes a statement in passive is more polite than active voice, as the following example shows: ...
1 present active indicative
... action; and the aorist... representing indefinite action. (Dana & Mantey, A Manual Grammar of the Greek New Testament, p. 178). There are really two fundamental ways of viewing action. It may be contemplated in single perspective, as a point, which we may call punctiliar action (R. 823); or it may b ...
... action; and the aorist... representing indefinite action. (Dana & Mantey, A Manual Grammar of the Greek New Testament, p. 178). There are really two fundamental ways of viewing action. It may be contemplated in single perspective, as a point, which we may call punctiliar action (R. 823); or it may b ...
Passive Sentences
... objects (intransitive verbs) cannot be used in passive voice. These are some common intransitive verbs: appear, arrive, come, cry, die, go, happen, occur, rain, sleep, stay, walk. These verbs cannot be used in passive voice. 2. The passive verb always contains a form of the auxiliary verb be. The fo ...
... objects (intransitive verbs) cannot be used in passive voice. These are some common intransitive verbs: appear, arrive, come, cry, die, go, happen, occur, rain, sleep, stay, walk. These verbs cannot be used in passive voice. 2. The passive verb always contains a form of the auxiliary verb be. The fo ...
Present Simple
... We often use the Present Perfect to talk about change that has happened over a period of time. We often use the Present Perfect to say that an action which we expected has not happened. Using the Present Perfect suggests that we are still waiting for the action. We also use the Present Perfect to t ...
... We often use the Present Perfect to talk about change that has happened over a period of time. We often use the Present Perfect to say that an action which we expected has not happened. Using the Present Perfect suggests that we are still waiting for the action. We also use the Present Perfect to t ...
The Preterite Tense of Regular –AR verbs
... Number your paper 1-4. As you listen to each conversation, jot down as much information as you can from each. You may hear info about what the person is shopping for, where they are shopping, how much the items cost, as well as other related info. ...
... Number your paper 1-4. As you listen to each conversation, jot down as much information as you can from each. You may hear info about what the person is shopping for, where they are shopping, how much the items cost, as well as other related info. ...
Svan and its speakers. Kevin Tuite Université de Montréal [NB: This
... 2.4.3. Metathesis. Another feature that spreads is labialization, as when a 1st-person subject marker appears directly before the root. In some instances the metathesized labial feature attaches to the root-initial consonant, in other cases the vowel is rounded: e.g. UB {xw-re:ka} > rwe:ka, rö:ka; c ...
... 2.4.3. Metathesis. Another feature that spreads is labialization, as when a 1st-person subject marker appears directly before the root. In some instances the metathesized labial feature attaches to the root-initial consonant, in other cases the vowel is rounded: e.g. UB {xw-re:ka} > rwe:ka, rö:ka; c ...
Transitivity of a Chinese Verb-Result Compound and Affected
... for NLP. Nevertheless, this verbal construction poses challenges to traditional linguistic theories of the syntax-semantics interface aimed at mapping the meaning of verbal constructions to their surface structure. This is because most generative frameworks hold that mappings between event meaning r ...
... for NLP. Nevertheless, this verbal construction poses challenges to traditional linguistic theories of the syntax-semantics interface aimed at mapping the meaning of verbal constructions to their surface structure. This is because most generative frameworks hold that mappings between event meaning r ...
CHAPTER 5 Negation
... Negative raising moves not up into the main clause of a sentence and combines it with an auxiliary or the appropriate form of do. The meaning of the sentence does not change. As illustrated in (23), the negative raising rule can be applied to a sentence when the main verb expresses an opinion (i.e., ...
... Negative raising moves not up into the main clause of a sentence and combines it with an auxiliary or the appropriate form of do. The meaning of the sentence does not change. As illustrated in (23), the negative raising rule can be applied to a sentence when the main verb expresses an opinion (i.e., ...
The Gloss Trap - Department of Second Language Studies
... 'drink' medicinal pills or powders with or without water, as long as they are orally ingested; in Kazak, the verb' drink' is used for both liquids and solids, in contexts where English would require the verb eat. Such examples may oversimplify the mapping from one lexical item into another language, ...
... 'drink' medicinal pills or powders with or without water, as long as they are orally ingested; in Kazak, the verb' drink' is used for both liquids and solids, in contexts where English would require the verb eat. Such examples may oversimplify the mapping from one lexical item into another language, ...
The Newar verb in Tibeto-Burman perspective
... that a first and second vs. third person opposition may also exist in the verbal morphology of Paharl dialects of Newar, spoken in the hills tracts surrounding the Kathmandu Valley (Genetti 1990: 199). Genetti's third argument is that comparative study ofNewar pronominal systems indicates that there ...
... that a first and second vs. third person opposition may also exist in the verbal morphology of Paharl dialects of Newar, spoken in the hills tracts surrounding the Kathmandu Valley (Genetti 1990: 199). Genetti's third argument is that comparative study ofNewar pronominal systems indicates that there ...
How do I talk about the past
... were like / what you used to do : (I was watching TV – I was happy – I used to watch TV every day) 3. The Pluperfect Tense - Le plus-que-parfait = What you had done: (I had watched TV; she said that I had watched TV). 4. The Past Historic- Le Passé Simple = a tense only used in novels ...
... were like / what you used to do : (I was watching TV – I was happy – I used to watch TV every day) 3. The Pluperfect Tense - Le plus-que-parfait = What you had done: (I had watched TV; she said that I had watched TV). 4. The Past Historic- Le Passé Simple = a tense only used in novels ...
Subject-Verb Agreement after `Neither of`, `Either of`
... plural or singular can be used, i.e. even if the head of the noun phrase is always in plural, the verb can still be used in singular. This phenomenon is demonstrated in (3) and (4). In both of these cases, the heads ‘possibilities’ and ‘conditions’ are in plural. Nevertheless, in (3) the verb is use ...
... plural or singular can be used, i.e. even if the head of the noun phrase is always in plural, the verb can still be used in singular. This phenomenon is demonstrated in (3) and (4). In both of these cases, the heads ‘possibilities’ and ‘conditions’ are in plural. Nevertheless, in (3) the verb is use ...