On Resultative Past Participles in Spanish
... mind lexical aspect, this might make sense for telic events; but something should be added in order to cover atelic predicates, since nothing has come to an end in expressions such as, say, A desired future. If we take past to be an aspectual notion from the perspective of grammatical aspect (someti ...
... mind lexical aspect, this might make sense for telic events; but something should be added in order to cover atelic predicates, since nothing has come to an end in expressions such as, say, A desired future. If we take past to be an aspectual notion from the perspective of grammatical aspect (someti ...
The Grammaticalisation of Tense Markers: a pragmatic reanalysis
... syntactic change occur independently of each other as a result of discourse-pragmatic factors, and that semantic change need not therefore be viewed as a defining characteristic of grammaticalisation. The model I will propose is represented in (2): ...
... syntactic change occur independently of each other as a result of discourse-pragmatic factors, and that semantic change need not therefore be viewed as a defining characteristic of grammaticalisation. The model I will propose is represented in (2): ...
ANSWERS TO ENGLISH SYSTAX
... Phrase structure (PS) Grammar: analyzes the structure of different sentences’types in the language. It consists of phrase structure rules which show how a sentence can be broken into various parts and how each part can be expanded. Transformational generative (TG) Grammar: is a type of Gr which atte ...
... Phrase structure (PS) Grammar: analyzes the structure of different sentences’types in the language. It consists of phrase structure rules which show how a sentence can be broken into various parts and how each part can be expanded. Transformational generative (TG) Grammar: is a type of Gr which atte ...
A Brief Guide to Writing Good Psychology Papers
... 3. Pronouns can be subjects or objects of verbs or prepositions (for, with, to, by, from, at). Use who as the subject of a verb, and whom as the object of a verb. You can tell whether a pronoun is a subject or object of a verb by turning the clause around and substituting the personal pronoun (he, s ...
... 3. Pronouns can be subjects or objects of verbs or prepositions (for, with, to, by, from, at). Use who as the subject of a verb, and whom as the object of a verb. You can tell whether a pronoun is a subject or object of a verb by turning the clause around and substituting the personal pronoun (he, s ...
The Regular, Irregular, and Pronominal Commands
... Part II: Using Verbs Correctly with Questions, Commands, and Such Use the tu command when speaking to one person with whom you’re familiar. You use the vous command when speaking to one person with whom you aren’t familiar, a superior (like your boss or your professor), or someone older than you; an ...
... Part II: Using Verbs Correctly with Questions, Commands, and Such Use the tu command when speaking to one person with whom you’re familiar. You use the vous command when speaking to one person with whom you aren’t familiar, a superior (like your boss or your professor), or someone older than you; an ...
Commas Until You Cry!
... will not change the meaning of the sentence. • Examples: Marvin, Mr. Trump, Dad, Sweetheart ...
... will not change the meaning of the sentence. • Examples: Marvin, Mr. Trump, Dad, Sweetheart ...
Q1 Parts of Speech Review
... 3. I have tried that technique and found it challenging. (myself, ourselves) 4. For centuries, many artists have asked how he did it. (themselves, yourself) ...
... 3. I have tried that technique and found it challenging. (myself, ourselves) 4. For centuries, many artists have asked how he did it. (themselves, yourself) ...
Information Structure and Unmarked Word order in (Older) Germanic
... precedes the selecting modal which is rather typical of an OV-language. In (3d) the direct object precedes the selecting verb, a typical property of an OV-language, while the manner adverb follows the verb that it modifies, which is typical of VO-languages and ungrammatical in OV-languages. Likewis ...
... precedes the selecting modal which is rather typical of an OV-language. In (3d) the direct object precedes the selecting verb, a typical property of an OV-language, while the manner adverb follows the verb that it modifies, which is typical of VO-languages and ungrammatical in OV-languages. Likewis ...
