On Double-Headedness and the Anatomy of the
... First Merge creates one VP from ‘buy’ and ‘drum’. The features of these two elements are very different, so one set must be picked over the other, in this case, the features of the verb. Suppose for the sake of discussion that these features are something like {+V, -N, +telic, +Acc. Case, /dE/}. Me ...
... First Merge creates one VP from ‘buy’ and ‘drum’. The features of these two elements are very different, so one set must be picked over the other, in this case, the features of the verb. Suppose for the sake of discussion that these features are something like {+V, -N, +telic, +Acc. Case, /dE/}. Me ...
7. Specific Verb Classes and Alternations - Humboldt
... *Subject-Resultative: The soldier became tired due to the riding. (8) a. The man pounded the piece of iron flat. b. *The man pounded on the piece of iron flat. (9) a. Mary loaded the wagon full with hay. b. *Mary loaded the hay into the wagon full. Resultatives can apply to the subjects of passives: ...
... *Subject-Resultative: The soldier became tired due to the riding. (8) a. The man pounded the piece of iron flat. b. *The man pounded on the piece of iron flat. (9) a. Mary loaded the wagon full with hay. b. *Mary loaded the hay into the wagon full. Resultatives can apply to the subjects of passives: ...
Full page photo - UMEXPERT
... In this example the argument “the police” has the role of an agent who is doing an action of arresting “him”. The second argument “him” has the role of theme which undergoes an action of being arrested by the police. In this way the arguments have an agent and a theme theta relation with each other ...
... In this example the argument “the police” has the role of an agent who is doing an action of arresting “him”. The second argument “him” has the role of theme which undergoes an action of being arrested by the police. In this way the arguments have an agent and a theme theta relation with each other ...
Establishing the Thematic Structure and Investigating
... In this example the argument “the police” has the role of an agent who is doing an action of arresting “him”. The second argument “him” has the role of theme which undergoes an action of being arrested by the police. In this way the arguments have an agent and a theme theta relation with each other ...
... In this example the argument “the police” has the role of an agent who is doing an action of arresting “him”. The second argument “him” has the role of theme which undergoes an action of being arrested by the police. In this way the arguments have an agent and a theme theta relation with each other ...
JCU Celebrating Research
... I am going to ask you a bit later to correct these sentences, among other things. Before considering how to ensure that you don’t commit such solecisms in your own work, I want to instil a primary principle: the reader-centred approach. [Slide 9] To write a good paper, you need to think about what ...
... I am going to ask you a bit later to correct these sentences, among other things. Before considering how to ensure that you don’t commit such solecisms in your own work, I want to instil a primary principle: the reader-centred approach. [Slide 9] To write a good paper, you need to think about what ...
2014. The Use of Adverb in Article
... necessary to form a clause. Azar (1992, p.346) says a phrase is a group of related words that does not contain a subject and a verb. The kinds of phrases are prepositional phrase, noun phrase, adverb phrase, and adjective phrase. Adverb phrase or adverbial phrase has function as an adverb but does n ...
... necessary to form a clause. Azar (1992, p.346) says a phrase is a group of related words that does not contain a subject and a verb. The kinds of phrases are prepositional phrase, noun phrase, adverb phrase, and adjective phrase. Adverb phrase or adverbial phrase has function as an adverb but does n ...
An Analysis of the Evidential Use of German Perception Verbs
... dumpf ‘muffled’ refers to an auditory quality of the melon, which is directly perceived by hearing. Therefore, we will refer to the use of the perception verb in (1a) as the ‘direct sensory use’. In (1b), however, reif ‘ripe’ does not specify an auditory quality of the melon. Instead, the quality of ...
... dumpf ‘muffled’ refers to an auditory quality of the melon, which is directly perceived by hearing. Therefore, we will refer to the use of the perception verb in (1a) as the ‘direct sensory use’. In (1b), however, reif ‘ripe’ does not specify an auditory quality of the melon. Instead, the quality of ...
Technical Report TQA Annotation 27-05-2013
... In the second step, annotators receive the source sentences alternated with their translations and they have to annotate the text for adequacy. For optimal results, we recommend informing the annotators as thorough as possible on the goal of the translation and the assessment, so they know which pro ...
... In the second step, annotators receive the source sentences alternated with their translations and they have to annotate the text for adequacy. For optimal results, we recommend informing the annotators as thorough as possible on the goal of the translation and the assessment, so they know which pro ...
