The Ancient Languages of Asia Minor
... What makes a language ancient? The term conjures up images, often romantic, of archeologists feverishly copying hieroglyphs by torchlight in a freshly discovered burial chamber; of philologists dangling over a precipice in some remote corner of the earth, taking impressions of an inscription carved ...
... What makes a language ancient? The term conjures up images, often romantic, of archeologists feverishly copying hieroglyphs by torchlight in a freshly discovered burial chamber; of philologists dangling over a precipice in some remote corner of the earth, taking impressions of an inscription carved ...
Chapter 3
... a bundle of morphemes. The word am is a portmanteau morph: it contains the morphemes {be}, {present}, {1st person}, and {singular}, but it cannot be segmented into morphs. Similarly, men consists of the morphemes {man} and {plural}, and took of the morphemes {take} and {past}. ...
... a bundle of morphemes. The word am is a portmanteau morph: it contains the morphemes {be}, {present}, {1st person}, and {singular}, but it cannot be segmented into morphs. Similarly, men consists of the morphemes {man} and {plural}, and took of the morphemes {take} and {past}. ...
chapter-vi conclusion
... Verbs are not marked for person, number and gender in Tiwa. Verbs roots may be divided according to their structures into two types-(i) Simple and (ii) Derived / Complex. Most of the simple roots are monosyllabic while the derived roots are formed by compounding. The Tiwa verbs are either transitive ...
... Verbs are not marked for person, number and gender in Tiwa. Verbs roots may be divided according to their structures into two types-(i) Simple and (ii) Derived / Complex. Most of the simple roots are monosyllabic while the derived roots are formed by compounding. The Tiwa verbs are either transitive ...
Case, 20 Years Later* Yen-hui Audrey Li
... languages. Not surprisingly, the theory of abstract Case, which governs the distribution of NPs (arguments) in relation to their Case assigners, such as verbs or Tense (Agreement), helps determine order and constituency in languages like Chinese, which was the theme of Li (1985, 1990). This work bui ...
... languages. Not surprisingly, the theory of abstract Case, which governs the distribution of NPs (arguments) in relation to their Case assigners, such as verbs or Tense (Agreement), helps determine order and constituency in languages like Chinese, which was the theme of Li (1985, 1990). This work bui ...
Sentence Structure
... clause in a particular light. For instance, "Although Bill plays baseball, Frank watches Major League games" puts the emphasis on Frank's knowledge of MLB and might give us reason to believe Frank over Bill when they disagree about who Roger Clemens played for in 1998. On the other hand, "While Fran ...
... clause in a particular light. For instance, "Although Bill plays baseball, Frank watches Major League games" puts the emphasis on Frank's knowledge of MLB and might give us reason to believe Frank over Bill when they disagree about who Roger Clemens played for in 1998. On the other hand, "While Fran ...
Aspectual licensing and object shift - bu people
... OV constructions abound in Niger-Congo, but they aren’t uniformly distributed across the family. FINITE OV (S O V-Tense) is restricted to ‹z ¸®n (Williamson 1965).1 AUXILIATED OV ( S A ux O V) predominates in Mandekan (Koopman 1992, Zribi-Hertz & Hanne 1994, Hutchison 1995) and Kru (§3 infra) and oc ...
... OV constructions abound in Niger-Congo, but they aren’t uniformly distributed across the family. FINITE OV (S O V-Tense) is restricted to ‹z ¸®n (Williamson 1965).1 AUXILIATED OV ( S A ux O V) predominates in Mandekan (Koopman 1992, Zribi-Hertz & Hanne 1994, Hutchison 1995) and Kru (§3 infra) and oc ...
Present Simple
... Sometimes the speaker may not actually mention the specific time, but they do have one specific time in mind. We use the Simple Past to list a series of completed actions in the past. These actions happen 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th... The Simple Past can also be used to describe a habit which stopped in t ...
... Sometimes the speaker may not actually mention the specific time, but they do have one specific time in mind. We use the Simple Past to list a series of completed actions in the past. These actions happen 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th... The Simple Past can also be used to describe a habit which stopped in t ...
Grammar Enrichment
... 1. Here are some books by E. B. White, my favorite children’s 2. Have you read Stuart Little, his 3. Charlotte’s Web, an undeniable ...
... 1. Here are some books by E. B. White, my favorite children’s 2. Have you read Stuart Little, his 3. Charlotte’s Web, an undeniable ...
The morphology and syntax of Scottish English
... The double-modal sequence will can is relatively old – Wilson (1915) mentions it – but may be in decline. In her 1997 Edinburgh University Honours dissertation McIver found that in Orkney the over-60s used the construction but the under-25s neither used it nor recognised all the combinations. Howeve ...
... The double-modal sequence will can is relatively old – Wilson (1915) mentions it – but may be in decline. In her 1997 Edinburgh University Honours dissertation McIver found that in Orkney the over-60s used the construction but the under-25s neither used it nor recognised all the combinations. Howeve ...
