Active/agentive Case Marking and Its Motivations
... systems of this kind are often the products of successive diachronic developments, each individually motivated. Several factors can obscure the motivations, including not only crosslinguistic differences in detail, but also shifts of defining features over time, grammaticization, and lexicalization. ...
... systems of this kind are often the products of successive diachronic developments, each individually motivated. Several factors can obscure the motivations, including not only crosslinguistic differences in detail, but also shifts of defining features over time, grammaticization, and lexicalization. ...
Table of Contents - Fountainhead Press
... (4a) Check if a noun is singular or plural • 23 (4b) Check if a noun is definite or indefinite • 23 (4c) Check if a noun is generic • 24 (4d) Check for compound antecedents • 24 (4e) Check for pronouns with correlative conjunctions • 24 EXERCISE 1 • 25 ...
... (4a) Check if a noun is singular or plural • 23 (4b) Check if a noun is definite or indefinite • 23 (4c) Check if a noun is generic • 24 (4d) Check for compound antecedents • 24 (4e) Check for pronouns with correlative conjunctions • 24 EXERCISE 1 • 25 ...
Subjunctive
... 1. indefinite articles – un, una, unos, unas 2. Verbs that indicate actions that haven’t ...
... 1. indefinite articles – un, una, unos, unas 2. Verbs that indicate actions that haven’t ...
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SEMANTIC ASPECTS OF THE PATTERN QOTEL
... isolated but their qo/el-form is significant: it indicates the holder of an office or a profession, hober ("astrologer," Isa 47: 13; IQ Isa }JOber), kohen 15. Namely qu/al. the Hebrew equivalent of which would be *'drab. Akkadian iiribu corresponds to the Hebrew form. 16. Post-biblical Hebrew, expan ...
... isolated but their qo/el-form is significant: it indicates the holder of an office or a profession, hober ("astrologer," Isa 47: 13; IQ Isa }JOber), kohen 15. Namely qu/al. the Hebrew equivalent of which would be *'drab. Akkadian iiribu corresponds to the Hebrew form. 16. Post-biblical Hebrew, expan ...
Grammar Reteaching
... A compound subject has two or more simple subjects that share the same predicate. The simple subjects are joined by and, or, or nor. When the simple subjects are joined by and, the compound subject is plural and takes the plural form of the verb. Compound Subject My sister and brother / are twins. W ...
... A compound subject has two or more simple subjects that share the same predicate. The simple subjects are joined by and, or, or nor. When the simple subjects are joined by and, the compound subject is plural and takes the plural form of the verb. Compound Subject My sister and brother / are twins. W ...
Sentence Parts
... and subordinate clauses, give each pair of students one nine-inch and one six-inch construction paper circle, a ruler, a marker, and a brad. Have the students divide each circle into eight sections and then attach the smaller one atop the larger one using the brad as shown. Next, have each twosome w ...
... and subordinate clauses, give each pair of students one nine-inch and one six-inch construction paper circle, a ruler, a marker, and a brad. Have the students divide each circle into eight sections and then attach the smaller one atop the larger one using the brad as shown. Next, have each twosome w ...
Quiz 2: Present Tense Formation and Translation
... Infinitives which act as the subject of a sentence. These infinitives will always be in the neuter gender. Subjective infinitives can be in any tense and voice They are most often used with the verb sum, esse, specifically est – Sentences with subjective infinitives generally sound like: • “it is __ ...
... Infinitives which act as the subject of a sentence. These infinitives will always be in the neuter gender. Subjective infinitives can be in any tense and voice They are most often used with the verb sum, esse, specifically est – Sentences with subjective infinitives generally sound like: • “it is __ ...
Let`s go look at usage: A constructional approach to
... semantics is characterized by atelicity: go-VERB tends to focus on the ‘initiation’ or ‘initial phase’ of some action or event, as opposed to go-and-VERB (which tends to have a ‘dynamic event-like reading’, cf. Stefanowitsch 1999). This is compatible with the constructional semantics discussed above ...