Oceanside High School Writing Guide
... A paragraph contains a topic sentence, which it then explains, develops, or supports with evidence. The topic sentence is usually the first sentence of a paragraph, but not necessarily. It may come, for example, after a transition sentence; it may even come at the end of a paragraph. Topic sentences ...
... A paragraph contains a topic sentence, which it then explains, develops, or supports with evidence. The topic sentence is usually the first sentence of a paragraph, but not necessarily. It may come, for example, after a transition sentence; it may even come at the end of a paragraph. Topic sentences ...
Core Syntax: A Minimalist Approach
... that they at least provide a consistent perspective. Firstly, I have tried to emphasize that an important part of doing syntax is constructing a consistent theoretical system within a broad research agenda. The research framework that I have adopted is that of the Minimalist Program, a perspective t ...
... that they at least provide a consistent perspective. Firstly, I have tried to emphasize that an important part of doing syntax is constructing a consistent theoretical system within a broad research agenda. The research framework that I have adopted is that of the Minimalist Program, a perspective t ...
Negative Prefixes in English and Macedonian
... achromatic ~ without form (chromatic: with form) asymmetry ~ without symmetry. These words should be learned as having a base to which the prefix a- or its variation ab- has been prefixed, thus producing a word with negative semantics. It should be taken into account that the prefix and the base hav ...
... achromatic ~ without form (chromatic: with form) asymmetry ~ without symmetry. These words should be learned as having a base to which the prefix a- or its variation ab- has been prefixed, thus producing a word with negative semantics. It should be taken into account that the prefix and the base hav ...
Chapter ? Binding by Verbs: Tense, Person and Mood under Attitudes*
... Kaplan’s framework. It shows that the system has no quantifiers binding context variables. Section 4.1.2 gives a precise semantics of the features for person, tense and mood. Section 4.2.4 shows that de se attitudes are purely intensional; I sketch that this holds for de re attitudes as well. The se ...
... Kaplan’s framework. It shows that the system has no quantifiers binding context variables. Section 4.1.2 gives a precise semantics of the features for person, tense and mood. Section 4.2.4 shows that de se attitudes are purely intensional; I sketch that this holds for de re attitudes as well. The se ...
Lecture 17: Existential Sentences in Chinese: Syntax and Semantics
... In Lectures 15 and 16 we have seen some of the issues surrounding the semantics of “weak NPs” and the semantic interpretation of existential sentences. These two issues are closely connected, since the main criterion for dividing NPs into ‘weak’ and ‘strong’ is the so-called “Definiteness Effect” ex ...
... In Lectures 15 and 16 we have seen some of the issues surrounding the semantics of “weak NPs” and the semantic interpretation of existential sentences. These two issues are closely connected, since the main criterion for dividing NPs into ‘weak’ and ‘strong’ is the so-called “Definiteness Effect” ex ...
The Verbal System of the Cape Verdean Creole of Tarrafal
... In order to understand the genesis of Cape Verdean Creole (CVC), one needs a clear understanding of the colonization and settlement of the Cape Verde Islands. Settlement patterns had lasting consequences on the formation of CVC. Santiago Island was initially populated with slaves from the western co ...
... In order to understand the genesis of Cape Verdean Creole (CVC), one needs a clear understanding of the colonization and settlement of the Cape Verde Islands. Settlement patterns had lasting consequences on the formation of CVC. Santiago Island was initially populated with slaves from the western co ...
Relative clauses in Asante Twi
... literature. I examine a corpus of naturally-occurring relative clauses, collected from a native speaker living in Houston, TX, to describe and analyze the tone, morphosyntax, and discourse characteristics of Twi relative clauses. This research also contributes to understanding of the cross-linguisti ...
... literature. I examine a corpus of naturally-occurring relative clauses, collected from a native speaker living in Houston, TX, to describe and analyze the tone, morphosyntax, and discourse characteristics of Twi relative clauses. This research also contributes to understanding of the cross-linguisti ...
Emai Separation Verbs and Telicity
... and how precisely it is measured continue to be debated. Nonetheless, this discussion has suggested that there may be a telicity divide in which some languages determine end state status compositionally, amalgamating verb with grammatical properties of associated arguments, while other languages do ...
... and how precisely it is measured continue to be debated. Nonetheless, this discussion has suggested that there may be a telicity divide in which some languages determine end state status compositionally, amalgamating verb with grammatical properties of associated arguments, while other languages do ...