4. Modelling Lexical Resources for Slavic Languages in KPML
... when the clause it is part of is in active voice and its OBJECT is realized as a nominal group, that nominal group should be in the dative case rather than the accusative case (which would be the default case for realizing an OBJECT as nominal group with a clause in active voice). Thus, we need to o ...
... when the clause it is part of is in active voice and its OBJECT is realized as a nominal group, that nominal group should be in the dative case rather than the accusative case (which would be the default case for realizing an OBJECT as nominal group with a clause in active voice). Thus, we need to o ...
toeic
... A word like big, red, easy, French etc. An adjective describes a noun or pronoun. Adverb （副詞 Fuku-shi ） A word like slowly, quietly, well, often etc. An adverb modifies a verb. Apposition （同格 Doh-kaku ） Two noun groups referring to the same person or thing. Article （冠詞 Kan-shi ） The “indefinite” art ...
... A word like big, red, easy, French etc. An adjective describes a noun or pronoun. Adverb （副詞 Fuku-shi ） A word like slowly, quietly, well, often etc. An adverb modifies a verb. Apposition （同格 Doh-kaku ） Two noun groups referring to the same person or thing. Article （冠詞 Kan-shi ） The “indefinite” art ...
Recognizing Sentence Boundaries and Boilerplate
... leading Democrats said they would use his confirmation hearings to question whether he favors a "radical change" in American law including a ban on abortions. In the algorithm I developed, my definition of boilerplate included any incomplete sentences (i.e. sentences without a verb). At first glance ...
... leading Democrats said they would use his confirmation hearings to question whether he favors a "radical change" in American law including a ban on abortions. In the algorithm I developed, my definition of boilerplate included any incomplete sentences (i.e. sentences without a verb). At first glance ...
6. Incremental Theme Besides narrowing the class of role data, our
... Besides narrowing the class of role data, our focus on argument selection will also require us to widen our scope to include a new role category I will call Incremental Theme. Though the key idea of this section was once sketched in a talk (Dowty 1987) suggested by proposals in Hinrichs (1985), this ...
... Besides narrowing the class of role data, our focus on argument selection will also require us to widen our scope to include a new role category I will call Incremental Theme. Though the key idea of this section was once sketched in a talk (Dowty 1987) suggested by proposals in Hinrichs (1985), this ...
Latin - Wikimedia Commons
... connections are left for you to discover. They may be clear or hidden, but either way you will have to make them yourself. As you explore this Wikibook, it will require the skill of critical thinking. You can never go wrong studying a language if you remember that exposing yourself to a language, ev ...
... connections are left for you to discover. They may be clear or hidden, but either way you will have to make them yourself. As you explore this Wikibook, it will require the skill of critical thinking. You can never go wrong studying a language if you remember that exposing yourself to a language, ev ...
Singulars and Plurals in Dutch: Evidence for a Parallel Dual
... node, which in its turn activates its semantic and syntactic representations. In addition, the model contains a parsing route that operates in parallel with the direct route. Three stages in the parsing process are distinguished. In the first stage, access representations of affixes and stems become ...
... node, which in its turn activates its semantic and syntactic representations. In addition, the model contains a parsing route that operates in parallel with the direct route. Three stages in the parsing process are distinguished. In the first stage, access representations of affixes and stems become ...
yankton school district 63-3
... Goal Twelve: Students will demonstrate basic knowledge of object pronouns. Supporting Knowledge Students will: 43. use direct object pronouns correctly. 44. choose the correct direct object pronoun by using rules regarding number and gender of nouns. 45. follow rules regarding placement of pronouns. ...
... Goal Twelve: Students will demonstrate basic knowledge of object pronouns. Supporting Knowledge Students will: 43. use direct object pronouns correctly. 44. choose the correct direct object pronoun by using rules regarding number and gender of nouns. 45. follow rules regarding placement of pronouns. ...
2014-2015 LCHS French 2 Syllabus
... Homework will be assigned at the beginning of the week and will be due the following Monday or Tuesday. Homework is to be completed on-line and submitted through VISION. If a student does not have access to the internet at home; he (or she) is to plan get their homework done in the school computer l ...
... Homework will be assigned at the beginning of the week and will be due the following Monday or Tuesday. Homework is to be completed on-line and submitted through VISION. If a student does not have access to the internet at home; he (or she) is to plan get their homework done in the school computer l ...
Coping With the Copula: XI
... always express the "that" in Irish, even though we often leave it out in English: "She says he's sick.") ...
... always express the "that" in Irish, even though we often leave it out in English: "She says he's sick.") ...
Thursday, January 29th Copy the Sentence, then add punctua*on
... Do your best to answer the following ques;ons. NOTES are OKAY to use. You may also ask other group members. ...
... Do your best to answer the following ques;ons. NOTES are OKAY to use. You may also ask other group members. ...