Surprise: Spanish FrameNet! Carlos Subirats and Miriam R.L.
... simpler parts of the complex event. In addition, they are formed by adding linguistic material to the simpler form: the reflexive clitic pronoun se is added to sorprender to form sorprenderse; and the past participle suffix -(i)da is added to sorprender to form the past participle used in constructi ...
... simpler parts of the complex event. In addition, they are formed by adding linguistic material to the simpler form: the reflexive clitic pronoun se is added to sorprender to form sorprenderse; and the past participle suffix -(i)da is added to sorprender to form the past participle used in constructi ...
Question sentence 1
... that you are involuntary to make a dicision. Sometimes, you have to select what you do not really like. But “hay” sounds more voluntary. You are entitled to choose what you prefer or maybe you can refuse it you do not like it at all. Looking back example (3), we can see that it is a question but at ...
... that you are involuntary to make a dicision. Sometimes, you have to select what you do not really like. But “hay” sounds more voluntary. You are entitled to choose what you prefer or maybe you can refuse it you do not like it at all. Looking back example (3), we can see that it is a question but at ...
Can - E4Thai
... Grammar is without a doubt one of the most daunting aspects of the English language, an area riddled with complexities, inconsistencies, and contradictions. It has also been in a state of flux for pretty much its entire existence. For native speakers of English, as well as for those learning it as a ...
... Grammar is without a doubt one of the most daunting aspects of the English language, an area riddled with complexities, inconsistencies, and contradictions. It has also been in a state of flux for pretty much its entire existence. For native speakers of English, as well as for those learning it as a ...
some recent trends in grammaticalization
... this type of French, the corresponding sentence without “pronouns,” i.e. *ta cousine n’a encore pas voyagé en Afrique, would be quite impossible (81). The appearance is of a language that has reached an extreme stage of analytic structure and is, so to speak, collapsing in on itself by creating new ...
... this type of French, the corresponding sentence without “pronouns,” i.e. *ta cousine n’a encore pas voyagé en Afrique, would be quite impossible (81). The appearance is of a language that has reached an extreme stage of analytic structure and is, so to speak, collapsing in on itself by creating new ...
Adverbs - 1º Bach.English Classes
... He had hardly begun. (auxiliary verb + adverb + main verb) My work is almost finished. (is/am/are/was/were + adverb) I just asked. (adverb + main verb) She hardly realized what she was doing. (adverb + main verb) He is entirely right. (is/am/are/was/were + adverb) She was rather busy. (is/am/a ...
... He had hardly begun. (auxiliary verb + adverb + main verb) My work is almost finished. (is/am/are/was/were + adverb) I just asked. (adverb + main verb) She hardly realized what she was doing. (adverb + main verb) He is entirely right. (is/am/are/was/were + adverb) She was rather busy. (is/am/a ...
The Parts Of Speech
... what the various parts are called, we can move on to examine how they function in the sentence. A noun or a noun phrase, for instance, may function in sentences as the subject, as the direct object, as the indirect object, as the subject complement, or as the object complement (and, perhaps, as some ...
... what the various parts are called, we can move on to examine how they function in the sentence. A noun or a noun phrase, for instance, may function in sentences as the subject, as the direct object, as the indirect object, as the subject complement, or as the object complement (and, perhaps, as some ...
Fulltext: english,
... -ize and –ify are associated with a unitary skeleton, and the polysemy displayed by their central derivatives is claimed to arise from a combination of factors including the semantic category of the base and the positions in the affixal skeleton with which the base argument is co-indexed (the type o ...
... -ize and –ify are associated with a unitary skeleton, and the polysemy displayed by their central derivatives is claimed to arise from a combination of factors including the semantic category of the base and the positions in the affixal skeleton with which the base argument is co-indexed (the type o ...
From Holophrases to Abstract Grammatical Constructions: Insights
... which the slots can be filled in with arguments that are specific for the given verb. Lieven, Pine and Baldwin (1997) observed that between 1 and 3 years of age, children used most of their verbs in only one type of predicative construction. The majority of children’s multiword utterances were produ ...
