Existential predication and trans
... chair’), and important cross-linguistic variation is observed in the possible extensions of the use of possessive constructions to non-prototypical situations. Possessive relationships may appear in one of the following ways in linguistic structure: – in a referential act, a possessive relationship ...
... chair’), and important cross-linguistic variation is observed in the possible extensions of the use of possessive constructions to non-prototypical situations. Possessive relationships may appear in one of the following ways in linguistic structure: – in a referential act, a possessive relationship ...
TEAM FLY - ielts
... replace a dictionary; it rather supplements it. Once, in an evening class, one of my adult students said, ‘If there’s a right way to spell a word, I want to know it.’ On another occasion, at the end of a punctuation session on possessive apostrophes, a college student said rather angrily, ‘Why wasn’ ...
... replace a dictionary; it rather supplements it. Once, in an evening class, one of my adult students said, ‘If there’s a right way to spell a word, I want to know it.’ On another occasion, at the end of a punctuation session on possessive apostrophes, a college student said rather angrily, ‘Why wasn’ ...
Indexed Stems and Russian Word Formation
... In a lexeme-based model,2 derivational morphology is the mapping of form and meaning at the level of the word, or more specifically the "lexeme." Lexemes are vocabulary items belonging to the major lexical categories of verb, noun, and adjective (as well as adverb) (Aronoff 1994: 10). The lexeme is ...
... In a lexeme-based model,2 derivational morphology is the mapping of form and meaning at the level of the word, or more specifically the "lexeme." Lexemes are vocabulary items belonging to the major lexical categories of verb, noun, and adjective (as well as adverb) (Aronoff 1994: 10). The lexeme is ...
Existential Sentences Cross-Linguistically - e
... little whether this is done using a locative predication, a possessive construction where a location is treated as an abstract possessor, or a dedicated existence predicate. The communicative effect will be roughly the same. Thus, to arrive at a better understanding of existential sentences, we must ...
... little whether this is done using a locative predication, a possessive construction where a location is treated as an abstract possessor, or a dedicated existence predicate. The communicative effect will be roughly the same. Thus, to arrive at a better understanding of existential sentences, we must ...
On two hypotheses concerning psycholinguistics
... form "John killed John" may be converted into the grammatical "John was killed by himself" rather than into the ungrammatical "^Himself was killed by John". But the accepted model of the over-all linguistic capacity does not insist that speakers, in composing such sentences, actually first ready an ...
... form "John killed John" may be converted into the grammatical "John was killed by himself" rather than into the ungrammatical "^Himself was killed by John". But the accepted model of the over-all linguistic capacity does not insist that speakers, in composing such sentences, actually first ready an ...
Case Typology and Case Theory* 1. Overview of the Issues 2
... where intransitive clauses have nominative arguments and transitive clauses have ergative and accusative arguments, there is no Case that is assigned in every clause. Bobaljik does not mention three-way languages, and it is not clear how his theory could be extended to include ...
... where intransitive clauses have nominative arguments and transitive clauses have ergative and accusative arguments, there is no Case that is assigned in every clause. Bobaljik does not mention three-way languages, and it is not clear how his theory could be extended to include ...
Verbal Behavior: What is the Function of Structure? David C. Palmer
... In conventional terms, we say that some strings of verbal behavior are grammatical sentences and are therefore “acceptable” in a verbal community; others are not. In much of contemporary linguistics the sentence is the primary unit of analysis and sentences are defined by their conformity to a set o ...
... In conventional terms, we say that some strings of verbal behavior are grammatical sentences and are therefore “acceptable” in a verbal community; others are not. In much of contemporary linguistics the sentence is the primary unit of analysis and sentences are defined by their conformity to a set o ...
sentence-level sentiment polarity calculation for customer
... (http://www.nltk.org/api/nltk.tokenize.html) The polarity of words is retrieved from the package pattern and the sentence polarity is calculated using: Sum of polarity of all the words in a sentence divided by the total number of words in the sentence. ...
... (http://www.nltk.org/api/nltk.tokenize.html) The polarity of words is retrieved from the package pattern and the sentence polarity is calculated using: Sum of polarity of all the words in a sentence divided by the total number of words in the sentence. ...
