The Syntactic Operator se in Spanish
... on both the effect that se has over the syntactic realization of the verbal arguments, on the one hand, and on the agreement and case patterns of se constructions, I propose that, syntactically, there is one single lexical item se, and that is an operator that has two very defined ...
... on both the effect that se has over the syntactic realization of the verbal arguments, on the one hand, and on the agreement and case patterns of se constructions, I propose that, syntactically, there is one single lexical item se, and that is an operator that has two very defined ...
The Curious Case of Metonymic Verbs
... investigations of logical metonymy must assume a binary distinction between metonymic (i.e. eventselecting) verbs and non-metonymic verbs to establish a control condition. However, this binary distinction (whether a verb is metonymic or not) is mostly made on intuitive grounds, which introduces a po ...
... investigations of logical metonymy must assume a binary distinction between metonymic (i.e. eventselecting) verbs and non-metonymic verbs to establish a control condition. However, this binary distinction (whether a verb is metonymic or not) is mostly made on intuitive grounds, which introduces a po ...
English Sentence Analysis : an Introductory Course
... English Sentence Analysis consists of a text book and a supporting interactive practice program. It is an introduction to English syntax for students at the university level majoring in English literature or linguistics or another language related ¼eld who are not familiar with syntactic terms and a ...
... English Sentence Analysis consists of a text book and a supporting interactive practice program. It is an introduction to English syntax for students at the university level majoring in English literature or linguistics or another language related ¼eld who are not familiar with syntactic terms and a ...
On the Tense-Aspect system of Bolivian
... speakers, I shall avoid it here.2 My first choice for a substitute was Bolivian Guaraní, but Wolf Dietrich (p.c.) pointed out that this label could also apply to other varieties, most notably Guarayo. I am thus using, with his authoritative approval, the label ‘Bolivian-Chaco Guaraní’ (henceforth, B ...
... speakers, I shall avoid it here.2 My first choice for a substitute was Bolivian Guaraní, but Wolf Dietrich (p.c.) pointed out that this label could also apply to other varieties, most notably Guarayo. I am thus using, with his authoritative approval, the label ‘Bolivian-Chaco Guaraní’ (henceforth, B ...
Resultatives and Depictives in Finnish 1
... empty leave-past.1s glass-a empty-tra ‘The glass was empty. I left it empty.’ ...
... empty leave-past.1s glass-a empty-tra ‘The glass was empty. I left it empty.’ ...
VCV Words with Long and Short Vowels
... Jun 1: This was a great day! It started out like any other Frieday. I did all the usual stufe. I got dressed, put on my shoes and soks, and ate some tost and jam. But as I started to coamb my hair, I heard kids playing outside. For a minute, I thought it might be a holliday. Then suddenly I remember ...
... Jun 1: This was a great day! It started out like any other Frieday. I did all the usual stufe. I got dressed, put on my shoes and soks, and ate some tost and jam. But as I started to coamb my hair, I heard kids playing outside. For a minute, I thought it might be a holliday. Then suddenly I remember ...
primary argument case-marking in baltic and finnic
... mergų 'be ashamed of the girls', bodėtis 'dislike/get bored by' : bodėtis svečio 'be bored by guest' (Fraenkel 1928: 82–83), Latvian bīties, bijāties 'fear/be afraid of' and kaunēties 'to be ashamed of'. Many verbs with similar semantics take a genitive argument in Slavic as well, e.g. bojati sę 'fe ...
... mergų 'be ashamed of the girls', bodėtis 'dislike/get bored by' : bodėtis svečio 'be bored by guest' (Fraenkel 1928: 82–83), Latvian bīties, bijāties 'fear/be afraid of' and kaunēties 'to be ashamed of'. Many verbs with similar semantics take a genitive argument in Slavic as well, e.g. bojati sę 'fe ...
Open Access - Biblio UGent
... open-ripped ‘We’ve had it happen to us that our suitcases suddenly ripped open.’ The interpretation of these sentences is close to that of Experiencer patterns: the matrix subject has something happen to them and what happens to them is expressed in the embedded clause. In Flemish the possession of ...
