The semantics of the Turkish accusative marked
... This paper proceeds as follows: section 2 gives an outline of the readings induced by the Turkish accusative. Section 3 and its subsections introduce the contexts where delimitedness as an attribute of the Turkish accusative arises. Section 4 is built around two tasks; first it offers a two-dimensio ...
... This paper proceeds as follows: section 2 gives an outline of the readings induced by the Turkish accusative. Section 3 and its subsections introduce the contexts where delimitedness as an attribute of the Turkish accusative arises. Section 4 is built around two tasks; first it offers a two-dimensio ...
Processing Syntax and Morphology: A Neurocognitive Perspective
... ‘‘decade of the brain’’. With the advent of neuroimaging methods, and particularly of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), the Weld of cognitive neuroscience thrived. The study of language posed no exception to this general development: in addition to providing a vehicle for more general go ...
... ‘‘decade of the brain’’. With the advent of neuroimaging methods, and particularly of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), the Weld of cognitive neuroscience thrived. The study of language posed no exception to this general development: in addition to providing a vehicle for more general go ...
- White Rose eTheses Online
... This study investigates the existence and use of Tense Aspect and Voice (TAV) in Modern standard Arabic (MSA) and Libyan Dialects (LD) and the effect of these language systems, particularly „Libyan dialects (LD)‟on the acquisition and use of the English (TAV) by Libyan university students. This stud ...
... This study investigates the existence and use of Tense Aspect and Voice (TAV) in Modern standard Arabic (MSA) and Libyan Dialects (LD) and the effect of these language systems, particularly „Libyan dialects (LD)‟on the acquisition and use of the English (TAV) by Libyan university students. This stud ...
On Comparative Suppletion
... the change of state verb are always derived from the comparative adjective, even where this relation is not morphologically transparent. The paper also briefly considers some theoretical implications of this conclusion for morphology (in particular the formal treatment of suppletion) and semantics ( ...
... the change of state verb are always derived from the comparative adjective, even where this relation is not morphologically transparent. The paper also briefly considers some theoretical implications of this conclusion for morphology (in particular the formal treatment of suppletion) and semantics ( ...
Poetic language: a Minimalist theory
... that, while the discoveries made in engaging with this issue of distinctiveness may be valuable, there is a fundamental problem with identifying its source with the tools of literary theory. Thus the question of what makes poetic language different from ordinary language is ineffable in literary stu ...
... that, while the discoveries made in engaging with this issue of distinctiveness may be valuable, there is a fundamental problem with identifying its source with the tools of literary theory. Thus the question of what makes poetic language different from ordinary language is ineffable in literary stu ...
On Word Definition in Children and Adults
... definiendum on the syntactic and semantic dimensions of the definition. Level of abstraction only explained significantly the differences in the components of the semantic dimension. The results offered in this study revealed that the characteristics of the students are more important than the chara ...
... definiendum on the syntactic and semantic dimensions of the definition. Level of abstraction only explained significantly the differences in the components of the semantic dimension. The results offered in this study revealed that the characteristics of the students are more important than the chara ...
Variety of the Structure of Some Significant Non
... All languages of the world have a structure of their own, with English having a relatively fixed and restrictive word order. However, in the world of language today, grammar is rather descriptive than prescriptive. It is for this reason that sentences are now labelled in descriptive terminology as ― ...
... All languages of the world have a structure of their own, with English having a relatively fixed and restrictive word order. However, in the world of language today, grammar is rather descriptive than prescriptive. It is for this reason that sentences are now labelled in descriptive terminology as ― ...
Language convergence and bilingual acquisition
... 3. Theories of the Acquisition of Inflection In this Section I present several influential theories in child language that have attempted to account for the omission of inflectional morphology in child language. Each theory is based on (primarily) Western European languages (English, French, Dutch, Ger ...
... 3. Theories of the Acquisition of Inflection In this Section I present several influential theories in child language that have attempted to account for the omission of inflectional morphology in child language. Each theory is based on (primarily) Western European languages (English, French, Dutch, Ger ...