Spanish 2013 - Stanton Community Schools
... Give examples of what daily activities they want to do using proper conjugation of the verb “querer”. Express various weather conditions using the verb “hacer”. Construct complete phrases using proper conjugation form of the verbs “jugar” and “ir”. Illustrate everyday activities by conjugating regul ...
... Give examples of what daily activities they want to do using proper conjugation of the verb “querer”. Express various weather conditions using the verb “hacer”. Construct complete phrases using proper conjugation form of the verbs “jugar” and “ir”. Illustrate everyday activities by conjugating regul ...
110 CHAPTER 3. NULL OBJECTS IN ENGLISH
... Alternation verbs like sleep in (26). Though these verbs technically do appear to allow an overt object, they have the unusual property of allowing only a very particular modified full noun phrase to fill this position, not pronouns or even similar but unmodified referring expressions. This suggests ...
... Alternation verbs like sleep in (26). Though these verbs technically do appear to allow an overt object, they have the unusual property of allowing only a very particular modified full noun phrase to fill this position, not pronouns or even similar but unmodified referring expressions. This suggests ...
LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS
... language. Knowledge of one’s NATIVE LANGUAGE is quite special and different in many ways from the knowledge one gains studying a language in school, for example, in French class. In particular, native speakers are not generally aware of what they know about their native language and usually cannot d ...
... language. Knowledge of one’s NATIVE LANGUAGE is quite special and different in many ways from the knowledge one gains studying a language in school, for example, in French class. In particular, native speakers are not generally aware of what they know about their native language and usually cannot d ...
Imperfect Subjunctive
... How the imperfect subjunctive is used The imperfect subjunctive is required under the same conditions as the present subjunctive. However, the imperfect subjunctive is used to refer to events that were incomplete in relation to a past event. Compare the sentences below to the time line. ...
... How the imperfect subjunctive is used The imperfect subjunctive is required under the same conditions as the present subjunctive. However, the imperfect subjunctive is used to refer to events that were incomplete in relation to a past event. Compare the sentences below to the time line. ...
Mungbam grammar - Acsu Buffalo
... motorcycle and because George does not mind walking long distances and knows the main walking trails in Lower Fungom, we went twice together on the six-hour walk from Ngun to Weh, stopping at his brother’s house in Mekaf for lunch. It would not be an exaggeration to say that the body of scholarship ...
... motorcycle and because George does not mind walking long distances and knows the main walking trails in Lower Fungom, we went twice together on the six-hour walk from Ngun to Weh, stopping at his brother’s house in Mekaf for lunch. It would not be an exaggeration to say that the body of scholarship ...
The East Papuan Languages: A Preliminary Typological Appraisal
... the Bismarck Archipelago from where they rapidly colonized the Paci²c islands further to the east and south (Ross 1988; Kirch 1997). Now we ²nd a great number of Austronesian languages of the Oceanic subgroup throughout Island Melanesia and, scattered among them, 25 languages that as a group are ref ...
... the Bismarck Archipelago from where they rapidly colonized the Paci²c islands further to the east and south (Ross 1988; Kirch 1997). Now we ²nd a great number of Austronesian languages of the Oceanic subgroup throughout Island Melanesia and, scattered among them, 25 languages that as a group are ref ...
Semantics of Nouns and the Specification of
... When I started my PhD studies, I was aware of the fact that it was going to be a serious task. What I did not know was it would require much more effort, time, determination and dedication than I initially thought. After a period of five years during which I literally put my life on hold, I am so ha ...
... When I started my PhD studies, I was aware of the fact that it was going to be a serious task. What I did not know was it would require much more effort, time, determination and dedication than I initially thought. After a period of five years during which I literally put my life on hold, I am so ha ...
ch02
... Select a if the sentence is true; select b if the sentence is false. 1. Words ending in ly are usually adjectives. a. True ...
... Select a if the sentence is true; select b if the sentence is false. 1. Words ending in ly are usually adjectives. a. True ...
