Language convergence and bilingual acquisition
... number, and in some cases gender), tense/aspect, object agreement and mood. The study focuses on the acquisition of subject agreement and tense, with some discussion of the acquisition of mood. I find that Swahili children omit both subject agreement as well as tense at early stages. I conclude that ...
... number, and in some cases gender), tense/aspect, object agreement and mood. The study focuses on the acquisition of subject agreement and tense, with some discussion of the acquisition of mood. I find that Swahili children omit both subject agreement as well as tense at early stages. I conclude that ...
Syntax of Moods and Tenses in New Testament Greek
... less frequent usages. The portions in smallest type are chiefly discussions of the rarer or more difficult usages. They are an addition to the text-book proper, and are intended to give the work, to a limited extent, the character of a book of reference. The occasional discussions of English usage w ...
... less frequent usages. The portions in smallest type are chiefly discussions of the rarer or more difficult usages. They are an addition to the text-book proper, and are intended to give the work, to a limited extent, the character of a book of reference. The occasional discussions of English usage w ...
Invitation to Systemic Functional Linguistics
... both EXTENDS the Sydney Grammar in various ways that we believe are necessary to provide a full and consistent coverage of English, and at the same time it is SIMPLER than the Sydney Grammar, some parts of which we consider to be unnecessarily elaborate.5 I shall point out some of these differences ...
... both EXTENDS the Sydney Grammar in various ways that we believe are necessary to provide a full and consistent coverage of English, and at the same time it is SIMPLER than the Sydney Grammar, some parts of which we consider to be unnecessarily elaborate.5 I shall point out some of these differences ...
LANGUAGE ARTS 300
... Write a paragraph using details and adjectives Place adjectives in sentences to compare two things Use adjectives to compare two objects Write sentences using comparing adjectives Add comparison suffixes to words by changing the endings first (change a y to an I, or add another consonant) Write sent ...
... Write a paragraph using details and adjectives Place adjectives in sentences to compare two things Use adjectives to compare two objects Write sentences using comparing adjectives Add comparison suffixes to words by changing the endings first (change a y to an I, or add another consonant) Write sent ...
Automatic Labeling of Semantic Roles
... This paper describes an algorithm for identifying the semantic roles filled by constituents in a sentence. We apply statistical techniques that have been successful for the related problems of syntactic parsing, part of speech tagging, and word sense disambiguation, including probabilistic parsing a ...
... This paper describes an algorithm for identifying the semantic roles filled by constituents in a sentence. We apply statistical techniques that have been successful for the related problems of syntactic parsing, part of speech tagging, and word sense disambiguation, including probabilistic parsing a ...
ZASPiL Nr. 36 - December 2004 Blocking Resultative
... The two prefixes set in boldface in the Russian text should be briefly described here, though they will occupy us later. The prefix ras- is a more or less pure perfectivizing prefix in this context, since it helps to assert that the tin was indeed made flat; pro- is also a perfectivizer but in addit ...
... The two prefixes set in boldface in the Russian text should be briefly described here, though they will occupy us later. The prefix ras- is a more or less pure perfectivizing prefix in this context, since it helps to assert that the tin was indeed made flat; pro- is also a perfectivizer but in addit ...
ELL Stage I: Kindergarten Listening and Speaking P R
... Standard 2: The student will identify and manipulate the sounds of the English language and decode words, using knowledge of phonics, syllabication, and word parts. ...
... Standard 2: The student will identify and manipulate the sounds of the English language and decode words, using knowledge of phonics, syllabication, and word parts. ...
Course: RCS 225- Biblical Hebrew Grammar 1
... Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House pp.60,81,119-121,143-145,149150. ISBN 0- 80106041-9. Week 11: Independent Personal Pronouns, Interrogative Pronouns, Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns; and Conjunction Objectives: This is to have a deep knowledge of the Independent Personal Pronouns, Interrogat ...
... Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House pp.60,81,119-121,143-145,149150. ISBN 0- 80106041-9. Week 11: Independent Personal Pronouns, Interrogative Pronouns, Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns; and Conjunction Objectives: This is to have a deep knowledge of the Independent Personal Pronouns, Interrogat ...
