for CHAPTER 3
... that doing so is slipshod. Do you? What is the basis for their opinion and for yours? Research this question. (While you are at it, check out a dictionary to find out what Winston Churchill had to say about this injunction.) Create a few examples, each written two ways. One possible pair is What is ...
... that doing so is slipshod. Do you? What is the basis for their opinion and for yours? Research this question. (While you are at it, check out a dictionary to find out what Winston Churchill had to say about this injunction.) Create a few examples, each written two ways. One possible pair is What is ...
Negation in Uralic languages - uralicnegation
... counterpart-Acc2Du Neg-Interr-2Du.s kill-CN Ptcl ‘You will kill each other [if you continue like this]!’ ...
... counterpart-Acc2Du Neg-Interr-2Du.s kill-CN Ptcl ‘You will kill each other [if you continue like this]!’ ...
C. The Verb
... smtr jr(y) m‘n rdwy!f drwt!f sw gmy wab ... dy(y) n!f tAw “A was brought [passive] ..., he was questioned [stative!]... an oath was demanded [passive] from him ... it was said [sdm.tw!f?] to him ... he said ... he was examined [stative], his feet and his hands were twisted [mann; passive], he was fo ...
... smtr jr(y) m‘n rdwy!f drwt!f sw gmy wab ... dy(y) n!f tAw “A was brought [passive] ..., he was questioned [stative!]... an oath was demanded [passive] from him ... it was said [sdm.tw!f?] to him ... he said ... he was examined [stative], his feet and his hands were twisted [mann; passive], he was fo ...
parameters and micro-parameters in arabic sentence structure
... In particular, the essential architecture of sentences expressing the dependency relations verbs and associated elements have with the 'functional' portion of sentences (i.e., tense/modality properties) is universal in that these dependency relations will be expressed on the basis of the same featur ...
... In particular, the essential architecture of sentences expressing the dependency relations verbs and associated elements have with the 'functional' portion of sentences (i.e., tense/modality properties) is universal in that these dependency relations will be expressed on the basis of the same featur ...
Constructing Paragraphs
... As a college student, you’ll encounter a lot of terms that may be new to you. Knowing the meanings of these terms can help you navigate the college environment. Some of these terms will be familiar because they’ve already been used in this chapter or you’ve heard them before, whereas others are ones ...
... As a college student, you’ll encounter a lot of terms that may be new to you. Knowing the meanings of these terms can help you navigate the college environment. Some of these terms will be familiar because they’ve already been used in this chapter or you’ve heard them before, whereas others are ones ...
This article is an overview of the current state of
... counterpart-Acc2Du Neg-Interr-2Du.s kill-CN Ptcl ‘You will kill each other [if you continue like this]!’ There can be, however, non-emphatic uses as well — at least, not overtly emphatic: ...
... counterpart-Acc2Du Neg-Interr-2Du.s kill-CN Ptcl ‘You will kill each other [if you continue like this]!’ There can be, however, non-emphatic uses as well — at least, not overtly emphatic: ...
Wh-Phrases as Indefinites: A Vietnamese Perspective∗
... Like Mandarin, there are contexts where wh-indefinites prefer to appear without a nominal classifier, and contexts where they prefer to appear with a classifier. We will have no account of this preference, and the presence or absence of the classifier seems to have no effect on the semantics (with o ...
... Like Mandarin, there are contexts where wh-indefinites prefer to appear without a nominal classifier, and contexts where they prefer to appear with a classifier. We will have no account of this preference, and the presence or absence of the classifier seems to have no effect on the semantics (with o ...
ENGLISH GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION CLASS
... words, they agree with their subjects in number and person. In the first sentence the subject 'Mr Abdulluh' is third person singular and so the verb has s or es added to it. This is also true of all other verbs in the paragraph. If the subject is plural, the verb will be plural. In other words, ther ...
... words, they agree with their subjects in number and person. In the first sentence the subject 'Mr Abdulluh' is third person singular and so the verb has s or es added to it. This is also true of all other verbs in the paragraph. If the subject is plural, the verb will be plural. In other words, ther ...
Structural Classification of English Modals
... Because of the lack of inherent lexical aspect in English, grammatical aspect in the language takes on a different role compared to that of aspect in other languages, including other modern Germanic languages. Aspect in English provides a framework which allows or disallows certain types of informat ...
... Because of the lack of inherent lexical aspect in English, grammatical aspect in the language takes on a different role compared to that of aspect in other languages, including other modern Germanic languages. Aspect in English provides a framework which allows or disallows certain types of informat ...
Syntactic Theory: A Formal Introduction
... near paraphrases. But if you didn’t catch the second name, it would be far more natural to ask Who did they see Pat with? than it would be to ask *Who did they see Pat and? Why do these two nearly identical sentences differ with respect to how we can question their parts? Notice, by the way, that th ...
... near paraphrases. But if you didn’t catch the second name, it would be far more natural to ask Who did they see Pat with? than it would be to ask *Who did they see Pat and? Why do these two nearly identical sentences differ with respect to how we can question their parts? Notice, by the way, that th ...
Non-finites in North Saami - Suomalais
... plural possessive pronoun progressive present particle past participle possessive suffix question marker reciprocal sentence singular a latter part of a bipartite stem superlative translative transformative verb the so-called verb abessive (Saami) the so-called verb genitive (North Saami) verbal nou ...
... plural possessive pronoun progressive present particle past participle possessive suffix question marker reciprocal sentence singular a latter part of a bipartite stem superlative translative transformative verb the so-called verb abessive (Saami) the so-called verb genitive (North Saami) verbal nou ...