... which the slots can be filled in with arguments that are specific for the given verb. Lieven, Pine and Baldwin (1997) observed that between 1 and 3 years of age, children used most of their verbs in only one type of predicative construction. The majority of children’s multiword utterances were produ ...
Exploring the grammar of the clause
... usually reconstruct the missing words from the preceding text or from the situation. Types of ellipsis: initial, medial, final, textual (missing words can be found in the nearby text), situational (missing words are clear from the situation in which language is used – Saw Susan...) ...
... usually reconstruct the missing words from the preceding text or from the situation. Types of ellipsis: initial, medial, final, textual (missing words can be found in the nearby text), situational (missing words are clear from the situation in which language is used – Saw Susan...) ...
A Classification of Illocutionary Acts
... (g) Differencesbetweenthoseacts that mustalwaysbe speechacts, and thosethat can be, but neednot beperformedas speechacts For example, one may classify things by saying 'I classify this as an A and this as a B'. But one need not say anything at all in order to be classifying; one may simply throw all ...
... (g) Differencesbetweenthoseacts that mustalwaysbe speechacts, and thosethat can be, but neednot beperformedas speechacts For example, one may classify things by saying 'I classify this as an A and this as a B'. But one need not say anything at all in order to be classifying; one may simply throw all ...
Topics in English Syntax
... Topics in English Syntax – a complex sentence contains at least one full dependent clause which functions as a constituent and is introduced by a subordinating conjunction – subordinating conjunctions: after, although, as, as if, as/even though, because, before, how, however much, if, in order that ...
... Topics in English Syntax – a complex sentence contains at least one full dependent clause which functions as a constituent and is introduced by a subordinating conjunction – subordinating conjunctions: after, although, as, as if, as/even though, because, before, how, however much, if, in order that ...
draft - University of Delaware
... on the morphophonology of Passamaquoddy, see LeSourd 1993. The Subordinative is used for the second of two conjoined clauses; for clauses beginning with certain particles, like on, ‘then’; for certain kinds of adjunct questions; and in some other contexts.) The agreement pattern also switches to a n ...
... on the morphophonology of Passamaquoddy, see LeSourd 1993. The Subordinative is used for the second of two conjoined clauses; for clauses beginning with certain particles, like on, ‘then’; for certain kinds of adjunct questions; and in some other contexts.) The agreement pattern also switches to a n ...
Mood, voice and auxiliaries C1
... The future........................................................................................................................................................ 5 'Will' - 'To be going to' ............................................................................................................. ...
... The future........................................................................................................................................................ 5 'Will' - 'To be going to' ............................................................................................................. ...
Язык. Константы. Переменные - Observatoire de linguistique
... Since the classic paper Keenan 1976, the SyntSubj has been understood as a cluster concept defined inductively. Thus, in Keenan’s view, the notion of SyntSubj is based on 1) some intuitively clear cases in the simplest sentences possible — canonical SyntSubjs, and on 2) a list of cross-linguisticall ...
... Since the classic paper Keenan 1976, the SyntSubj has been understood as a cluster concept defined inductively. Thus, in Keenan’s view, the notion of SyntSubj is based on 1) some intuitively clear cases in the simplest sentences possible — canonical SyntSubjs, and on 2) a list of cross-linguisticall ...
Morphological Variability in Second Language
... on determiners, an elicited production experiment on clitics and adjectives, and a pic ture-selection task on the comprehension of clitics. Across tasks and across verbal and nominal domains, errors involve the systematic substitution of underspecified morphology. ...
... on determiners, an elicited production experiment on clitics and adjectives, and a pic ture-selection task on the comprehension of clitics. Across tasks and across verbal and nominal domains, errors involve the systematic substitution of underspecified morphology. ...
Subjectification, syntax, and communication. In
... As I said before, I will not be concerned with differences between details of Traugott's and Langacker's elaborations of the concept of subjectification, but rather take it äs established that they overlap to a large extent, and sufficiently so in order to proceed on the assumption that the discussi ...
... As I said before, I will not be concerned with differences between details of Traugott's and Langacker's elaborations of the concept of subjectification, but rather take it äs established that they overlap to a large extent, and sufficiently so in order to proceed on the assumption that the discussi ...