6 A-movement
... word students and the word protested), that each of these constituents belongs to a specific grammatical category (students being a plural noun and protested a past tense verb) and that each serves a specific grammatical function (students being the subject of the sentence, and protested being the p ...
... word students and the word protested), that each of these constituents belongs to a specific grammatical category (students being a plural noun and protested a past tense verb) and that each serves a specific grammatical function (students being the subject of the sentence, and protested being the p ...
Part II: A Close Look at Parts of Speech
... Dealing with the definite article “the” .........................................................................26 Saying “a” or “an” in Italian: Indefinite articles ..........................................................27 Distinguishing between Masculine and Feminine Nouns..................... ...
... Dealing with the definite article “the” .........................................................................26 Saying “a” or “an” in Italian: Indefinite articles ..........................................................27 Distinguishing between Masculine and Feminine Nouns..................... ...
inquiries into the lexicon-syntax relations in basque
... namely from the lexical Basque Database (i.e., Euskararen Datu-base lexikala (EDBL)), which is the basis for all information. Analyses of morphosyntactic ambiguity are followed by the process of disambiguation of such analyses, which is a crucial step in NLP as mentioned above. For this task, we hav ...
... namely from the lexical Basque Database (i.e., Euskararen Datu-base lexikala (EDBL)), which is the basis for all information. Analyses of morphosyntactic ambiguity are followed by the process of disambiguation of such analyses, which is a crucial step in NLP as mentioned above. For this task, we hav ...
Rhythm`s role in the genitive construction choice in spoken
... et al. also include in their model constraints on the formation and wellformedness of higher level prosodic phrases. There are potential complications, however, in using higher-level prosodic phrasing such as sentence stress in predicting syntactic word choice. Utilizing higher level prosody in a mo ...
... et al. also include in their model constraints on the formation and wellformedness of higher level prosodic phrases. There are potential complications, however, in using higher-level prosodic phrasing such as sentence stress in predicting syntactic word choice. Utilizing higher level prosody in a mo ...
Automatic Labeling of Semantic Roles
... to be arguments mainly of verbs, frame elements can be arguments of any predicate, and the FrameNet database thus includes nouns and adjectives as well as verbs. The examples above also illustrate a few of the phenomena that make it hard to identify frame elements automatically. Many of these are ca ...
... to be arguments mainly of verbs, frame elements can be arguments of any predicate, and the FrameNet database thus includes nouns and adjectives as well as verbs. The examples above also illustrate a few of the phenomena that make it hard to identify frame elements automatically. Many of these are ca ...
DesCartes (Combined) Subject: Language Usage Goal: Sen
... Uses the past tense of regular verbs (terms not used) Uses the future tense of regular verbs (terms not used) Uses the present perfect tense of regular verbs (terms not used) Uses the past tense of irregular verbs (term not used)* Uses linking verbs in sentences containing complex subjects (terms no ...
... Uses the past tense of regular verbs (terms not used) Uses the future tense of regular verbs (terms not used) Uses the present perfect tense of regular verbs (terms not used) Uses the past tense of irregular verbs (term not used)* Uses linking verbs in sentences containing complex subjects (terms no ...
575 Tlingit Verbs - Sealaska Heritage Institute
... The Tlingit language, indigenous to Southeast Alaska and neighboring parts of British Columbia and the Yukon territory, is related to the Athabascan languages and the recently extinct language Eyak. Like Athabascan and Eyak, Tlingit verbal morphology is highly complex. The conjugation of Tlingit ver ...
... The Tlingit language, indigenous to Southeast Alaska and neighboring parts of British Columbia and the Yukon territory, is related to the Athabascan languages and the recently extinct language Eyak. Like Athabascan and Eyak, Tlingit verbal morphology is highly complex. The conjugation of Tlingit ver ...
6:201-236 - Linguistics at Cambridge
... A second argument is found in the form of the verb. Some southern and eastern Bantu languages display a morphological alternation in the verb, depending on the relation between the verb and the following element. The conjoint (cj) verb form can only be used when followed by some element, whereas the ...