DGP 6th Five-Day Plan Sent. 9
... The subject of a sentence is the “who” or “what” of the verb. An intransitive verb does not take a direct object. A prepositional phrase is a group of words beginning with a preposition and ending with a noun or pronoun. The object of the preposition follows the preposition and tells “what” ...
... The subject of a sentence is the “who” or “what” of the verb. An intransitive verb does not take a direct object. A prepositional phrase is a group of words beginning with a preposition and ending with a noun or pronoun. The object of the preposition follows the preposition and tells “what” ...
One of the main topics in the grammar acquisition research is matter
... forms in the present tense (wait, waits); most Czech verbs have distinct form for each number/person combination (for the verb čekat “wait”, the forms are čekám, čekáš, čeká, čekáme, čekáte, čekají), sometimes with homophonous 3rd person sg. and pl. forms. In addition to being more complex, the Cze ...
... forms in the present tense (wait, waits); most Czech verbs have distinct form for each number/person combination (for the verb čekat “wait”, the forms are čekám, čekáš, čeká, čekáme, čekáte, čekají), sometimes with homophonous 3rd person sg. and pl. forms. In addition to being more complex, the Cze ...
INTRODUCING PHONOLOGY Underlying representations
... whether the imperative or infinitive has [h] (kuhaavga) or [p] (kupaavga). On the other hand, if we assume an underlying contrast between initial /h/ and initial /p/ - i.e. haaoga 'create', paagga 'arrange' - then we can correctly distinguish those stems which begin with /h/ from those which begin w ...
... whether the imperative or infinitive has [h] (kuhaavga) or [p] (kupaavga). On the other hand, if we assume an underlying contrast between initial /h/ and initial /p/ - i.e. haaoga 'create', paagga 'arrange' - then we can correctly distinguish those stems which begin with /h/ from those which begin w ...
Subordinate Clause
... • The person who called this morning didn’t leave a message. *Locate the subordinate and independent clauses in the sentence above. * The person who called this morning didn’t leave a message ...
... • The person who called this morning didn’t leave a message. *Locate the subordinate and independent clauses in the sentence above. * The person who called this morning didn’t leave a message ...
File - Mr. Bailey`s Class
... • Check out this example: I can still eat poodle dinners, which I really enjoy, in ...
... • Check out this example: I can still eat poodle dinners, which I really enjoy, in ...
Commas Until You Cry! - Introducing Adam Morton
... • Check out this example: I can still eat poodle dinners, which I really enjoy, in ...
... • Check out this example: I can still eat poodle dinners, which I really enjoy, in ...
english faculty
... definite meaning. The unmarked (weak) member has a wide, general meaning. In certain contexts the difference between members of the opposition is lost, the opposition is reduced to one member. Usually the weak member acquires the meaning of the strong member: We leave for Moscow tomorrow. This kind ...
... definite meaning. The unmarked (weak) member has a wide, general meaning. In certain contexts the difference between members of the opposition is lost, the opposition is reduced to one member. Usually the weak member acquires the meaning of the strong member: We leave for Moscow tomorrow. This kind ...
Lecture 2
... than the passive, voice. The active voice expresses phrases in the form “X did Y”, whereas the passive expression is “Y was done by X”. Unfortunately, many technical writers use passive after passive sentence, so that their writing becomes very dull. The active voice is more likely to grab your read ...
... than the passive, voice. The active voice expresses phrases in the form “X did Y”, whereas the passive expression is “Y was done by X”. Unfortunately, many technical writers use passive after passive sentence, so that their writing becomes very dull. The active voice is more likely to grab your read ...
Markéta Lopatková, Jarmila Panevová
... (functors) typical for verbs are compatible with a high number of primary nouns (e.g. PAT in názor na něco [opinion on], příklad na něco/něčeho [example for], kniha o něčem [book on], ADDR in dárek někomu [gift to], ORIG in daň z pozemku [tax for]). In the last two cases we perhaps have again to do ...