Prefixes and the Delimitation of Events*
... to 9 a.m. and e′ is a walking of Mary that also lasts from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. In this situation, e ⊕ e′ also falls under walk for an hour. Given that e, e′, and e″= e ⊕ e′ all fall under walk for an hour, this predicate cannot be quantized. However, for an hour delimits a bounded chunk of walking in t ...
... to 9 a.m. and e′ is a walking of Mary that also lasts from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. In this situation, e ⊕ e′ also falls under walk for an hour. Given that e, e′, and e″= e ⊕ e′ all fall under walk for an hour, this predicate cannot be quantized. However, for an hour delimits a bounded chunk of walking in t ...
Attempto Controlled English (ACE)
... Commas can be used to override the standard binding order. Thus the sentence A customer inserts a VisaCard or a MasterCard, and a code. means that the customer inserts a VisaCard and a code or a MasterCard and a code. There are two forms of subordination: relative sentences and if-then sentences. Re ...
... Commas can be used to override the standard binding order. Thus the sentence A customer inserts a VisaCard or a MasterCard, and a code. means that the customer inserts a VisaCard and a code or a MasterCard and a code. There are two forms of subordination: relative sentences and if-then sentences. Re ...
COMPASS Placement Test Review Packet
... Bangladesh’s economy is based primarily on small-scale enterprises ran by selfemployed men and women. These small-business owners, who make a living as shopkeepers or providers of services, face a problem common to proprietors everywhere: lack of access to credit, particularly among the early start- ...
... Bangladesh’s economy is based primarily on small-scale enterprises ran by selfemployed men and women. These small-business owners, who make a living as shopkeepers or providers of services, face a problem common to proprietors everywhere: lack of access to credit, particularly among the early start- ...
COMPASS Placement Test Review Packet
... Bangladesh’s economy is based primarily on small-scale enterprises ran by selfemployed men and women. These small-business owners, who make a living as shopkeepers or providers of services, face a problem common to proprietors everywhere: lack of access to credit, particularly among the early start- ...
... Bangladesh’s economy is based primarily on small-scale enterprises ran by selfemployed men and women. These small-business owners, who make a living as shopkeepers or providers of services, face a problem common to proprietors everywhere: lack of access to credit, particularly among the early start- ...
english 11 grammar packet
... UNIT 1: SENTENCE FAULTS AND PUNCTUATION LESSON TWO: SENTENCE FRAGMENTS (FRAG) A sentence fragment is a group of words that pretends to be a sentence, but does not contain one of the requirements of a complete sentence – either a subject, a verb, or a completed thought. Most fragments are phrases or ...
... UNIT 1: SENTENCE FAULTS AND PUNCTUATION LESSON TWO: SENTENCE FRAGMENTS (FRAG) A sentence fragment is a group of words that pretends to be a sentence, but does not contain one of the requirements of a complete sentence – either a subject, a verb, or a completed thought. Most fragments are phrases or ...
Nouns and verbs in Tagalog: a reply to Foley
... distributional evidence as well, in that any noun can function as a clausal predicate (Foley’s ex. 45a). Thus we seem to have neither distributional nor morphological criteria for distinguishing between nouns and verbs. Foley proposes that, while it may be possible to assign fully inflected forms to ...
... distributional evidence as well, in that any noun can function as a clausal predicate (Foley’s ex. 45a). Thus we seem to have neither distributional nor morphological criteria for distinguishing between nouns and verbs. Foley proposes that, while it may be possible to assign fully inflected forms to ...
24. Bloomsbury Dictionary of New Words. M. 1996 стр.276-278
... neutralization occurs in phrases like to suffer atrocities, to suffer heavy losses. The implication is of course caused by the existence of the main intransitive meaning of the same word, not synonymous with the group, i. e. ‘feel pain’. Sustain as an element of this group differs from both in shade ...
... neutralization occurs in phrases like to suffer atrocities, to suffer heavy losses. The implication is of course caused by the existence of the main intransitive meaning of the same word, not synonymous with the group, i. e. ‘feel pain’. Sustain as an element of this group differs from both in shade ...