Oftentimes, avoiding unnecessary commas is simply a
... A word emphatically repeated, is generally set off by the comma. A quotation, observation, or description, when it is introduced in close dependence on a verb, (as, say, reply, cry, or the like,) is generally separated from the rest of the sentence by the comma. Nouns or pronouns put absolute, shou ...
... A word emphatically repeated, is generally set off by the comma. A quotation, observation, or description, when it is introduced in close dependence on a verb, (as, say, reply, cry, or the like,) is generally separated from the rest of the sentence by the comma. Nouns or pronouns put absolute, shou ...
Chapter 3 The relexification account of creole - Archipel
... reported on here, it is hypothesised that because speakers of the substratum languages have very limited access to the superstratum data, they typically fail to identify the functional categories of the superstratum language. These speakers thus try to relexify the functional items of their native l ...
... reported on here, it is hypothesised that because speakers of the substratum languages have very limited access to the superstratum data, they typically fail to identify the functional categories of the superstratum language. These speakers thus try to relexify the functional items of their native l ...
a Sample - The Well
... Through copywork and dictation, a student learns to put words down on paper properly. Narration is simply the student retelling a passage that he has read or heard, putting it in his own words. Narration helps the student to listen with attention, to grasp the main point of a work, to think through ...
... Through copywork and dictation, a student learns to put words down on paper properly. Narration is simply the student retelling a passage that he has read or heard, putting it in his own words. Narration helps the student to listen with attention, to grasp the main point of a work, to think through ...
Wh-Phrases as Indefinites: A Vietnamese Perspective∗
... indefinites. Other analyses, like that of Cole and Hermon (1998), take the second route and treat wh-questions as derived from indefinites, by the addition of some kind of question operator. However, we think both of these approaches are on the wrong track, for two reasons. First, wh-words used as i ...
... indefinites. Other analyses, like that of Cole and Hermon (1998), take the second route and treat wh-questions as derived from indefinites, by the addition of some kind of question operator. However, we think both of these approaches are on the wrong track, for two reasons. First, wh-words used as i ...
El Subjuntivo con esperanzas y deseos
... = to HOPE that = to WANT that = to WANT/WISH that = to PREFER that = to NEED that (someone do something) = to INSIST that = to REQUEST/ASK that = to TELL/SAY that (tell someone to do something) ...
... = to HOPE that = to WANT that = to WANT/WISH that = to PREFER that = to NEED that (someone do something) = to INSIST that = to REQUEST/ASK that = to TELL/SAY that (tell someone to do something) ...
1 - JWoodsDistrict205
... pronouns, and interrogative pronouns. Some pronouns can appear in more than one classification. The way in which a pronoun is classified depends on how it is used in a sentence. Personal pronouns refer to three types of people: the speaker or speakers, those spoken to, and those spoken about. When a ...
... pronouns, and interrogative pronouns. Some pronouns can appear in more than one classification. The way in which a pronoun is classified depends on how it is used in a sentence. Personal pronouns refer to three types of people: the speaker or speakers, those spoken to, and those spoken about. When a ...
A case of focal adverb preposing in French
... … in this way was it that commented Kumiko on that what she had seen ‘It was in this way that Kumiko commented on what she had seen.’ (http://dragonball-evolution.forumactif.com) We thus argue that [focal ainsi – V – S] is derived as in (8a-b), with the postverbal subject being in the vP peripheral ...
... … in this way was it that commented Kumiko on that what she had seen ‘It was in this way that Kumiko commented on what she had seen.’ (http://dragonball-evolution.forumactif.com) We thus argue that [focal ainsi – V – S] is derived as in (8a-b), with the postverbal subject being in the vP peripheral ...
1 What is Paradigm Function Morphology?
... 2 Core assumptions of PFM The leading ideas of PFM are fairly few in number, but they impose important constraints on any formal instantiation of the theory. Some of these leading ideas are shared with other morphological theories, but no other theory shares the full set of core assumptions constitu ...
... 2 Core assumptions of PFM The leading ideas of PFM are fairly few in number, but they impose important constraints on any formal instantiation of the theory. Some of these leading ideas are shared with other morphological theories, but no other theory shares the full set of core assumptions constitu ...
