the distribution and role of relative clauses in different text types
... compared with the written registers. Thus, it comes clear that the reduction of finite clauses is more common in writing than in spoken discourse. The proportion of finite vs. non-finite clauses in academic prose is 308 to 130. Looking at the graph in Figure 3, we can detect a very interesting fact ...
... compared with the written registers. Thus, it comes clear that the reduction of finite clauses is more common in writing than in spoken discourse. The proportion of finite vs. non-finite clauses in academic prose is 308 to 130. Looking at the graph in Figure 3, we can detect a very interesting fact ...
Examining the relationship between
... of switch costs, it is on the surface surprising that bilinguals rarely report experiencing difficulties comprehending code-switched discourse. In fact, bilinguals often have difficulty remembering which language was used in any particular speech exchange (Gumperz, 1982) and are often not able to un ...
... of switch costs, it is on the surface surprising that bilinguals rarely report experiencing difficulties comprehending code-switched discourse. In fact, bilinguals often have difficulty remembering which language was used in any particular speech exchange (Gumperz, 1982) and are often not able to un ...
Morphological Variability in Second Language
... on determiners, an elicited production experiment on clitics and adjectives, and a pic ture-selection task on the comprehension of clitics. Across tasks and across verbal and nominal domains, errors involve the systematic substitution of underspecified morphology. ...
... on determiners, an elicited production experiment on clitics and adjectives, and a pic ture-selection task on the comprehension of clitics. Across tasks and across verbal and nominal domains, errors involve the systematic substitution of underspecified morphology. ...
on-interpretation
... if all propositions whether positive or negative are either true or false, then any given predicate must either belong to the subject or not, so that if one man affirms that an event of a given character will take place and another denies it, it is plain that the statement of the one will correspond ...
... if all propositions whether positive or negative are either true or false, then any given predicate must either belong to the subject or not, so that if one man affirms that an event of a given character will take place and another denies it, it is plain that the statement of the one will correspond ...
Using gerund as object of prepositions
... b) After the words that are still using a preposition: Fond of + gerund Example: He is always fond of hunting. He always liked hunting Insist on + gerund Example: He insisted on going to the Holy. He insisted to go to the Holy Object to + gerund Example: I object to smoking. My objection to smoking ...
... b) After the words that are still using a preposition: Fond of + gerund Example: He is always fond of hunting. He always liked hunting Insist on + gerund Example: He insisted on going to the Holy. He insisted to go to the Holy Object to + gerund Example: I object to smoking. My objection to smoking ...
Select this.
... As far as I can see, it was Antoine Meillet (1912) who coined the term ‘grammaticalization’ and first applied it to the concept for which it is still used today. We will return to him in a moment. The concept itself, however, and the ideas behind it, are considerably older. The idea that grammatical ...
... As far as I can see, it was Antoine Meillet (1912) who coined the term ‘grammaticalization’ and first applied it to the concept for which it is still used today. We will return to him in a moment. The concept itself, however, and the ideas behind it, are considerably older. The idea that grammatical ...
Infinitive Clause Syntax in the Gospels
... It is not always the case that one can complete his advanced theological degree with thesis advisors who were the student's first teachers of Greek 18 years previously. It is also not always the case that one is allowed the freedom to go out on a theoretical limb to pursue a project which is somewha ...
... It is not always the case that one can complete his advanced theological degree with thesis advisors who were the student's first teachers of Greek 18 years previously. It is also not always the case that one is allowed the freedom to go out on a theoretical limb to pursue a project which is somewha ...
Kurmanji lessons
... I. Translate: 1) What is this? It is my book. 2) What is that? It is her head (ser [m.]). 3) Who is this? He is my friend. His name is Dara. 4) Who is that? Şe is my student. Her name is Zeyno. 5) Who are you? I am your friend [f.]. 6) What is the name of your [sing.] village? The name of my village ...
... I. Translate: 1) What is this? It is my book. 2) What is that? It is her head (ser [m.]). 3) Who is this? He is my friend. His name is Dara. 4) Who is that? Şe is my student. Her name is Zeyno. 5) Who are you? I am your friend [f.]. 6) What is the name of your [sing.] village? The name of my village ...
mandarin compound verbs - Taiwan Journal of Linguistics
... ambisyllabic: A segment (vowel or consonant) which forms the coda of the first and onset of the second of two adjacent syllables, e.g. the /l/ in English melon is ambisyllabic. analytic: In this study, analytic is used to describe a construction in which individual elements are in a syntactic rather ...