Domains within Words and their meanings: a case study
... are expected to have a meaning predictable from the meaning of the corresponding verbs, while –tos forms are expected to be highly idiosyncratic. However, as will be shown in this section, a closer investigation of the morphology of –tos forms in connection to their syntax and semantics reveals tha ...
... are expected to have a meaning predictable from the meaning of the corresponding verbs, while –tos forms are expected to be highly idiosyncratic. However, as will be shown in this section, a closer investigation of the morphology of –tos forms in connection to their syntax and semantics reveals tha ...
1 Auxiliary Verb Constructions in Old Turkic and Altai
... According to Heine (1993: 48ff.), during the period of shift from full lexical verb to grammaticalized functor element, there is a certain amount of ambiguity associated with the use of the not-yet semantically bleached auxiliary element. Thus, a form may have lexical- (including serial-) type funct ...
... According to Heine (1993: 48ff.), during the period of shift from full lexical verb to grammaticalized functor element, there is a certain amount of ambiguity associated with the use of the not-yet semantically bleached auxiliary element. Thus, a form may have lexical- (including serial-) type funct ...
Sub-English 2 nd Paper
... Participle Preposition-If a participle acts as a preposition , that is called participle preposition. * Participle-Whenever a word acts as a verb and adjective that is called Participle. Likewise ,I have seen a written document.Here the word ‘written’ is a participle and It has been acting as a pre ...
... Participle Preposition-If a participle acts as a preposition , that is called participle preposition. * Participle-Whenever a word acts as a verb and adjective that is called Participle. Likewise ,I have seen a written document.Here the word ‘written’ is a participle and It has been acting as a pre ...
Preprint
... 30% of all the utterances including verbs in the input), MOSAIC’s utterance-final bias is sufficient to result in virtually exclusive use of OIs during the early stages. They also show that the same version of the model that captures this phenomenon provides a good fit to the developmental data on E ...
... 30% of all the utterances including verbs in the input), MOSAIC’s utterance-final bias is sufficient to result in virtually exclusive use of OIs during the early stages. They also show that the same version of the model that captures this phenomenon provides a good fit to the developmental data on E ...
COMPASS Placement Test Review Packet
... It is important that you review your knowledge before you take the test, particularly if you have not been in school for many years. Go over the following parts in this review packet to refresh your memory about the things you once knew. This packet is not designed to help you learn material that yo ...
... It is important that you review your knowledge before you take the test, particularly if you have not been in school for many years. Go over the following parts in this review packet to refresh your memory about the things you once knew. This packet is not designed to help you learn material that yo ...
TashlHeet - Friends of Morocco
... see an apostrophe, it indicates a “glottal stop”, which is the break between vowels as heard in the English exclamation “uh oh”. That is to say, if you see an apostrophe you should not connect the sounds before the apostrophe with the sounds after the apostrophe. Pronounce them with a break in the m ...
... see an apostrophe, it indicates a “glottal stop”, which is the break between vowels as heard in the English exclamation “uh oh”. That is to say, if you see an apostrophe you should not connect the sounds before the apostrophe with the sounds after the apostrophe. Pronounce them with a break in the m ...
ÚSTAV ANGLICKÉHO JAZYKA A DIDAKTIKY BAKALÁŘSKÁ
... compared with the infinitive: I saw them shoot at him. ~ I saw them shooting at him. (ibid: 238), although this is usually possible only with verbs of perception in the superordinate clause. Quirk et al. use five criteria to distinguish finite from non-finite verb phrases: 1) the finite forms occur ...
... compared with the infinitive: I saw them shoot at him. ~ I saw them shooting at him. (ibid: 238), although this is usually possible only with verbs of perception in the superordinate clause. Quirk et al. use five criteria to distinguish finite from non-finite verb phrases: 1) the finite forms occur ...
Converting an English-Swedish Parallel Treebank to Universal
... The inventory of parts-of-speech in LinES comprises 23 categories. Many of them correspond more or less directly to those used in UD, but there are a few differences. See Table 2 for an alignment of LinES part-of-speech labels to UD labels. The most problematic difference is that LinES makes a diffe ...
... The inventory of parts-of-speech in LinES comprises 23 categories. Many of them correspond more or less directly to those used in UD, but there are a few differences. See Table 2 for an alignment of LinES part-of-speech labels to UD labels. The most problematic difference is that LinES makes a diffe ...