... open-ripped ‘We’ve had it happen to us that our suitcases suddenly ripped open.’ The interpretation of these sentences is close to that of Experiencer patterns: the matrix subject has something happen to them and what happens to them is expressed in the embedded clause. In Flemish the possession of ...
The Normal Translation Algorithm in Transparent Intensional Logic
... only confined to giving the proposition it expresses. There are also sentences which do less than express propositions, because they are semantically incomplete. Pragmatic information concerns the facts relevant to the meaning of a speaker’s utterance of a sentence (or other expression). The hearer ...
... only confined to giving the proposition it expresses. There are also sentences which do less than express propositions, because they are semantically incomplete. Pragmatic information concerns the facts relevant to the meaning of a speaker’s utterance of a sentence (or other expression). The hearer ...
contents - Ziyonet.uz
... Now from the point of view of communication, He has arrived and He has not arrived are different sentences since they convey different information (indeed, the meaning of the one flatly contradicts that of the other). The problem of classification of sentences is a highly complicated one, and we wi ...
... Now from the point of view of communication, He has arrived and He has not arrived are different sentences since they convey different information (indeed, the meaning of the one flatly contradicts that of the other). The problem of classification of sentences is a highly complicated one, and we wi ...
resdep - Semantics Archive
... empty leave-past.1s glass-a empty-tra ‘The glass was empty. I left it empty.’ ...
... empty leave-past.1s glass-a empty-tra ‘The glass was empty. I left it empty.’ ...
Lectures on Functional Syntax
... return to this in more detail in the next lecture; here I simply want to introduce one of the basic aspects of Functional analysis. Consider the concept Noun. Start with the traditional notional definition: '(word whose reference is) a person, place, or thing'. The basic problem with this is that it ...
... return to this in more detail in the next lecture; here I simply want to introduce one of the basic aspects of Functional analysis. Consider the concept Noun. Start with the traditional notional definition: '(word whose reference is) a person, place, or thing'. The basic problem with this is that it ...
A-Z of Correct English
... For ease of reference, all the entries in this book have been listed alphabetically rather than being divided into separate spelling, usage, punctuation and grammar sections. You will therefore find hypocrisy following hyphens; paragraphing following paraffin; who or whom? following whiskey or whisky?; ...
... For ease of reference, all the entries in this book have been listed alphabetically rather than being divided into separate spelling, usage, punctuation and grammar sections. You will therefore find hypocrisy following hyphens; paragraphing following paraffin; who or whom? following whiskey or whisky?; ...
Bare nouns in Persian: Interpretation, Grammar and
... objects. So, this existential closure would provide the necessary quantificational force for bare noun subjects as well. It is proposed that both subject and object originate within the VP, and can move out to the VP-external domain. The motivation for these movements are informational-structural in ...
... objects. So, this existential closure would provide the necessary quantificational force for bare noun subjects as well. It is proposed that both subject and object originate within the VP, and can move out to the VP-external domain. The motivation for these movements are informational-structural in ...
Adverbs
... • Adverbs of degree are the hardest type of adverb to locate in a sentence. • Adverbs of manner tell “how much?” or “to what degree?” something occurs. • Adverbs of manner are often the ones that describe adjectives or other adverbs. Example: I am very tired. (To what degree am I tired? Very. “Very” ...
... • Adverbs of degree are the hardest type of adverb to locate in a sentence. • Adverbs of manner tell “how much?” or “to what degree?” something occurs. • Adverbs of manner are often the ones that describe adjectives or other adverbs. Example: I am very tired. (To what degree am I tired? Very. “Very” ...
English Grammar Practice
... существует». The verb ―to be‖ in such constructions can be used in different tense forms: there is/are, there was/were, there will be, there has/have been, there had been. The verb ―to be‖ in such constructions can be used with modal verbs (can, may, must, ought to): There must be a dictionary on th ...
... существует». The verb ―to be‖ in such constructions can be used in different tense forms: there is/are, there was/were, there will be, there has/have been, there had been. The verb ―to be‖ in such constructions can be used with modal verbs (can, may, must, ought to): There must be a dictionary on th ...
Null Subjects and the EPP. Towards a unified account of pro
... subject position of languages with no agreement. The obligatoriness of overt subjects in some languages with rich agreement (e.g. Icelandic) is shown to be due to an EPP-condition requiring the subject position to be filled at PF, and the possibility of null subjects in some but not all languages wi ...