... semantics is characterized by atelicity: go-VERB tends to focus on the ‘initiation’ or ‘initial phase’ of some action or event, as opposed to go-and-VERB (which tends to have a ‘dynamic event-like reading’, cf. Stefanowitsch 1999). This is compatible with the constructional semantics discussed above ...
A Short Course on Some Grammar Basics
... your friends with your erudition mainly; however, being able to distinguish between parts of speech (noun, adjective), and grammatical position and function (subjective complement, objective complement) is important for being able discern the main independent clause of a sentence, its constitutive p ...
... your friends with your erudition mainly; however, being able to distinguish between parts of speech (noun, adjective), and grammatical position and function (subjective complement, objective complement) is important for being able discern the main independent clause of a sentence, its constitutive p ...
Making Sense of Nonce Sense
... construction types that I believe contain contextual expressions. Some of these types contain well-documented cases of contextual expressions. Others contain cases I only conjecture to be contextual expressions. My conjectures are based on examples that work like the verb teapot in exhibiting the pr ...
... construction types that I believe contain contextual expressions. Some of these types contain well-documented cases of contextual expressions. Others contain cases I only conjecture to be contextual expressions. My conjectures are based on examples that work like the verb teapot in exhibiting the pr ...
Inversion in the English Language.
... some parts of the sentence, for example, the adverbial modifier of place or direction, come at the beginning of the sentence. Inversion in such cases consists in moving the auxiliary verb, and in some cases the main verb ( the whole tense form), into the position before the subject. Such types of ...
... some parts of the sentence, for example, the adverbial modifier of place or direction, come at the beginning of the sentence. Inversion in such cases consists in moving the auxiliary verb, and in some cases the main verb ( the whole tense form), into the position before the subject. Such types of ...
Creating a Dependency Syntactic Treebank: Towards Intuitive
... “Unicafe offers better food than before.” What is the head of the word “ennen”, i.e. which word is it ...
... “Unicafe offers better food than before.” What is the head of the word “ennen”, i.e. which word is it ...
Are Nouns Easier to Learn Than Verbs? Three Experimental Studies
... across different studies and not in the same study), it is common for novel objects in a noun learning study (or condition) to be shown as static objects, while in verb studies (conditions), objects are shown in dynamic events. That means that children learning verbs must attend to moving dynamic ev ...
... across different studies and not in the same study), it is common for novel objects in a noun learning study (or condition) to be shown as static objects, while in verb studies (conditions), objects are shown in dynamic events. That means that children learning verbs must attend to moving dynamic ev ...
Discontinuous phrases in dependency grammar
... by Rosta (this volume), for which he suggests an analysis in terms of the new grammatical relation 'proxy'. His analysis seems much better than the one I offered in 1990 in terms of 'projections'. ...
... by Rosta (this volume), for which he suggests an analysis in terms of the new grammatical relation 'proxy'. His analysis seems much better than the one I offered in 1990 in terms of 'projections'. ...
The Syntax of Existential Sentences in Serbian
... which show clear syntactic differences from the locative ones. We claim that the longstanding observation about the close relationship between the two types of sentences across languages (Freeze, 1992) tells us something about their conceptual ‘closeness’, which is not necessarily represented by a u ...
... which show clear syntactic differences from the locative ones. We claim that the longstanding observation about the close relationship between the two types of sentences across languages (Freeze, 1992) tells us something about their conceptual ‘closeness’, which is not necessarily represented by a u ...
Empty categories and complex sentences: the case of wh
... categories" in syntax, then describe in more detail the types of empty categories that have been proposed in modern work. Following that description, I will raise questions about the acquisition of the forms: how do children's grammars accommodate empty categories, and how do we know when they do? T ...
... categories" in syntax, then describe in more detail the types of empty categories that have been proposed in modern work. Following that description, I will raise questions about the acquisition of the forms: how do children's grammars accommodate empty categories, and how do we know when they do? T ...