9. Morphological Typology
... • lót-då ‘to line [one’s] stomach’, two stems/words, a verb followed by a noun, in a morphological construction forming one complex word/lexeme, i.e., a compound. • Morphemes-per-word count for this sentence: 11 : 10 = 1.1, still very much at the analytic end of the continuum. (3) mùa-màng REDUPL-cr ...
... • lót-då ‘to line [one’s] stomach’, two stems/words, a verb followed by a noun, in a morphological construction forming one complex word/lexeme, i.e., a compound. • Morphemes-per-word count for this sentence: 11 : 10 = 1.1, still very much at the analytic end of the continuum. (3) mùa-màng REDUPL-cr ...
Verbal breakups - Utrecht University Repository
... out without their help. For that reason, I thank my informants in Flanders and the Netherlands for their patient participation, as well as the Meertens Panel informants for their partaking in the online questionnaire, and to Rob Zeeman who has made this possible. Also, a special thanks goes out to M ...
... out without their help. For that reason, I thank my informants in Flanders and the Netherlands for their patient participation, as well as the Meertens Panel informants for their partaking in the online questionnaire, and to Rob Zeeman who has made this possible. Also, a special thanks goes out to M ...
Object Ellipsis as Topic Drop
... a continued topic. The latter two, which introduce ‘new’ topics which have not been employed as topics in the preceding discourse, are referred to as shifted topics. It has been claimed that dropped topics are continued topics (Schulz, 2003). In the case of languages that employ both topicalization ...
... a continued topic. The latter two, which introduce ‘new’ topics which have not been employed as topics in the preceding discourse, are referred to as shifted topics. It has been claimed that dropped topics are continued topics (Schulz, 2003). In the case of languages that employ both topicalization ...
Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 The Issue: Degree Adverbs
... between cognition and language use via metaphor7. The essence of metaphor is to understand and experience abstract things in terms of concrete things. Hence, one can manipulate conceptualization with three kinds of metaphors: structural, orientational, and ontological metaphors. Claudi and Heine (19 ...
... between cognition and language use via metaphor7. The essence of metaphor is to understand and experience abstract things in terms of concrete things. Hence, one can manipulate conceptualization with three kinds of metaphors: structural, orientational, and ontological metaphors. Claudi and Heine (19 ...
THE USE OF THE PRETERITE AND THE PRESENT PERFECT IN
... Both English and German have two different ways of referring to past time events: the preterite and the present perfect. The distinction between them is often assumed to be very difficult and leads to mistakes in the respective languages. This is an important aspect for both learners and translators ...
... Both English and German have two different ways of referring to past time events: the preterite and the present perfect. The distinction between them is often assumed to be very difficult and leads to mistakes in the respective languages. This is an important aspect for both learners and translators ...
Optimizing Grammars for Minimum Dependency Length
... well-known principle that languages tend to be predominantly “head-first” (in which the head of each dependency is on the left) or “head-last” (where it is on the right). Frazier (1985) suggests that this might serve the function of keeping heads and dependents close together. In a situation where ...
... well-known principle that languages tend to be predominantly “head-first” (in which the head of each dependency is on the left) or “head-last” (where it is on the right). Frazier (1985) suggests that this might serve the function of keeping heads and dependents close together. In a situation where ...
Participles in Time. The Development of the Perfect Tense
... tense from a construction with possessive HAVE and a tenseless participial complement. Both participles and auxiliary are assumed to have internal syntactic structure, and the different perfect-type constructions can thus be related synchronically and diachronically to each other. Cross-linguistic v ...
... tense from a construction with possessive HAVE and a tenseless participial complement. Both participles and auxiliary are assumed to have internal syntactic structure, and the different perfect-type constructions can thus be related synchronically and diachronically to each other. Cross-linguistic v ...
User`s Guide for the Accordance Hebrew Syntax Database
... 1. History of the Accordance Hebrew Syntax Project In 2008 Martin G. Abegg Jr. (Trinity Western University) and I began collaborating, with significant input from John A. Cook (Asbury Theological Seminary) and Roy B. Brown (Oaktree Software), on the development of a syntactic database for all ancien ...
... 1. History of the Accordance Hebrew Syntax Project In 2008 Martin G. Abegg Jr. (Trinity Western University) and I began collaborating, with significant input from John A. Cook (Asbury Theological Seminary) and Roy B. Brown (Oaktree Software), on the development of a syntactic database for all ancien ...
Grace Theological Journal 11
... for parallelism on these levels.3 Central to the method is a device called a "schema," which will be explained below. The lines used in the analysis had to meet certain criteria.4 The first is that the lines analyzed should be regarded as Isaianic by most scholars.5 Secondly, the lines must be "high ...
... for parallelism on these levels.3 Central to the method is a device called a "schema," which will be explained below. The lines used in the analysis had to meet certain criteria.4 The first is that the lines analyzed should be regarded as Isaianic by most scholars.5 Secondly, the lines must be "high ...
Martina Mašková - Univerzita Karlova
... tenses; 3) they express grammatical concord between the subject and the predicate; 4) they contain, as their first or only word, a finite verb form, either as an operator or a simple present or past form; and 5) finite verb phrases have mood. On this scale, the indicative mood represents the most fi ...
... tenses; 3) they express grammatical concord between the subject and the predicate; 4) they contain, as their first or only word, a finite verb form, either as an operator or a simple present or past form; and 5) finite verb phrases have mood. On this scale, the indicative mood represents the most fi ...
the quatrain in isaianic poetry
... the two words may be described as a merism (i.e., establishing the two extremes "rulers" and "common people," and implying everyone in between). 22Words related paradigmatically belong to the same semantic field in that they denote a common concept, or in other words, are related by an understood co ...
... the two words may be described as a merism (i.e., establishing the two extremes "rulers" and "common people," and implying everyone in between). 22Words related paradigmatically belong to the same semantic field in that they denote a common concept, or in other words, are related by an understood co ...