Lecture 12: Semantics and Pragmatics
... ➢ maximize the number of attributes shared by members of the category ➢ minimize the number of attributes shared with other categories ➣ They have various properties ...
... ➢ maximize the number of attributes shared by members of the category ➢ minimize the number of attributes shared with other categories ➣ They have various properties ...
Routledge Comprehensive Grammars Comprehensive Grammars
... of language means that this typology will inevitably have loose ends and overlapping dimensions, and the presence or function of sentence elements will sometimes blur the boundaries between types, but nonetheless we hope that the structure we propose will offer some clarification of the complexities ...
... of language means that this typology will inevitably have loose ends and overlapping dimensions, and the presence or function of sentence elements will sometimes blur the boundaries between types, but nonetheless we hope that the structure we propose will offer some clarification of the complexities ...
Being Colloquial in Esperanto
... grammar that a student might learn in an elementary course, but I have made frequent reference to points of style, taste, and usage that are normally left unexplained; and I have expanded points that in my experience give native English speakers particular trouble or that we find especially interest ...
... grammar that a student might learn in an elementary course, but I have made frequent reference to points of style, taste, and usage that are normally left unexplained; and I have expanded points that in my experience give native English speakers particular trouble or that we find especially interest ...
Contextually-Dependent Lexical Semantics
... valid conclusions; it might depend on a particular person’s model of the world, the context in which that inference takes place, or on his knowledge. The interpretation of the intransitive John drinks, for example, can depend on the discourse or situational context in which it is uttered, or might b ...
... valid conclusions; it might depend on a particular person’s model of the world, the context in which that inference takes place, or on his knowledge. The interpretation of the intransitive John drinks, for example, can depend on the discourse or situational context in which it is uttered, or might b ...
Why are there no reciprocal uses of German sich in PPs
... indicating ‘role-indifferent valency reduction’, while at the same time the pronominal use of sih was retained. Clitic si(c)h came to express reciprocity, among other meanings, but being a verbal clitic it could not occur after prepositions. What occurs in PPs is the pronominal form of sich, which i ...
... indicating ‘role-indifferent valency reduction’, while at the same time the pronominal use of sih was retained. Clitic si(c)h came to express reciprocity, among other meanings, but being a verbal clitic it could not occur after prepositions. What occurs in PPs is the pronominal form of sich, which i ...
25_chapter 13
... exercise which involves the breaking up of sentences into their parts and seeing the relationship existing among these parts. The grammatical term for this exercise is . (go to frame 2) However,thereis another type of grammatical exercise which is just opposite of analysis that doesn’t involve the t ...
... exercise which involves the breaking up of sentences into their parts and seeing the relationship existing among these parts. The grammatical term for this exercise is . (go to frame 2) However,thereis another type of grammatical exercise which is just opposite of analysis that doesn’t involve the t ...
Chapter 4 Prosody
... 21.2 GRAMMATICAL RELATIONS IN KASHIBO-KAKATAIBO 21.2.1 GRAMMATICAL RELATIONS AT THE MORPHOLOGICAL LEVEL 21.2.2 CLAUSE COMBINING AND SYNTACTIC PIVOTS 21.2.2.1 Switch-reference clauses 21.2.2.2 Elaborative clauses 21.2.2.3 Nominalisations in an attributive function 21.2.2.4 Clause connectors 21.2.2.5 ...
... 21.2 GRAMMATICAL RELATIONS IN KASHIBO-KAKATAIBO 21.2.1 GRAMMATICAL RELATIONS AT THE MORPHOLOGICAL LEVEL 21.2.2 CLAUSE COMBINING AND SYNTACTIC PIVOTS 21.2.2.1 Switch-reference clauses 21.2.2.2 Elaborative clauses 21.2.2.3 Nominalisations in an attributive function 21.2.2.4 Clause connectors 21.2.2.5 ...
Complex Predicates Müller, Stefan
... In Chapter 5 I show that resultative constructions in German behave like raising constructions. A lexical rule will be suggested that transitivizes intransitive verbs and adds a result predicate. The most complex phenomenon that is discussed in this book is the combination of verbs with particles wh ...
... In Chapter 5 I show that resultative constructions in German behave like raising constructions. A lexical rule will be suggested that transitivizes intransitive verbs and adds a result predicate. The most complex phenomenon that is discussed in this book is the combination of verbs with particles wh ...
fulltext - LOT Publications
... During my first visit to Biak, my wife and I first stayed with Chris Padwa and Martha Mansawan in town for a few months, and their house was always open for us whenever we came back from the village. I am very grateful for their hospitality and for their help at an initial stage of the research, whe ...