Phonics- case study
... When Graciela arrived in this country she decided to pursue a real estate career instead of learning English to revalidate her lawyer degree. A decision she regrets but is willing to make- ...
... When Graciela arrived in this country she decided to pursue a real estate career instead of learning English to revalidate her lawyer degree. A decision she regrets but is willing to make- ...
Министерство образования и науки РФ
... sentence are mostly form (or structural) words which link the content words and help us in this way to form the utterance. They are: articles, prepositions, conjunctions, particles, and also auxiliary and modal verbs, personal and possessive pronouns. These are not many in number but they are among ...
... sentence are mostly form (or structural) words which link the content words and help us in this way to form the utterance. They are: articles, prepositions, conjunctions, particles, and also auxiliary and modal verbs, personal and possessive pronouns. These are not many in number but they are among ...
On Double-Headedness and the Anatomy of the
... First Merge creates one VP from ‘buy’ and ‘drum’. The features of these two elements are very different, so one set must be picked over the other, in this case, the features of the verb. Suppose for the sake of discussion that these features are something like {+V, -N, +telic, +Acc. Case, /dE/}. Me ...
... First Merge creates one VP from ‘buy’ and ‘drum’. The features of these two elements are very different, so one set must be picked over the other, in this case, the features of the verb. Suppose for the sake of discussion that these features are something like {+V, -N, +telic, +Acc. Case, /dE/}. Me ...
Basic Rule. The basic rule states that a singular subject takes a
... The basic rule states that a singular subject takes a singular verb, while a plural subject takes a plural verb. NOTE: The trick is in knowing whether the subject is singular or plural. The next trick is recognizing a singular or plural verb. Hint: Verbs do not form their plurals by adding an s as n ...
... The basic rule states that a singular subject takes a singular verb, while a plural subject takes a plural verb. NOTE: The trick is in knowing whether the subject is singular or plural. The next trick is recognizing a singular or plural verb. Hint: Verbs do not form their plurals by adding an s as n ...
Unified Semantics of Singular Terms
... terms that have sets of predicate extensions as values. Gottlob Frege had not divided singular terms. He held that each singular term expressed a sense condition satisfiable only by a single object. An object satisfying this condition was the term’s referent, which was the term’s semantic value, its ...
... terms that have sets of predicate extensions as values. Gottlob Frege had not divided singular terms. He held that each singular term expressed a sense condition satisfiable only by a single object. An object satisfying this condition was the term’s referent, which was the term’s semantic value, its ...
Click to Octopodes
... matters; dangling modifiers and ambiguous reference can occur when phrases are moved too far away from whatever it is they are supposed to modify. One of the ways we enhance the beauty of our language is by arranging phrases in similar ways, creating parallel structure. The important thing to rememb ...
... matters; dangling modifiers and ambiguous reference can occur when phrases are moved too far away from whatever it is they are supposed to modify. One of the ways we enhance the beauty of our language is by arranging phrases in similar ways, creating parallel structure. The important thing to rememb ...
Lexical semantics
Lexical semantics (also known as lexicosemantics), is a subfield of linguistic semantics. The units of analysis in lexical semantics are lexical units which include not only words but also sub-words or sub-units such as affixes and even compound words and phrases. Lexical units make up the catalogue of words in a language, the lexicon. Lexical semantics looks at how the meaning of the lexical units correlates with the structure of the language or syntax. This is referred to as syntax-semantic interface.The study of lexical semantics looks at: the classification and decomposition of lexical items the differences and similarities in lexical semantic structure cross-linguistically the relationship of lexical meaning to sentence meaning and syntax.Lexical units, also referred to as syntactic atoms, can stand alone such as in the case of root words or parts of compound words or they necessarily attach to other units such as prefixes and suffixes do. The former are called free morphemes and the latter bound morphemes. They fall into a narrow range of meanings (semantic fields) and can combine with each other to generate new meanings.