... subject position of languages with no agreement. The obligatoriness of overt subjects in some languages with rich agreement (e.g. Icelandic) is shown to be due to an EPP-condition requiring the subject position to be filled at PF, and the possibility of null subjects in some but not all languages wi ...
Locative and locatum verbs revisited
... very few well-established syntactic principles, and not by our intuitions on semantic interpretation. Moreover, the structural part of lexical decomposition is assumed to be basically carried out by taking into account morphological and syntactic reasons. For example, the LRS of locative verbs in 8 ...
... very few well-established syntactic principles, and not by our intuitions on semantic interpretation. Moreover, the structural part of lexical decomposition is assumed to be basically carried out by taking into account morphological and syntactic reasons. For example, the LRS of locative verbs in 8 ...
Bell Ringer 26/27
... The Rodriguez family breathed a sigh of relief when the giant oak withstood the hurricane winds; __________, they gave thanks that crews restored electricity in twelve short hours. A. as a result ...
... The Rodriguez family breathed a sigh of relief when the giant oak withstood the hurricane winds; __________, they gave thanks that crews restored electricity in twelve short hours. A. as a result ...
On the Semantics of the Perfective Aspect
... This makes them difficult to use. When the categories are so numerous, they cannot assist in our finding and representing the right kinds of generalizations. Classifications are useful if they help sort out our data. They are potentially harmful if they drown us in detail and obscure the general pic ...
... This makes them difficult to use. When the categories are so numerous, they cannot assist in our finding and representing the right kinds of generalizations. Classifications are useful if they help sort out our data. They are potentially harmful if they drown us in detail and obscure the general pic ...
Morphology and Diachrony in A Grammar of Old English and the
... Saxon word containing. For example, bῑeg·an ‘bend’ can derive only from
*bauŠjan or *biuŠjan, the latter unlikely because a Germanic diphthong *iu would
be unusual in a verb of the jan-class. By contrast, *bauŠjan is just one of several possible etyma that might come to mind on the basis of ob ...
... Saxon word containing
Diagramming Sentences: An Intro
... DIAGRAMMING SENTENCES Soon, you will be diagramming sentences in your sleep and be the envy of the entire neighborhood! As a writer, you will be surprised at the additional confidence you gain by mastering these visual renderings of sentence patterns. ...
... DIAGRAMMING SENTENCES Soon, you will be diagramming sentences in your sleep and be the envy of the entire neighborhood! As a writer, you will be surprised at the additional confidence you gain by mastering these visual renderings of sentence patterns. ...
Aspects of the syntax of psychological verbs in Spanish A lexical
... The answers to these two questions have to be of a very different nature. The explanation of the difference between the temer and the gustar verbs is essentially non-semantic. On the other hand, the difference between the preocupar and temer classes of verbs seems to be triggered by a semantic disti ...
... The answers to these two questions have to be of a very different nature. The explanation of the difference between the temer and the gustar verbs is essentially non-semantic. On the other hand, the difference between the preocupar and temer classes of verbs seems to be triggered by a semantic disti ...
Aspects of the syntax of psychological verbs in Spanish A lexical
... The answers to these two questions have to be of a very different nature. The explanation of the difference between the temer and the gustar verbs is essentially non-semantic. On the other hand, the difference between the preocupar and temer classes of verbs seems to be triggered by a semantic disti ...
... The answers to these two questions have to be of a very different nature. The explanation of the difference between the temer and the gustar verbs is essentially non-semantic. On the other hand, the difference between the preocupar and temer classes of verbs seems to be triggered by a semantic disti ...
1. Introduction 1 2. Three Major Types of Actants
... I chose the term actant over other terms for the following three reasons: • First, to emphasize the parallelism between all three types of actants. I want the same term on all levels of representation, and it is preferable to speak of semantic and syntactic actants rather than semantic and syntactic ...
... I chose the term actant over other terms for the following three reasons: • First, to emphasize the parallelism between all three types of actants. I want the same term on all levels of representation, and it is preferable to speak of semantic and syntactic actants rather than semantic and syntactic ...