... During my first visit to Biak, my wife and I first stayed with Chris Padwa and Martha Mansawan in town for a few months, and their house was always open for us whenever we came back from the village. I am very grateful for their hospitality and for their help at an initial stage of the research, whe ...
对英语中歧义的初步研究
... Pronoun is a varied closed-class word with nominal function, which includes personal pronoun, possessive pronoun, reflexive pronoun, reciprocal pronoun, ...
... Pronoun is a varied closed-class word with nominal function, which includes personal pronoun, possessive pronoun, reflexive pronoun, reciprocal pronoun, ...
Sugestões de Conteúdo Bimestre 2º Série: 1ª Disciplina: Lingua
... Friends are people you know well, like and believe in. Your tastes are usually similar and your friends share enjoyable activities with you. They also help you in various situations and give you advice. But for many people, friendship is nothing more than the confidence that someone or something wil ...
... Friends are people you know well, like and believe in. Your tastes are usually similar and your friends share enjoyable activities with you. They also help you in various situations and give you advice. But for many people, friendship is nothing more than the confidence that someone or something wil ...
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... Now about the bookIn my childhood, when my father Dr.Dashrath Prasad Gupta taught me the numbers in German- one,two,three,four ….Eins, zwei, drei, vier….etc.,it immediately caught my attention and interest. Later I studied German and French in I.I.T.Kanpur. I found comparatively German to be more st ...
... Now about the bookIn my childhood, when my father Dr.Dashrath Prasad Gupta taught me the numbers in German- one,two,three,four ….Eins, zwei, drei, vier….etc.,it immediately caught my attention and interest. Later I studied German and French in I.I.T.Kanpur. I found comparatively German to be more st ...
Para todos - Randolph College
... grammar could be left for the next level of study. For example, this text does not include a formal presentation of relative pronouns, although these are used in the readings, where they are glossed, so students do have some exposure to them. The vosotros forms of all verbs are included ...
... grammar could be left for the next level of study. For example, this text does not include a formal presentation of relative pronouns, although these are used in the readings, where they are glossed, so students do have some exposure to them. The vosotros forms of all verbs are included ...
ENGLISH SYNTAX: THE coMpoSITE SENTENcE. THE Mood
... only through the coordinating connectors but also by the general meaning of clauses conveyed by their lexical and grammatical content. Thus, in case of asyndetic coordination the type of coordinate connection is still distinguished. Copulative coordination (liet. kopuliacinis, sudedamasis) joins cla ...
... only through the coordinating connectors but also by the general meaning of clauses conveyed by their lexical and grammatical content. Thus, in case of asyndetic coordination the type of coordinate connection is still distinguished. Copulative coordination (liet. kopuliacinis, sudedamasis) joins cla ...
FRE 122 - National Open University of Nigeria
... grammatical word that states the action(s) performed or the relationship that exists between a subject and an object of a given sentence. As the link and the presenter of the actions performed or the relationship that exist between the ‘performer’ and the ‘action performed’, verbs is then the most i ...
... grammatical word that states the action(s) performed or the relationship that exists between a subject and an object of a given sentence. As the link and the presenter of the actions performed or the relationship that exist between the ‘performer’ and the ‘action performed’, verbs is then the most i ...
Negation in Uralic languages - uralicnegation
... ‘Of course, (his string of sledges) will be long, he is rich.’ 2. Verbal noun / participle + mantə: ‘as if it were true’ The second type of “inversive negative” constructions is typical for Nganasan. It uses either one of the verbal nouns or the Present or Past Participle plus the postposition mantə ...
... ‘Of course, (his string of sledges) will be long, he is rich.’ 2. Verbal noun / participle + mantə: ‘as if it were true’ The second type of “inversive negative” constructions is typical for Nganasan. It uses either one of the verbal nouns or the Present or Past Participle plus the postposition mantə ...
Lesson 3 - More About "How Are You?"
... Many useful phrases use higher vocabulary and grammar, which are too technical to explain in beginning lessons. Rather than getting tangled up in the finer points of these phrases, they will be presented to you “as-is.” We call these “Bonus Phrases.” Although building your own Irish sentences is the ...
... Many useful phrases use higher vocabulary and grammar, which are too technical to explain in beginning lessons. Rather than getting tangled up in the finer points of these phrases, they will be presented to you “as-is.” We call these “Bonus Phrases.” Although building your own Irish sentences is the ...
