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... _Number_ is the distinction of one from more than one. There are two numbers, singular and plural; the singular denotes one, the plural two or more. The plural is generally formed from the singular by the addition of _s_ or _es_. _Gender_ has the same relation to nouns that sex has to individuals, b ...
... _Number_ is the distinction of one from more than one. There are two numbers, singular and plural; the singular denotes one, the plural two or more. The plural is generally formed from the singular by the addition of _s_ or _es_. _Gender_ has the same relation to nouns that sex has to individuals, b ...
Tone assignment on Nata deverbal nouns - UBC Linguistics
... ku-h-á ‘to give’, C15-VROOT-FV, is the second syllable from the left edge and its tone location is on the final vowel (FV). The paper is constructed with six main sections: (1) introduction, (2) research method, (3) Nata verbs, (4) Nata infinitive forms of verbs, (5) deverbal Nouns, (6) conclusion. ...
... ku-h-á ‘to give’, C15-VROOT-FV, is the second syllable from the left edge and its tone location is on the final vowel (FV). The paper is constructed with six main sections: (1) introduction, (2) research method, (3) Nata verbs, (4) Nata infinitive forms of verbs, (5) deverbal Nouns, (6) conclusion. ...
Conceptual plural information is used to guide early
... as reciprocal, the noun phrase acting as subject must either explicitly contain two or more distinct individuals (as in a conjoined noun phrase such as John and Mary) or must be a plural noun phrase that can be resolved to contain two or more distinct individuals (e.g., the lovers). Thus, when a plu ...
... as reciprocal, the noun phrase acting as subject must either explicitly contain two or more distinct individuals (as in a conjoined noun phrase such as John and Mary) or must be a plural noun phrase that can be resolved to contain two or more distinct individuals (e.g., the lovers). Thus, when a plu ...
1 Non-nominative subjects in Hindi/Urdu VP
... Kachru, Kachru and Bhatia 1976, Verma 1976, Davison 1985, Mohanan 1994, etc. The subject properties of dative DPs has been argued for by Davison 1969, Kachru 1970, Davison 1988 and Mohanan 1994. Mohanan 1994 has a more extended review of subject properties, including passive sentences, and the full ...
... Kachru, Kachru and Bhatia 1976, Verma 1976, Davison 1985, Mohanan 1994, etc. The subject properties of dative DPs has been argued for by Davison 1969, Kachru 1970, Davison 1988 and Mohanan 1994. Mohanan 1994 has a more extended review of subject properties, including passive sentences, and the full ...
À Hubert Cuyckens - Université Paris
... it is not yet in Spanish. In Medieval-Spanish (M.-F. Delport 2004), we do have the periphrasis “ „have‟ + past passive participle”, but it still denotes the present consequences of an accomplished action (the present result of a passed action). We have the same perfective value in Late Latin, but no ...
... it is not yet in Spanish. In Medieval-Spanish (M.-F. Delport 2004), we do have the periphrasis “ „have‟ + past passive participle”, but it still denotes the present consequences of an accomplished action (the present result of a passed action). We have the same perfective value in Late Latin, but no ...
Sentences - I blog di Unica
... Complex Sentences I am going home because it is late Here, the sentence as a whole contains the sentence-like construction “because it is late”. It is a sentence-like because it has its own Subject, it, and its own Verb, is. We refer to this construction as A CLAUSE (Proposizione in Italian). In th ...
... Complex Sentences I am going home because it is late Here, the sentence as a whole contains the sentence-like construction “because it is late”. It is a sentence-like because it has its own Subject, it, and its own Verb, is. We refer to this construction as A CLAUSE (Proposizione in Italian). In th ...
this PDF file - Minda Masagi Journals
... In common, language can be analyzed from its smallest unit like word in particular. In this case, the writer is curious to analyze the verb go as word with its syntactic category, namely as phrasal verb; therefore, this essay is an analysis of verbal go (back to, on, and out) in English in the novel ...
... In common, language can be analyzed from its smallest unit like word in particular. In this case, the writer is curious to analyze the verb go as word with its syntactic category, namely as phrasal verb; therefore, this essay is an analysis of verbal go (back to, on, and out) in English in the novel ...
