Lecture Notes: Chapter 3 - Web Hosting at UMass Amherst
... say, for instance, that the Specifier of IP will always come on the same side of the rest of the material in IP that the Specifiers of every other phrase in that language do. And they predict that languages will put the heads of phrases always to the left or the right of their complements, no matter ...
... say, for instance, that the Specifier of IP will always come on the same side of the rest of the material in IP that the Specifiers of every other phrase in that language do. And they predict that languages will put the heads of phrases always to the left or the right of their complements, no matter ...
cisc882 Context Free
... • The notion of context in CFGs has nothing to do with the ordinary meaning of the word context in language • All it really means is that the non-terminal on the left-hand side of a rule is out there all by itself (free of context) ...
... • The notion of context in CFGs has nothing to do with the ordinary meaning of the word context in language • All it really means is that the non-terminal on the left-hand side of a rule is out there all by itself (free of context) ...
Serial Verbs in Ibibio - KU ScholarWorks
... Notice that there are two verbs in the constructions above. The first two verbs combine to form complex verb which means ‘arrive’ in English. The second example forms a complex predicate meaning ‘cook and eat’. Both verbs share the same subject and same object. The constructions looked at in this pa ...
... Notice that there are two verbs in the constructions above. The first two verbs combine to form complex verb which means ‘arrive’ in English. The second example forms a complex predicate meaning ‘cook and eat’. Both verbs share the same subject and same object. The constructions looked at in this pa ...
Linguistic Ambiguity in Language-based Jokes
... The ambiguity that distinguishes verbal from referential jokes “can reside in a range of components in the linguistic system, such as the syntax, the lexicon, or the phonology” (Lew 1996, p. 126). Pepicello and Green adhere to this belief and analyze riddles on the basis of “language as a system con ...
... The ambiguity that distinguishes verbal from referential jokes “can reside in a range of components in the linguistic system, such as the syntax, the lexicon, or the phonology” (Lew 1996, p. 126). Pepicello and Green adhere to this belief and analyze riddles on the basis of “language as a system con ...
Unmarked Case
... some class of languages. But the cross-linguistic evidence points to something more systematic. One promising approach, favored by Jakobson (1936), Dixon (1979), Falk (1998a), and others, is that the most natural subject in discourse is definite and animate and the most natural object is indefinite ...
... some class of languages. But the cross-linguistic evidence points to something more systematic. One promising approach, favored by Jakobson (1936), Dixon (1979), Falk (1998a), and others, is that the most natural subject in discourse is definite and animate and the most natural object is indefinite ...
Grammatical Relations Author Contact Information Corresponding
... morphological category specifically designated to encode grammatical relations is Case (see Morphological Case in Linguistics). Overt morphological Case marking is present in many language families, e.g., in Latin, Greek, the Slavic and Dravidian languages, the Altaic languages, the languages of Aus ...
... morphological category specifically designated to encode grammatical relations is Case (see Morphological Case in Linguistics). Overt morphological Case marking is present in many language families, e.g., in Latin, Greek, the Slavic and Dravidian languages, the Altaic languages, the languages of Aus ...
1 Introduction 2 Indirect objects in Greek
... In this paper, I will address the question of Case absorption from a somewhat different angle: rather than focus on the conditions that must be met in order to allow a clitic to co-occur with a full NP, I will examine constructions that require a clitic (sometimes allowing, but at others prohibiting ...
... In this paper, I will address the question of Case absorption from a somewhat different angle: rather than focus on the conditions that must be met in order to allow a clitic to co-occur with a full NP, I will examine constructions that require a clitic (sometimes allowing, but at others prohibiting ...
X std. English I paper
... QT(Question Title): Choose the appropriate synonym of the underlined word: 5x1=5 Exercise-1: He was wizened(1) old man with a face like wrinkled parchment(2) and a most piteous(3) expression. Over his shoulders was flung a coarse(4) brown cloak, all tears and tatters. He held out his battered hat fo ...
... QT(Question Title): Choose the appropriate synonym of the underlined word: 5x1=5 Exercise-1: He was wizened(1) old man with a face like wrinkled parchment(2) and a most piteous(3) expression. Over his shoulders was flung a coarse(4) brown cloak, all tears and tatters. He held out his battered hat fo ...
Jennings and Syntax
... Imperative sentence: gives a command or makes a request. It usually ends with a period but can, under certain circumstances, end with an exclamation point! Interrogative sentence: asks a question. This type of sentence often begins with who, what, where, when, why, how, or do, and it ends with a que ...