... (functors) typical for verbs are compatible with a high number of primary nouns (e.g. PAT in názor na něco [opinion on], příklad na něco/něčeho [example for], kniha o něčem [book on], ADDR in dárek někomu [gift to], ORIG in daň z pozemku [tax for]). In the last two cases we perhaps have again to do ...
Noun phrases in Moro - Berkeley Linguistics
... The possessor was changed in the ɡ-class above to avoid a change to the concord segment, e.g. udʒ-ouns, and section 5.3 with the mon names in Moro.cordthe schelative clauses (section 7.1)minated concord always accompanies a cə́-ɡ-↓ə́-↓kúkːu, an instance of to dissimilation.5 Observe that germination ...
... The possessor was changed in the ɡ-class above to avoid a change to the concord segment, e.g. udʒ-ouns, and section 5.3 with the mon names in Moro.cordthe schelative clauses (section 7.1)minated concord always accompanies a cə́-ɡ-↓ə́-↓kúkːu, an instance of to dissimilation.5 Observe that germination ...
Combining Different Features of Idiomaticity for the Automatic
... lemma and case for the noun, and lemma for the verb. Case data is needed to differentiate, for example, kontu hartu (“to ask for an explanation”) from kontuan hartu (“to take into account”), where kontu is a noun lemma in the inessive case. In order to propose canonical forms, we need, for nouns, to ...
... lemma and case for the noun, and lemma for the verb. Case data is needed to differentiate, for example, kontu hartu (“to ask for an explanation”) from kontuan hartu (“to take into account”), where kontu is a noun lemma in the inessive case. In order to propose canonical forms, we need, for nouns, to ...
Beginnings in North Sámi* Marit Julien 1 Introduction Verbs that
... Norwegian or Swedish as their second language, or, for a minority of the speakers, with Finnish as their second language. The basic word order in North Sámi is SVO, with S Aux OV as an alternative to S Aux VO. The finite verb agrees in person and number (singular, dual, or plural) with the subject, ...
... Norwegian or Swedish as their second language, or, for a minority of the speakers, with Finnish as their second language. The basic word order in North Sámi is SVO, with S Aux OV as an alternative to S Aux VO. The finite verb agrees in person and number (singular, dual, or plural) with the subject, ...
Bare singular nominals and incorporating verbs in Spanish and
... properties associated with some types of incorporated nominals (see e.g. Van Geenhoven 1996, Farkas and de Swart 2003, Dayal 2003). As already observed in the seminal work by Mithun (1984),3 noun incorporation is a typologically diverse phenomenon, and in recent years several different semantic anal ...
... properties associated with some types of incorporated nominals (see e.g. Van Geenhoven 1996, Farkas and de Swart 2003, Dayal 2003). As already observed in the seminal work by Mithun (1984),3 noun incorporation is a typologically diverse phenomenon, and in recent years several different semantic anal ...
Gerunds - gpssummerenglish
... A. Infinitives/Infinitive Phrases look like verbs/verb phrases but can be used as nouns, adjectives and adverbs. Remember, an infinitive or infinitive phrase is always the word to plus a verb Ex. To run to the store is tiresome in the hot June sun. This example shows an infinitive used as a noun, su ...
... A. Infinitives/Infinitive Phrases look like verbs/verb phrases but can be used as nouns, adjectives and adverbs. Remember, an infinitive or infinitive phrase is always the word to plus a verb Ex. To run to the store is tiresome in the hot June sun. This example shows an infinitive used as a noun, su ...
This chapter makes theoretical contributions to construction grammar
... The representation of Russian (and potentially any other) grammar as a radial category of constructions yields added benefits. Speakers’ knowledge of a language may well be organized by their knowledge of relations between (the meanings of) constructions (van den Eynde 1995: 116ff; Goldberg 1995: 67 ...
... The representation of Russian (and potentially any other) grammar as a radial category of constructions yields added benefits. Speakers’ knowledge of a language may well be organized by their knowledge of relations between (the meanings of) constructions (van den Eynde 1995: 116ff; Goldberg 1995: 67 ...