An outstanding property of the Gbe languages is that they manifest
... head-complement asymmetry. For instance, the Gungbe1 noun complement m 'oil' precedes the determiner lÕ 'the' or the postnominal morpheme m¬ 'in' in (1a-b). Example (1c) on the other hand indicates that the noun complement necessarily follows the preposition. ...
... head-complement asymmetry. For instance, the Gungbe1 noun complement m 'oil' precedes the determiner lÕ 'the' or the postnominal morpheme m¬ 'in' in (1a-b). Example (1c) on the other hand indicates that the noun complement necessarily follows the preposition. ...
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... of evaluative meaning, it is imperative to grasp what type of evaluation -able represents. Additionally, it is also necessary to carefully examine on what aspect in the act of reading is mainly focused. This is because it is assumingly possible to divide the process of reading into several steps. Ac ...
... of evaluative meaning, it is imperative to grasp what type of evaluation -able represents. Additionally, it is also necessary to carefully examine on what aspect in the act of reading is mainly focused. This is because it is assumingly possible to divide the process of reading into several steps. Ac ...
Sentences - I blog di Unica
... Complex Sentences I am going home because it is late Here, the sentence as a whole contains the sentence-like construction “because it is late”. It is a sentence-like because it has its own Subject, it, and its own Verb, is. We refer to this construction as A CLAUSE (Proposizione in Italian). In th ...
... Complex Sentences I am going home because it is late Here, the sentence as a whole contains the sentence-like construction “because it is late”. It is a sentence-like because it has its own Subject, it, and its own Verb, is. We refer to this construction as A CLAUSE (Proposizione in Italian). In th ...
Carl Bache* Presentation of a pedagogical sentence analysis system
... B) No predicate. Note next that we do not operate with a predicate. Traditionally, the predicate is a super-function, or metafunction, comprising the predicator plus all subsequent functions in the clause. For example, in Everybody liked chocolate (cf. [8] above), the predicate consists of the predi ...
... B) No predicate. Note next that we do not operate with a predicate. Traditionally, the predicate is a super-function, or metafunction, comprising the predicator plus all subsequent functions in the clause. For example, in Everybody liked chocolate (cf. [8] above), the predicate consists of the predi ...
Zero Conditional
... A verb gives clues about the time of an event. When Ricardo was making flan, he used a couple of the eggs that we had brought from the farm. There is only one left, and we have finished all the other food in the house, so we will have a very small supper. The verbs in the sentences above can be sp ...
... A verb gives clues about the time of an event. When Ricardo was making flan, he used a couple of the eggs that we had brought from the farm. There is only one left, and we have finished all the other food in the house, so we will have a very small supper. The verbs in the sentences above can be sp ...
Temporal Properties of Persian and English
... nally, while English has six tense forms such as present, present perfect, past, past perfect, future, and future perfect, Persian has only five tense forms; it lacks future perfect tense and present perfect tense is being used instead. Inherent aspect and tense are syntactically instantiated in bot ...
... nally, while English has six tense forms such as present, present perfect, past, past perfect, future, and future perfect, Persian has only five tense forms; it lacks future perfect tense and present perfect tense is being used instead. Inherent aspect and tense are syntactically instantiated in bot ...
Danish there-constructions with transitive verbs
... As mentioned above, a series of arguments that the logical subject is the direct object in there-constructions have been put forward. Lødrup (2000) lists a number of them. One of the arguments concerns the transitive verbs that allow there-insertion. These are claimed to have a single indirect objec ...
... As mentioned above, a series of arguments that the logical subject is the direct object in there-constructions have been put forward. Lødrup (2000) lists a number of them. One of the arguments concerns the transitive verbs that allow there-insertion. These are claimed to have a single indirect objec ...
Explaining similarities between main clauses and nominalized
... is clear, summarizing for each case the arguments that nominalized clauses were the source of the parallel grammatical patterns in innovative main clauses. Then we will return to the question of explanation and the best synchronic analysis of such parallel patterns. 1. The Cariban language family Th ...
... is clear, summarizing for each case the arguments that nominalized clauses were the source of the parallel grammatical patterns in innovative main clauses. Then we will return to the question of explanation and the best synchronic analysis of such parallel patterns. 1. The Cariban language family Th ...
relative clauses - Professor Catherine Hatzakos
... The person whose books are on the table will be back soon. (Whose shows that the books belong to the person.) ...