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... Using Nominative Case Use nominative case when the personal pronoun is the subject of a verb. He sends e-mail messages to a customer in Spain. I use the telephone frequently, but she prefers to use e-mail. You can send an e-mail message to many people at once. It is inexpensive to use e-mail for com ...
... Using Nominative Case Use nominative case when the personal pronoun is the subject of a verb. He sends e-mail messages to a customer in Spain. I use the telephone frequently, but she prefers to use e-mail. You can send an e-mail message to many people at once. It is inexpensive to use e-mail for com ...
SKY Journal of Linguistics is published by the Linguistic Association
... that patterns of language and cultural maintenance within these communities are not the same. For instance, the Chechens, the Circassians, and the Gypsies of Jordan demonstrated clear-cut cases of language and cultural maintenance, whereas the Armenians showed obvious case of language and cultural s ...
... that patterns of language and cultural maintenance within these communities are not the same. For instance, the Chechens, the Circassians, and the Gypsies of Jordan demonstrated clear-cut cases of language and cultural maintenance, whereas the Armenians showed obvious case of language and cultural s ...
Grace Theological Journal 9.2 (1988) 233
... Adjectival relative clauses may be descriptive or restrictive (identifying), just as other adjectives. Adjectival clauses are descriptive when they ascribe a quality or attribute to the antecedent, and restrictive when they define or identify the antecedent. The two categories are not mutually exclu ...
... Adjectival relative clauses may be descriptive or restrictive (identifying), just as other adjectives. Adjectival clauses are descriptive when they ascribe a quality or attribute to the antecedent, and restrictive when they define or identify the antecedent. The two categories are not mutually exclu ...
Boyer`s Relative Clauses in the Greek New Testament: A Statistical
... Adjectival relative clauses may be descriptive or restrictive (identifying), just as other adjectives. Adjectival clauses are descriptive when they ascribe a quality or attribute to the antecedent, and restrictive when they define or identify the antecedent. The two categories are not mutually exclu ...
... Adjectival relative clauses may be descriptive or restrictive (identifying), just as other adjectives. Adjectival clauses are descriptive when they ascribe a quality or attribute to the antecedent, and restrictive when they define or identify the antecedent. The two categories are not mutually exclu ...
MS Word - Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics
... enabling generation of the text for complex procedures in a single style. The task WP6.2 provides an extension of the phenomena for simple procedures researched by the task WP6.1. In the introduction to this delivertable, we discuss the scope of the grammar to be modelled for target languages, prese ...
... enabling generation of the text for complex procedures in a single style. The task WP6.2 provides an extension of the phenomena for simple procedures researched by the task WP6.1. In the introduction to this delivertable, we discuss the scope of the grammar to be modelled for target languages, prese ...
Document
... A conjunction is a word or phrase that joins together words, phrases, clauses, or sentences. A coordinating conjunction links two independent clauses. Examples include and, but, or, for, so, yet, or nor. Hemingway was an adventurer, so he traveled extensively. COORDINATING CONJUNCTION ...
... A conjunction is a word or phrase that joins together words, phrases, clauses, or sentences. A coordinating conjunction links two independent clauses. Examples include and, but, or, for, so, yet, or nor. Hemingway was an adventurer, so he traveled extensively. COORDINATING CONJUNCTION ...
semantic analysis of english performative verbs
... have a performative use. For example, one cannot use performatively the verb "insinuate" in order to insinuate that a proposition is true. 'The reason for this is that an assertive insinuation must somehow be concealed or implicit. (4) Many speech act verbs have several uses and can name different i ...
... have a performative use. For example, one cannot use performatively the verb "insinuate" in order to insinuate that a proposition is true. 'The reason for this is that an assertive insinuation must somehow be concealed or implicit. (4) Many speech act verbs have several uses and can name different i ...
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... • A subordinate clause is a group of words that has a subject and a predicate but does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone as a sentence. • A subordinate clause is always combined with a main clause in a sentence. • A complex sentence is a sentence that has one main clause and ...
... • A subordinate clause is a group of words that has a subject and a predicate but does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone as a sentence. • A subordinate clause is always combined with a main clause in a sentence. • A complex sentence is a sentence that has one main clause and ...