Toward an Aposynthesis of Topic Continuity and
... models to identify two distinct processes. Drawing on current insights and empirical data from various languages we propose an aposynthetic1 model of discourse in which topic continuity, computed across units, and focusing preferences internal to these units are subject to different mechanisms. The ...
... models to identify two distinct processes. Drawing on current insights and empirical data from various languages we propose an aposynthetic1 model of discourse in which topic continuity, computed across units, and focusing preferences internal to these units are subject to different mechanisms. The ...
Canonical Inflectional Classes - Cascadilla Proceedings Project
... Inflectional classes are a basic notion in morphology, though occasionally their existence is challenged. In trying to get a new perspective on complex phenomena, like inflectional classes, we may take a ‘canonical’ approach. This means that we extrapolate from what there is to what there might be, ...
... Inflectional classes are a basic notion in morphology, though occasionally their existence is challenged. In trying to get a new perspective on complex phenomena, like inflectional classes, we may take a ‘canonical’ approach. This means that we extrapolate from what there is to what there might be, ...
Non-standard functions of "like" in spoken discourse
... The word like received quite an intensive attention from scholars in the past thirty years. The increasing interest in studying the word like in the past three decades was not triggered only by its gradual omnipresence in the spoken discourse but also by the various new uses that have been acknowled ...
... The word like received quite an intensive attention from scholars in the past thirty years. The increasing interest in studying the word like in the past three decades was not triggered only by its gradual omnipresence in the spoken discourse but also by the various new uses that have been acknowled ...
Object Ellipsis as Topic Drop
... Topic drop is one way of marking topics. Topics can also be marked morphologically, by topicalization, by a full or a clitic pronoun, or by intonation (including destressing). Most languages use several of these options. In Danish, for example, topicalization is prevalent, but topics can optionally ...
... Topic drop is one way of marking topics. Topics can also be marked morphologically, by topicalization, by a full or a clitic pronoun, or by intonation (including destressing). Most languages use several of these options. In Danish, for example, topicalization is prevalent, but topics can optionally ...
an analysis of lexical phrases in business letters: an online business
... 2003; Someya, 1999) suggest using set phrases in ESP. These phrases are highly memorable since they are stored in single lexical units and memorized as whole chunks. They are often connected with the functions of language. They have been called various names, including lexical phrases (Nattinger & D ...
... 2003; Someya, 1999) suggest using set phrases in ESP. These phrases are highly memorable since they are stored in single lexical units and memorized as whole chunks. They are often connected with the functions of language. They have been called various names, including lexical phrases (Nattinger & D ...
12110/99
... It appears that the typical predicative adjective appears in a default case (instrumental) and can also optionally agree in case with its argument when the argument is a nominative subject in the same clause. Note that secondary predicates always agree in number and gender with their logical argumen ...
... It appears that the typical predicative adjective appears in a default case (instrumental) and can also optionally agree in case with its argument when the argument is a nominative subject in the same clause. Note that secondary predicates always agree in number and gender with their logical argumen ...
Adjectives and Argument Structure
... projection to syntactic positions were investigated, and a variety of diathesis alternations were analyzed. However, most of the work in this field focused on verbs. The present dissertation examines the argument structure of adjectives. Focusing mainly on Hebrew and English, it aims at defining the ...
... projection to syntactic positions were investigated, and a variety of diathesis alternations were analyzed. However, most of the work in this field focused on verbs. The present dissertation examines the argument structure of adjectives. Focusing mainly on Hebrew and English, it aims at defining the ...
uniwersytet miko łaja kopernika
... turn, belong to the West branch of the Mande family (Kastenholz 1996: 281, Vydrine, Bergman & Benjamin 2000 and Williamson & Blench 2000). Manding tongues form a group of languages (or dialects) which are comparatively mutually intelligible (Wilson 2000: 109). Their most important members are Bambar ...
... turn, belong to the West branch of the Mande family (Kastenholz 1996: 281, Vydrine, Bergman & Benjamin 2000 and Williamson & Blench 2000). Manding tongues form a group of languages (or dialects) which are comparatively mutually intelligible (Wilson 2000: 109). Their most important members are Bambar ...
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.