... The person whose books are on the table will be back soon. (Whose shows that the books belong to the person.) ...
A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF THE SYNONYMOUS AND
... activity verbs. The phrase eat dead wood is predicative and to consume (dead wood) – an adjective phrase complement. ...
... activity verbs. The phrase eat dead wood is predicative and to consume (dead wood) – an adjective phrase complement. ...
Sentence Structure
... • All sentences must have at least one subject and a verb and express a complete idea, but they can also be much more complicated. • We generally do not speak using all complete sentences, but it is important to learn how to write good, complete and interesting sentences to make your meaning clear. ...
... • All sentences must have at least one subject and a verb and express a complete idea, but they can also be much more complicated. • We generally do not speak using all complete sentences, but it is important to learn how to write good, complete and interesting sentences to make your meaning clear. ...
Object Pronouns
... 5. We want to meet them (f). 6. She has to sing it (f). 7. I should read it (m.). 8. I want to see you (s., faro.) tomorrow. 9. They need to have it (m.) by (para) tomorrow. 10. Juan can see us. Placement in Questions and Negative Sentences with Two Verbs For questions and/or negative statements wit ...
... 5. We want to meet them (f). 6. She has to sing it (f). 7. I should read it (m.). 8. I want to see you (s., faro.) tomorrow. 9. They need to have it (m.) by (para) tomorrow. 10. Juan can see us. Placement in Questions and Negative Sentences with Two Verbs For questions and/or negative statements wit ...
západočeská univerzita v plzni - DSpace at University of West
... patterns. What made the public more aware of AAVE was the decision of the Oakland City School board in 1996 that regarded AAVE and its use in school facilities. It was settled that teachers should be specially trained to look at AAVE more objectively and were able to better understand those students ...
... patterns. What made the public more aware of AAVE was the decision of the Oakland City School board in 1996 that regarded AAVE and its use in school facilities. It was settled that teachers should be specially trained to look at AAVE more objectively and were able to better understand those students ...
A Realization Optimality-Theoretic approach to affix order
... ‘hold’, ta-q’un (negated masdar)).11 Most verbs take periphrastic prefixal negative forms, which only apply to nonindicatives and ‘‘are formed with the auxiliary t-awun ‘not do’ and the Periphrasis form. The Periphrasis form is always identical to the base in weak verbs, and in strong verbs it is mo ...
... ‘hold’, ta-q’un (negated masdar)).11 Most verbs take periphrastic prefixal negative forms, which only apply to nonindicatives and ‘‘are formed with the auxiliary t-awun ‘not do’ and the Periphrasis form. The Periphrasis form is always identical to the base in weak verbs, and in strong verbs it is mo ...
an aspect of representing the three basic syntactical units
... Like Jim and Mary above, these clauses do not depend on each other; one does not hang from another; one is not nested in another. They are EQUAL and INDEPENDENT, but together they form a larger sentence. Because they function together as equals, they are called COORDINATE clauses. Co- means equal an ...
... Like Jim and Mary above, these clauses do not depend on each other; one does not hang from another; one is not nested in another. They are EQUAL and INDEPENDENT, but together they form a larger sentence. Because they function together as equals, they are called COORDINATE clauses. Co- means equal an ...
Relative clauses SUBORDINATE CLAUSE
... Review: Syntax 1/3 Verbs: transitive Vs. intransitive (Direct object, Indirect object, Oblique object)// passive Vs. active (mentioned)// AUXILIARY verb for the perfect tenses (actually, aspect) ALWAYS to have (e.g., Things have changed) BUT: passive voice (e.g., Rules were changed by the CEO) or f ...
... Review: Syntax 1/3 Verbs: transitive Vs. intransitive (Direct object, Indirect object, Oblique object)// passive Vs. active (mentioned)// AUXILIARY verb for the perfect tenses (actually, aspect) ALWAYS to have (e.g., Things have changed) BUT: passive voice (e.g., Rules were changed by the CEO) or f ...
The Clause
... 1. My friend found the CD that my sister bought me for my birthday. Dep. Clause: that my sister bought me for my birthday ...
... 1. My friend found the CD that my sister bought me for my birthday. Dep. Clause: that my sister bought me for my birthday ...