... ambisyllabic: A segment (vowel or consonant) which forms the coda of the first and onset of the second of two adjacent syllables, e.g. the /l/ in English melon is ambisyllabic. analytic: In this study, analytic is used to describe a construction in which individual elements are in a syntactic rather ...
A Maximum Entropy Model of Phonotactics and
... There are at least three distinct interpretations of the statement in (1): (1) “indentify is the base of identifiable. “ On the first interpretation, identify is the morphosyntactic base of the derived word identifiable: this statement is justified by the fact that a morphosyntactic property of iden ...
... There are at least three distinct interpretations of the statement in (1): (1) “indentify is the base of identifiable. “ On the first interpretation, identify is the morphosyntactic base of the derived word identifiable: this statement is justified by the fact that a morphosyntactic property of iden ...
Morphology - publish.UP
... ‘singular’ in some languages, whereas in other languages it shows ‘general number’, lack of tense/aspect morpheme indicates ‘present’ in some languages, whereas in other languages it indicates ‘imperfective’, lack of case morpheme indicates absolutive in some languages, in some languages accusative, ...
... ‘singular’ in some languages, whereas in other languages it shows ‘general number’, lack of tense/aspect morpheme indicates ‘present’ in some languages, whereas in other languages it indicates ‘imperfective’, lack of case morpheme indicates absolutive in some languages, in some languages accusative, ...
Reaching agreement as a core syntactic process
... Both linguistic theory and psycholinguistic research have considered the issue of agreement in great detail. In linguistics, the study of grammatical constraints on agreement has uncovered highly specific evidence for syntactic structure, such that agreement is viewed as ‘a key diagnostic in the syn ...
... Both linguistic theory and psycholinguistic research have considered the issue of agreement in great detail. In linguistics, the study of grammatical constraints on agreement has uncovered highly specific evidence for syntactic structure, such that agreement is viewed as ‘a key diagnostic in the syn ...
The use of `liver` in Dogon emotional encoding†
... nɔ̀gú, which means ‘sad’. Even in this case, though, it typically modifies ‘liver’, so having a sad liver would indicate that one is sad. This is similar to the case where liver combines with the verb ‘cry’, discussed in section 3. Cases like these are the exception rather than the rule in ...
... nɔ̀gú, which means ‘sad’. Even in this case, though, it typically modifies ‘liver’, so having a sad liver would indicate that one is sad. This is similar to the case where liver combines with the verb ‘cry’, discussed in section 3. Cases like these are the exception rather than the rule in ...
11 UNIT Pronouns
... Few know (his, their) craft as well as Daedalus. No one (is, are) more pleased than King Minos. Although many try, no one (escapes, escape) the king’s maze. Everything (changes, change) when Daedalus tells the secret. At last someone finds (his or her, their) way out. Some of the readers (knows, kno ...
... Few know (his, their) craft as well as Daedalus. No one (is, are) more pleased than King Minos. Although many try, no one (escapes, escape) the king’s maze. Everything (changes, change) when Daedalus tells the secret. At last someone finds (his or her, their) way out. Some of the readers (knows, kno ...
THE POSITION OF THE VERB IN OLD ENGLISH RELATIVE
... whaim that comes from þæm þe; instead, he thinks that it comes from the OE use of that after an indefinite relative. ...
... whaim that comes from þæm þe; instead, he thinks that it comes from the OE use of that after an indefinite relative. ...
Sentence and Paragraph Writing
... textbook geared to the needs of high school and university students. While some students enter university with good basic writing skills, the authors of this textbook recognize that most students need refreshment of their knowledge of basic and varied sentence structure, spelling rules, punctuation ...
... textbook geared to the needs of high school and university students. While some students enter university with good basic writing skills, the authors of this textbook recognize that most students need refreshment of their knowledge of basic and varied sentence structure, spelling rules, punctuation ...
teaching english clause structure
... (iii) as subjective complement: The question is not who will pass but who will get a distinction. (iv) as adjective complement: I wasn't sure whose book had been misplaced, (v) prepositional complement: It all depends on what you mean. In principle we can say that that-clauses should be taught first ...