... Imperative sentence: gives a command or makes a request. It usually ends with a period but can, under certain circumstances, end with an exclamation point! Interrogative sentence: asks a question. This type of sentence often begins with who, what, where, when, why, how, or do, and it ends with a que ...
Jennings and Syntax Assignment: After reading and annotating the
... Imperative sentence: gives a command or makes a request. It usually ends with a period but can, under certain circumstances, end with an exclamation point! Interrogative sentence: asks a question. This type of sentence often begins with who, what, where, when, why, how, or do, and it ends with a que ...
... Imperative sentence: gives a command or makes a request. It usually ends with a period but can, under certain circumstances, end with an exclamation point! Interrogative sentence: asks a question. This type of sentence often begins with who, what, where, when, why, how, or do, and it ends with a que ...
Contrastive collostructional analysis: Causative
... compare the English and Dutch constructions on this basis. While the comparison itself is rather limited due to the relatively low frequency of the Dutch constructions, it reveals some interesting tendencies and, most importantly for our purposes, demonstrates the feasibility of what will here be ca ...
... compare the English and Dutch constructions on this basis. While the comparison itself is rather limited due to the relatively low frequency of the Dutch constructions, it reveals some interesting tendencies and, most importantly for our purposes, demonstrates the feasibility of what will here be ca ...
Narrative writing marking guide
... hard-done by – technical: resuscitated – formal: To what do I owe this honour? – colloquial language for characters’ speech: Watcha doin? – alliteration: … completely captivating cat called Clarence – effective personification … the wind clutched at her hair ...
... hard-done by – technical: resuscitated – formal: To what do I owe this honour? – colloquial language for characters’ speech: Watcha doin? – alliteration: … completely captivating cat called Clarence – effective personification … the wind clutched at her hair ...
OD - Princeton University
... “As lexical NPs, they denote NEW referents. As subjects, they denote RECOVERABLE referents” (Francis, Gregory and Michaelis pg 13) Look at Steedman? 1984 Lng for topic intonation.(Christine Bartels) In this paper, I will focus on the case of determinerless noun phrases in initial position in English ...
... “As lexical NPs, they denote NEW referents. As subjects, they denote RECOVERABLE referents” (Francis, Gregory and Michaelis pg 13) Look at Steedman? 1984 Lng for topic intonation.(Christine Bartels) In this paper, I will focus on the case of determinerless noun phrases in initial position in English ...
Race-Based Parsing and Syntactic Disambiguution
... the latter attachment with two rules, whereas the former requires only one, as in Figure 1. This assumption about the grammar is ad hoc because it makes a distinction that is not required by the theory of context-free grammars. However, given such a grammar, a parser looking for the preferred attach ...
... the latter attachment with two rules, whereas the former requires only one, as in Figure 1. This assumption about the grammar is ad hoc because it makes a distinction that is not required by the theory of context-free grammars. However, given such a grammar, a parser looking for the preferred attach ...
Dative Clitics and Case Licensing in Standard and Macedonian Greek
... In this paper, I will address the question of Case absorption from a somewhat different angle: rather than focus on the conditions that must be met in order to allow a clitic to co-occur with a full NP, I will examine constructions that require a clitic (sometimes allowing, but at others prohibiting ...
... In this paper, I will address the question of Case absorption from a somewhat different angle: rather than focus on the conditions that must be met in order to allow a clitic to co-occur with a full NP, I will examine constructions that require a clitic (sometimes allowing, but at others prohibiting ...
Positional and Grammatical Variations of Time Words in Takivatan
... also the only form that has never been attested with any verbal morphology. Another common form is laupadau ‘now’. It consists of laupa and the mirative suffix -dau, which marks the emotional involvement of the speaker, for instance surprise or happiness (‘now!?’).1 The remaining tokens of laupa in ...
... also the only form that has never been attested with any verbal morphology. Another common form is laupadau ‘now’. It consists of laupa and the mirative suffix -dau, which marks the emotional involvement of the speaker, for instance surprise or happiness (‘now!?’).1 The remaining tokens of laupa in ...
1 The role of pragmatic and formal criteria in the categorization of
... adjective within a copula construction or as a lexical verb within a passive construction (a.o. Wasow 1977). The dual structural analysis of the past participle is argued to correlate with a distinct semantic interpretation (a.o. ANS 1997). The adjectival analysis of the past participle highlights t ...
... adjective within a copula construction or as a lexical verb within a passive construction (a.o. Wasow 1977). The dual structural analysis of the past participle is argued to correlate with a distinct semantic interpretation (a.o. ANS 1997). The adjectival analysis of the past participle highlights t ...