... A second argument is found in the form of the verb. Some southern and eastern Bantu languages display a morphological alternation in the verb, depending on the relation between the verb and the following element. The conjoint (cj) verb form can only be used when followed by some element, whereas the ...
Generative Approaches to Syntactic Typology George Gibbard
... examining this diversity closely in order to establish "implicational" universals, that is to establish meaningful correlations between the occurrence of specific typological features in different areas of a language's grammar. The second goal of linguistic typology has been in a sense the opposite ...
... examining this diversity closely in order to establish "implicational" universals, that is to establish meaningful correlations between the occurrence of specific typological features in different areas of a language's grammar. The second goal of linguistic typology has been in a sense the opposite ...
independent clause - Blog UMY Community
... and the sentence does not lose its meaning. Michael, who wants to be a professional baseball player, practices pitching five hours a day. This relative clause can also be “lifted” out of the sentence with those comma “hooks” because the information is not essential. Notice that all of the non-essent ...
... and the sentence does not lose its meaning. Michael, who wants to be a professional baseball player, practices pitching five hours a day. This relative clause can also be “lifted” out of the sentence with those comma “hooks” because the information is not essential. Notice that all of the non-essent ...
The evolution of number in Otomi
... In Old Otomi, the number system in pronominals was based on a singular-dual-plural opposition, but the dual became an unstable value in the breaking up of the old dialectal continuum. The instability is witnessed in that some of the modern languages stray considerably from the original situation, w ...
... In Old Otomi, the number system in pronominals was based on a singular-dual-plural opposition, but the dual became an unstable value in the breaking up of the old dialectal continuum. The instability is witnessed in that some of the modern languages stray considerably from the original situation, w ...
Word order and information structure in Makhuwa
... which are listed as a separate language by Ethnologue (Gordon 2005), and others as dialects (see map 1). I prefer to use the neutral term “variant”. For this thesis the variant Enahara was chosen (also spelt Enaharra), because it retains a clearly marked conjoint/disjoint system, because it is less ...
... which are listed as a separate language by Ethnologue (Gordon 2005), and others as dialects (see map 1). I prefer to use the neutral term “variant”. For this thesis the variant Enahara was chosen (also spelt Enaharra), because it retains a clearly marked conjoint/disjoint system, because it is less ...
SPLIT-INTRANSITIVITY IN SWAHILI AND HITTITE
... provides a framework for applying constraints and evaluating structural representations without committing the researcher to a particular approach to linguistic theory, such as phrase structure or syllable structure. The central problem of split-intransitivity is that there is a relatively small num ...
... provides a framework for applying constraints and evaluating structural representations without committing the researcher to a particular approach to linguistic theory, such as phrase structure or syllable structure. The central problem of split-intransitivity is that there is a relatively small num ...
PSEUDO-REDUPLICATION, REDUPLICATION AND REPETITION
... definite article and the proximal demonstrative, may act as an emphasizer adding some extra stress to adverbs and demonstratives” and that “it follows the word it modifies as in 'sei 'sei 'de ‘very’, 'ase'de 'de ‘now’, 'we'de 'de DEM PROX”. However, as mentioned by Wellens (2003: 70) herself, “'de h ...
... definite article and the proximal demonstrative, may act as an emphasizer adding some extra stress to adverbs and demonstratives” and that “it follows the word it modifies as in 'sei 'sei 'de ‘very’, 'ase'de 'de ‘now’, 'we'de 'de DEM PROX”. However, as mentioned by Wellens (2003: 70) herself, “'de h ...
Title A Contrastive Study of Japanese Compound
... Chapter 2 reviews the literature on English phrasal verbs and introduces several syntactic criteria employed by researchers to distinguish between phrasal verbs and other superficially similar constructions. At the end of Chapter 2, I redefine the category “phrasal verb” as it will be used in this d ...
... Chapter 2 reviews the literature on English phrasal verbs and introduces several syntactic criteria employed by researchers to distinguish between phrasal verbs and other superficially similar constructions. At the end of Chapter 2, I redefine the category “phrasal verb” as it will be used in this d ...