... (iii) as subjective complement: The question is not who will pass but who will get a distinction. (iv) as adjective complement: I wasn't sure whose book had been misplaced, (v) prepositional complement: It all depends on what you mean. In principle we can say that that-clauses should be taught first ...
The Morphology of Adverbial Clauses in Sheko
... general interest, in view of the fact that adverbial clauses are in between complement clauses and relative clauses (Payne 1997:307). A comparison of the different clause types raises some pertinent issues concerning the morphology, and different possible analyses are presented. In the remainder of ...
... general interest, in view of the fact that adverbial clauses are in between complement clauses and relative clauses (Payne 1997:307). A comparison of the different clause types raises some pertinent issues concerning the morphology, and different possible analyses are presented. In the remainder of ...
Explorations of the Syntax-Semantics Interface
... cosubordination construction. The second observation is that plural marking in the presence of a reference phrase can be analysed as an agreement phenomenon. The paper ‘Degree Expressions at the Syntax-Semantics Interface’ by Jens Fleischhauer is concerned with verb gradation. The goal of the paper ...
... cosubordination construction. The second observation is that plural marking in the presence of a reference phrase can be analysed as an agreement phenomenon. The paper ‘Degree Expressions at the Syntax-Semantics Interface’ by Jens Fleischhauer is concerned with verb gradation. The goal of the paper ...
Features, Syntax, and Categories in the Latin Perfect
... the features accounting for these two interpretations are distributed in the clause. As I cannot hope to address these here, I will simply use the feature [perf] as an abbreviation for relevant syntacticosemantic features. One further case is worth noting. In some cases the past participle with ‘be’ ...
... the features accounting for these two interpretations are distributed in the clause. As I cannot hope to address these here, I will simply use the feature [perf] as an abbreviation for relevant syntacticosemantic features. One further case is worth noting. In some cases the past participle with ‘be’ ...
Verbal categories in Salaca Livonian grammar1 Darbības vārda
... šüönn ‘eaten’, šüötänn ‘fed’; juonen ‘drunk’, jäenen ‘remained’. In the last two forms the suffix -(e)nen has a double marker (-(e)n+en); this formation is common in forms of monosyllabic verbs. The active past participle is often used alone as a finite verb form, for example in the oblique mood; th ...
... šüönn ‘eaten’, šüötänn ‘fed’; juonen ‘drunk’, jäenen ‘remained’. In the last two forms the suffix -(e)nen has a double marker (-(e)n+en); this formation is common in forms of monosyllabic verbs. The active past participle is often used alone as a finite verb form, for example in the oblique mood; th ...
powerpoint
... story, being what his aunt said, woke the Piglet up and just gave him time to jerk himself back into safety and say, "How interesting, and did she?" when -- well, you can imagine his joy when at last he saw the good ship, Brain of Pooh (Captain, C. Robin; Ist Mate, P. Bear) coming over the sea to re ...
... story, being what his aunt said, woke the Piglet up and just gave him time to jerk himself back into safety and say, "How interesting, and did she?" when -- well, you can imagine his joy when at last he saw the good ship, Brain of Pooh (Captain, C. Robin; Ist Mate, P. Bear) coming over the sea to re ...
PowerPoint
... the beginning—but the participle agrees with the object—whether it is pronominal or not. Kids are very consistent about this. (ends between 2;0 and 2;6) ...
... the beginning—but the participle agrees with the object—whether it is pronominal or not. Kids are very consistent about this. (ends between 2;0 and 2;6) ...
The Morphosyntactic Typology of Oceanic
... intransitive verb or non-verbal predicate, and the actor argument of a transitive. The notion of basic constituent order is also somewhat troublesome in the Oceanic context, as (i) there are both verbal and non-verbal clause types, and their predicate/subject orders are not always the same; (ii) tra ...
... intransitive verb or non-verbal predicate, and the actor argument of a transitive. The notion of basic constituent order is also somewhat troublesome in the Oceanic context, as (i) there are both verbal and non-verbal clause types, and their predicate/subject orders are not always the same; (ii) tra ...
What Is a Clause?
... A clause is a group of words that contains both a subject and a verb. There are two kinds of clauses, independent and dependent. An independent clause expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence. An independent clause is also called a main clause. We all want bargains. SUBJECT ...
... A clause is a group of words that contains both a subject and a verb. There are two kinds of clauses, independent and dependent. An independent clause expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence. An independent clause is also called a main clause. We all want bargains. SUBJECT ...