0 - DSpace@MIT
... This holds for the standard dialect, Central Catalan, the one that is the primary object of study of the present paper. Other dialects, such as Valencian or Ibizan, use it in spoken language (cf. Veny (1993)). See Harris (1998) for an account of Spanish imperatives within Distributed Morphology. It ...
... This holds for the standard dialect, Central Catalan, the one that is the primary object of study of the present paper. Other dialects, such as Valencian or Ibizan, use it in spoken language (cf. Veny (1993)). See Harris (1998) for an account of Spanish imperatives within Distributed Morphology. It ...
GLOBALEX 2016 Lexicographic Resources for Human
... latter involves three phenomena: special forms of valency complementation (see below), reduction of the number of slots in the valency frame of a noun (either pure reduction or incorporation of a participant), and change of the character of valency complementation to exclusively nominal, as in (2) w ...
... latter involves three phenomena: special forms of valency complementation (see below), reduction of the number of slots in the valency frame of a noun (either pure reduction or incorporation of a participant), and change of the character of valency complementation to exclusively nominal, as in (2) w ...
english grammar
... 1. Simple Past: Last year I STUDIED English. 2. Simple Present: I STUDY English every day. 3. Simple Future: I AM GOING TO STUDY English next year. 4. Past Progressive: I WAS STUDYING English when you called yesterday. 5. Present Progressive: I AM STUDYING English now. 6. Future Progressive 1: I WIL ...
... 1. Simple Past: Last year I STUDIED English. 2. Simple Present: I STUDY English every day. 3. Simple Future: I AM GOING TO STUDY English next year. 4. Past Progressive: I WAS STUDYING English when you called yesterday. 5. Present Progressive: I AM STUDYING English now. 6. Future Progressive 1: I WIL ...
5602 - Radboud Repository
... case of weakly integrated sentences, i.e. m ore transitional errors betw een than within constituents. F or highly integrated sentences, it seem ed, subjects were apparently able to construct larger units than (m a jo r) constituents. In a follow up of this finding, H o r m a n n and E n g e lk a m ...
... case of weakly integrated sentences, i.e. m ore transitional errors betw een than within constituents. F or highly integrated sentences, it seem ed, subjects were apparently able to construct larger units than (m a jo r) constituents. In a follow up of this finding, H o r m a n n and E n g e lk a m ...
General Semantics - Division of Social Sciences
... of a sentence are located in different possible worlds.) We must have a time coordinate, in view of tensed sentences and such sen tences as 'Today is Tuesday'; aplace coordinate, in view of such sentences as 'Here there are tigers' ; a speaker coordinate in view of such sentences as T am Porky' ; an ...
... of a sentence are located in different possible worlds.) We must have a time coordinate, in view of tensed sentences and such sen tences as 'Today is Tuesday'; aplace coordinate, in view of such sentences as 'Here there are tigers' ; a speaker coordinate in view of such sentences as T am Porky' ; an ...
1 In Press, Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on Discourse
... They are situation entities introduced by verb constellations in clausal complements of certain predicates. Clausal complements referring to facts and propositions have characteristic distributional and other linguistic features, and thus - like the other classes of situation entities - function as ...
... They are situation entities introduced by verb constellations in clausal complements of certain predicates. Clausal complements referring to facts and propositions have characteristic distributional and other linguistic features, and thus - like the other classes of situation entities - function as ...
Weighing semantic distinctions
... complexity in the linguistic sign, the arbitrariness and motivation of the linguistic sign. During Christian Lehmann’s membership as a researcher in the project on ‘Linguistic universals’ and the research group of the UNITYP project – both led by Hansjakob Seiler – he worked on a number of topics in ...
... complexity in the linguistic sign, the arbitrariness and motivation of the linguistic sign. During Christian Lehmann’s membership as a researcher in the project on ‘Linguistic universals’ and the research group of the UNITYP project – both led by Hansjakob Seiler – he worked on a number of topics in ...
Parts of the Business Letter
... 1. Parentheses enclose explanatory sentences within a paragraph. Members may retain Credit Union membership until their account is closed. If a member no longer belongs to their original member group they may remain eligible for membership. (The above information can be found in the Branch Accountin ...
... 1. Parentheses enclose explanatory sentences within a paragraph. Members may retain Credit Union membership until their account is closed. If a member no longer belongs to their original member group they may remain eligible for membership. (The above information can be found in the Branch Accountin ...