Non-finites in North Saami - Suomalais
... inchoative indicative inessive infinitive interrogative pronoun locative masculine momentative noun negative element the so-called negative supine (North Saami) nominalizer nominative oblique stem possessive adjective partitive passive plural possessive pronoun progressive present particle past part ...
... inchoative indicative inessive infinitive interrogative pronoun locative masculine momentative noun negative element the so-called negative supine (North Saami) nominalizer nominative oblique stem possessive adjective partitive passive plural possessive pronoun progressive present particle past part ...
Insubordination and its ·uses • --
... Insubordination and depragmaticization In my definition above I used the hedge 'on prima facie evidence' to my criterion 'appears to be a forl£ally subordinate clause'. The need for this hedge generally arises because of the following paradox. Insubordinated clauses usually look like subordinate cla ...
... Insubordination and depragmaticization In my definition above I used the hedge 'on prima facie evidence' to my criterion 'appears to be a forl£ally subordinate clause'. The need for this hedge generally arises because of the following paradox. Insubordinated clauses usually look like subordinate cla ...
University Microfilms International
... presents the subcategorization of verb stems according to these three general sets of features which in tum serve to identify the verb t s voice inflectional paradigm and the corresponding voice affixes that mark the verb stem class. To dist.inguish inflection from derivation, the approach employed ...
... presents the subcategorization of verb stems according to these three general sets of features which in tum serve to identify the verb t s voice inflectional paradigm and the corresponding voice affixes that mark the verb stem class. To dist.inguish inflection from derivation, the approach employed ...
Towards a null theory of the passive
... results. Here I make this case for constraint-based theories which eliminate NP-movement and rely instead on argument structure representation, specifically on Lexical Decomposition Grammar (LDG, Stiebels, 2002; Wunderlich, 1997, 2006, in press).1 A base-generated syntax driven by OT constraints can ...
... results. Here I make this case for constraint-based theories which eliminate NP-movement and rely instead on argument structure representation, specifically on Lexical Decomposition Grammar (LDG, Stiebels, 2002; Wunderlich, 1997, 2006, in press).1 A base-generated syntax driven by OT constraints can ...
Sentence Initial Elements and Subject in Upper Sorbian
... REL.M.SG.NOM AUX.PRS.3SG there to.pick-PASTP.M.SG ‘And they came through near this man who was picking there.’ In (11), the demonstrative tón ‘this’ is attached to both mužž ‘man’ and krušiwy ‘pear’. Other speakers often use similar examples as well. The use of the demonstrative seems to reinforce t ...
... REL.M.SG.NOM AUX.PRS.3SG there to.pick-PASTP.M.SG ‘And they came through near this man who was picking there.’ In (11), the demonstrative tón ‘this’ is attached to both mužž ‘man’ and krušiwy ‘pear’. Other speakers often use similar examples as well. The use of the demonstrative seems to reinforce t ...
NGUYEN THI THUY MA THESIS
... semantically and pragmatically viewed ...................... 7 1.4 Voice and related concepts ............................. 7 1.5 English verbs .......................................... 8 1.5.1 Classification of English verbs .................... 8 1.5.2 Tense, aspect and mood of English verbs .... ...
... semantically and pragmatically viewed ...................... 7 1.4 Voice and related concepts ............................. 7 1.5 English verbs .......................................... 8 1.5.1 Classification of English verbs .................... 8 1.5.2 Tense, aspect and mood of English verbs .... ...
Ancient North Arabian
... and Safaitic. The discussion below will therefore concentrate mainly on these, with details from the others where they are available. The principal resource in the interpretation of the Ancient North Arabian inscriptions has always been the grammar and vocabulary of Classical Arabic and this has bee ...
... and Safaitic. The discussion below will therefore concentrate mainly on these, with details from the others where they are available. The principal resource in the interpretation of the Ancient North Arabian inscriptions has always been the grammar and vocabulary of Classical Arabic and this has bee ...
NGUYEN THI THUY MA THESIS-2006
... seen from a broader view with two following reasons. Firstly, according to Asher R.E. (1994:4938), “linguists use the term voice in a number of senses” and “the broadest definition of voice encompassing a wide range of grammatical constructions that are commonly thought to be quite distinct from tho ...
... seen from a broader view with two following reasons. Firstly, according to Asher R.E. (1994:4938), “linguists use the term voice in a number of senses” and “the broadest definition of voice encompassing a wide range of grammatical constructions that are commonly thought to be quite distinct from tho ...